Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1995, 4:46 PM EDT for Gallia County, Jackson County, Vinton County, Ohio. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1995, 4:46 PM EDT (20:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1995, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Vinton County, OH
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 2055 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 519 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 5.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 082047 RRA SVRCRW OHC053-079-163-082145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 446 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST OHIO ...GALLIA COUNTY...JACKSON COUNTY...SOUTHERN VINTON COUNTY AT 440 PM CHARLESTON RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN JACKSON COUNTY OHIO. THIS WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL ENTER GALLIA AND SOUTHERN VINTON COUNTY BY 5 PM. VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS CAUSED SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING IN WELLSTON, OHIO LOCATED IN JACKSON COUNTY. RADAR ALSO INDICATES LARGE HAIL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. SCHUMACHER
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, Jun 8, 1:40 PM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
OHZ083-084-087-KYZ101>105-107-119-WVZ005-006-082000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 140 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1995 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH /NO. 580/ HAS BEEN POSTED FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO UNTIL 8 PM. THIS PARTICULAR WATCH EXTENDS AS FAR EAST AS THE OHIO COUNTIES OF VINTON...JACKSON...AND LAWRENCE. IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY... THE COUNTIES OF GREENUP...BOYD...CARTER...ELLIOT...LAWRENCE... JOHNSON...AND MARTIN ARE INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. STRONG/BRIEF WIND GUSTS APPEAR MORE LIKELY THAN LARGE HAIL WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORM MOVEMENT WILL BE FROM THE NORTHWEST...OR FROM ABOUT 290 OR 300 DEGREES ON THE COMPASS. MOVEMENT IS NOW EXPECTED AT 25 TO 30 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS COULD FORM ANYTIME DURING THE HEAT OF THE AFTERNOON. THE MOST LIKELY PERIOD FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO IS FROM 3 TO 6 PM. END / KTB / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 1:46 PM EDT, 3 hours before
OHZ083-084-087-KYZ101>105-107-119-WVZ005-006-082000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 140 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1995 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH /NO. 580/ HAS BEEN POSTED FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO UNTIL 8 PM. THIS PARTICULAR WATCH EXTENDS AS FAR EAST AS THE OHIO COUNTIES OF VINTON...JACKSON...AND LAWRENCE. IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY... THE COUNTIES OF GREENUP...BOYD...CARTER...ELLIOT...LAWRENCE... JOHNSON...AND MARTIN ARE INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. STRONG/BRIEF WIND GUSTS APPEAR MORE LIKELY THAN LARGE HAIL WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORM MOVEMENT WILL BE FROM THE NORTHWEST...OR FROM ABOUT 290 OR 300 DEGREES ON THE COMPASS. MOVEMENT IS NOW EXPECTED AT 25 TO 30 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS COULD FORM ANYTIME DURING THE HEAT OF THE AFTERNOON. THE MOST LIKELY PERIOD FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO IS FROM 3 TO 6 PM. END / KTB /b NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
WVZ005-OHZ083>087-KYZ101>105-107-119-082100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 333 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1995 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE BETWEEN 4 AND 6 PM ACROSS THE TRI STATE. SMALL/CONCENTRATED DOWNPOURS ARE LIKELY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO UNTIL 8 PM. AT 3:30 PM...THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS IN THE TRI STATE REGION WERE IN NORTHERN CARTER COUNTY...NEAR ROONEY AND CARTER CAVES. END / KTB / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
WVZ005-OHZ083>087-KYZ101>105-107-119-082100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 333 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1995 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE BETWEEN 4 AND 6 PM ACROSS THE TRI STATE. SMALL/CONCENTRATED DOWNPOURS ARE LIKELY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO UNTIL 8 PM. AT 3:30 PM...THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS IN THE TRI STATE REGION WERE IN NORTHERN CARTER COUNTY...NEAR ROONEY AND CARTER CAVES. END / KTB / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:14 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
WVZ033>035-082130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 414 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1995 A BRIEF DOWNPOUR WAS MOVING ACROSS WYOMING COUNTY OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA JUST AFTER 4 PM. REPORTS FROM WYOMING COUNTY INDICATED NO LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS. THE HEAVIEST PORTION OF THIS STORM WILL PASS SOUTH OF BECKLEY ...AND AFFECT THE RALEIGH/MERCER COUNTY LINE REGION BETWEEN 4:30 AND 5:30 PM. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTHERN AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. END / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:20 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
WVZ033>035-082130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 414 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1995 A BRIEF DOWNPOUR WAS MOVING ACROSS WYOMING COUNTY OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA JUST AFTER 4 PM. REPORTS FROM WYOMING COUNTY INDICATED NO LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS. THE HEAVIEST PORTION OF THIS STORM WILL PASS SOUTH OF BECKLEY ...AND AFFECT THE RALEIGH/MERCER COUNTY LINE REGION BETWEEN 4:30 AND 5:30 PM. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVEjLOP THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTHERN AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. END / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 4:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Gallia, Jackson, Vinton | 59 min |
| Jun 8, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 37 min |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.