Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1995, 1:43 PM EDT for Boyd County, Greenup County, Kentucky. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 1995, 1:43 PM EDT (17:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 1995, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Boyd County, KY, Greenup County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 28 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
- 1895 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 775 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KCRW 101743 RRA SVRCRW KYC019-089-127-101830- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 143 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN EAST KENTUCKY ...NORTHERN BOYD COUNTY...EASTERN GREENUP COUNTY ...LAWRENCE COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN GREENUP COUNTY KENTUCKY...JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY OF GREENUP. THE SEVERE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. 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.
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 10, 11:50 AM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
WVZ007>011-016>019-020-029-031-OHZ076-101700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1150 AM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995 THE HUMID/UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT WAS TRIGGERING MIDDAY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MID OHIO VALLEY. AT 11:45 AM...THE HEAVIEST DOWNPOURS WERE LOCATED IN WOOD COUNTY...AND NEAR RIPLEY OF JACKSON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. THE DURATION OF THESE DOWNPOURS WAS AROUND 15 MINUTES. THE RAIN WAS MOVING EAST 35 MPH...AND WILL AFFECT THE WEST VIRGINIA COUNTIES OF TYLER...PLEASANTS...RITCHIE... WIRT...DODDRIDGE...ROANE...CALHOUN...AND GILMER BETWEEN NOON AND 1 PM. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. END / KTB / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 12:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
WVZ007>011-016>019-020-029-031-OHZ076-101700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1150 AM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995 THE HUMID/UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT WAS TRIGGERING MIDDAY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MID OHIO VALLEY. AT 11:45 AM...THE HEAVIEST DOWNPOURS WERE LOCATED IN WOOD COUNTY...AND NEAR RIPLEY OF JACKSON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. THE DURATION OF THESE DOWNPOURS WAS AROUND 15 MINUTES. THE RAIN WAS MOVING EAST 35 MPH...AND WILL AFFlECT THE WEST VIRGINIA COUNTIES OF TYLER...PLEASANTS...RITCHIE... WIRT...DODDRIDGE...ROANE...CALHOUN...AND GILMER BETWEEN NOON AND 1 PM. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. END / KTB / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 12:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
WVZ005>047-KYZ101>105-107-119-101700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1214 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995 THE HUMID ENVIRONMENT WILL TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. MANY OF THESE STORMS WILL HAVE SMALL/CONCENTRATED DOWNPOURS. THIS WILL CAUSE THE AFFECTED SMALL CREEKS TO RISE RAPIDLY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS BEING POSTED FOR MUCH OF THE REGION FOR THE POTENTIAL OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH. MONITOR THE WESTERN HORIZON FOR SIGNS OF STORMS. PLAN YOUR SATURDAY AFTERNOON ACTIVITIES ACCORDINGLY. END / KTB / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 12:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
WVZ005>047-KYZ101>105-107-119-101700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1214 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995 THE HUMID ENVIRONMENT WILL TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. MANY OF THESE STORMS WILL HAVE SMALL/CONCENTRATED DOWNPOURS. THIS WILL CAUSE THE AFFECTED SMALL CREEKS TO RISE RAPIDLY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS BEING POSTED FOR MUCH OF THE REGION FOR THE POTENTIAL OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH. MONITOR THE WESTERN HORIZON FOR SIGNS OF STORMS. PLAN YOUR SATURDAY AFTERNOON ACTIVITIES ACCORDINGLY. END / KTB / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 1:25 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
WVZ005>008-013>016-024>027-OHZ087-KYZ101>105-107-119-101830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 125 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995 SMALL CONCENTRATED DOWNPOURS WERE FEEDING ON THE HUMID AFTERNOON ENVIRONMENT. AT 1:20 PM...DOWNPOURS WERE SEEN IN THE SPENCER TO BIG OTTER REGION OF ROANE AND CLAY COUNTIES IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING THROUGH BRAXTON...NORTHERN NICHOLAS... AND WEBSTER COUNTIES BETWEEN 1:30 AND 2:30 PM. THIS WOULD ALSO AFFECT THE SUTTON AND BURNSVILLE LAKE REGION. ANOTHER GROUP OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY. THE RAIN WAS AROUND GREENUP...GRAYSON...AND SANDY HOOK AT 1:20 PM. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS NEAR ASHLAND... HUNTINGTON...LOUISA...AND PAINTSVILLE BETWEEN 1:30 AND 2:30 PM. BRIEF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS CAN FORM ANYWHERE IN THE AFTERNOON HEAT. SOME OF THE DOWNPOURS HAVE BEEN 15 TO 30 MINUTES IN DURATION...RESULTING IN A QUICK HALF /0.50/ TO THREE QUARTERS /0.75/ OF AN INCH OF RAIN. OF COURSE...THE AFFECTED SMALL CREEKS WOULD RISE QUICKLY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS POSTED UNTIL 6 PM FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG WIND GUSTS OR HAIL WITH A FEW OF THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS. END / KTB / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE r2 #FXUSIWWUSF KFTMXI" WUUS 0 BKNu 6WWUS x 6WWUS p9`WWUS \Y`WWUS zWWUS |d`WWUS zC( WUUS <o WUUS( VVWWUSL uMn6WWUS^ vz6WWUS |lF6WWUS qI`WWUSv ``WWUS h@"6WWUS hDf6WWUS B WUUS Xu6WWUS
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 1:34 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
WVZ005>008-013>016-024>027-OHZ087-KYZ101>105-107-119-101830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 125 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995 SMALL CONCENTRATED DOWNPOURS WERE FEEDING ON THE HUMID AFTERNOON ENVIRONMENT. AT 1:20 PM...DOWNPOURS WERE SEEN IN THE SPENCER TO BIG OTTER REGION OF ROANE AND CLAY COUNTIES IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING THROUGH BRAXTON...NORTHERN NICHOLAS... AND WEBSTER COUNTIES BETWEEN 1:30 AND 2:30 PM. THIS WOULD ALSO AFFECT THE SUTTON AND BURNSVILLE LAKE REGION. ANOTHER GROUP OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY. THE RAIN WAS AROUND GREENUP...GRAYSON...AND SANDY HOOK AT 1:20 PM. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS NEAR ASHLAND... HUNTINGTON...LOUISA...AND PAINTSVILLE BETWEEN 1:30 AND 2:30 PM. BRIEF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS CAN FORM ANYWHERE IN THE AFTERNOON HEAT. SOME OF THE DOWNPOURS HAVE BEEN 15 TO 30 MINUTES IN DURATION...RESULTING IN A QUICK HALF /0.50/ TO THREE QUARTERS /0.75/ OF AN INCH OF RAIN. OF COURSE...THE AFFECTED SMALL CREEKS WOULD RISE QUICKLY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS POSTED UNTIL 6 PM FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG WIND GUSTS OR HAIL WITH A FEW OF THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS. END / KTB / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 8:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 58 min |
| Jun 9, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 58 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 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.