Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1995, 5:18 AM EDT for Jackson County, West Virginia. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 1995, 5:18 AM EDT (09:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 1995, 6:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jackson County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 88 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 651 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 369 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 384 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 140916 SVRCRW WVC035-141000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 518 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN WEST WEST VIRGINIA ...JACKSON COUNTY AT 520 AM DOPPLER RADAR IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING EASTWARD AT 40 MPH INTO EXTREME WESTERN JACKSON COUN .LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE MT ALTO AND COTTAGEVILLE. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 14, 1:41 AM EDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-KYZ101-102-141200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
140 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM FOR SOUTHEASTERN OHIO AND
PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED
A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 800 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES:
IN OHIO:
ATHENS GALLIA JACKSON LAWRENCE MEIGS
MONROE PERRY VINTON WASHINGTON
IN KENTUCKY:
CARTER AND GREENUP
A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS COVERED FAR WESTERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...MUCH OF INDIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN OHIO
EARLY THIS MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING EASTWARD
ACROSS SOUTHERN OHIO AND EXTREME NORTHERN KENTUCKY.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO PORTIONS OF THIS
AREA BEFORE 200 AM. CONDITIONS ARE SUCH THAT SOME OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL..DAMAGING WINDS...VERY HEAVY
RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO A
POSSIBILITY.
IF THREATENING CONDITIONS DEVELOP OR A WARNING IS ISSUED TAKE COVER
IN THE INTERIOR PORTION OF A HOUSE. STAY AWAY FROM WIzNDOWS AS THE
STORM MOVES THROUGH YOUR AREA.
END/ZINN
NG ACROSS UN
*** THIS SPACE FOR ADDITONAL INFORMATION ***
END/LAST NAMESpecial weather statement, May 14, 5:03 AM EDT, 15 minutes before
WVZ007>012-016>020-029>032-039-040-141000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 500 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING... A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO PROGRESS NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE STRONG AND MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL, BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS. MOST OF THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY IS STILL NORTH AND WEST OF WEST VIRGINIA IN SOUTHEAST OHIO. HOWEVER...STAY ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AS THIS ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO ADVANCE INTO WEST VIRGINIA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. END/ROZANSKI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 6:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis | 6 hr |
| May 14, 6:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson | 6 hr |
| May 14, 7:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Tyler | 5 hr |
| May 14, 7:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wood | 5 hr |
| May 14, 8:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mason | 5 hr |
| May 14, 9:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Taylor | 4 hr |
| May 14, 12:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Ritchie, Tyler | 2 hr |
| May 14, 12:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Lewis | 2 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.