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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Charleston, WV

May 18, 1995Cabell County, Lincoln County, Wayne County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1995, 9:39 AM EDT for Cabell County, Lincoln County, Wayne County, West Virginia. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 1995, 9:39 AM EDT (13:39 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1995, 10:45 AM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cabell County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Wayne County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 26 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 12:00Z on 1995-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 550 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 12:00Z on 1995-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 371 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
550 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-87 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
971 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
371 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
379 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 181340
SVRCRW
WVC011-043-099-181445-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
939 AM EDT THU MAY 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN WEST WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...CABELL COUNTY...LINCOLN COUNTY...WAYNE COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THESE COUNTIES.
STONG WINDS AND HAIL...HEAVY RAINS MAY OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS.
 
 
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 18, 6:36 AM EDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
OHZ083-084-087-KYZ101>104-181300-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
626 AM EDT THU MAY 18 1995

...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND
SOUTHEAST OHIO UNTIL NOON...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS
OF WEST VIRGINIA..KENTUCKY AND OHIO...

THE TORNADO WATCH POSTED THIS MORNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL
NOON.  THE INITIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE STRONG THUNDERSXTORMS WILL BE
FURTHER WEST IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO.  THE
DEVELOPMENT OF POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS NOT EXPECTED IN
THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF OHIO OR KENTUCKY UNTIL AFTER 900 AM.

END AAR
Special weather statement, May 18, 9:08 AM EDT, 31 minutes before
WVZ005>047-VAZ001>017-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-KYZ101>105-107-
119-181905-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
855 AM EDT THU MAY 18 1995

...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND
SOUTHEAST OHIO UNTIL NOON...WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
UNTIL 3 PM...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS
OF WEST VIRGINIA..KENTUCKY AND OHIO...

THE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COULD POSSIBLY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND
HAIL WERE MOVING ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY INTO NORTHERN VIRGINIA AT
THIS TIME.  PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE VERY STRONG STORMS SHOULD
BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND SHOULD TAKE SHELTER
IMMEDIAT.ELY.

END/ELW

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 9:48 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson, Wood6 hr
May 18, 9:48 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXLincoln, Mason, Putnam6 hr
May 18, 9:48 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXCalhoun6 hr
May 18, 9:59 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Ritchie6 hr
May 18, 9:59 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXCabell6 hr
May 18, 9:59 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXRoane, Wirt6 hr
May 18, 10:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXKanawha, Putnam52 min
May 18, 10:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone52 min
May 18, 10:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXClay, Fayette, Nicholas48 min
May 18, 10:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton, Webster49 min
May 18, 11:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMcDowell, Wyoming42 min
May 18, 11:14 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWayne4 hr
May 18, 12:53 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXLewis4 hr
May 18, 3:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge, Lewis5 hr
May 18, 3:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson, Mason, Wirt5 hr
May 18, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLincoln, Mingo, Wayne31 min
May 18, 7:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXTyler6 hr
May 18, 7:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXJackson, Mason5 hr
May 18, 7:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWirt5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.