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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Charleston, WV

June 14, 1995Morgan County, Washington County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1995, 4:15 PM EDT for Morgan County, Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 1995, 4:15 PM EDT (20:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1995, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Morgan County, OH, Washington County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 1995-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 183 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1649 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 142010 RRA
SVRCRW
OHC115-167-WVC107-142100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
415 PM EDT WED JUN 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...MORGAN COUNTY...WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
 
IN NORTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...WOOD COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS WASHINGTON AND MORGAN COUNTIES IN OHIO AND ALSO IN WOOD COUNTY
WEST VIRGINIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE TRACKING SOUTH AT 20 MILES AN
HOUR. LARGE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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 14, 4:00 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
WVZ006>010-014>019-027>030-036>039-046-047-OHZ066-067-075-076-
083>087-150200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
400 PM EDT WED JUN 14 1995

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTH THROUGH EASTARN OHIO AND
CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.

SUNNY SKIES WILL ABRUPTLY CHANGE TO THUNDERY WEATHER IN MANY AREAS.
EXPECT ABRUPTLY DARKENING SKIES...BRIEFLY HEAVY RAIN...ABRUPT GUSTY
WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WITH THESE STORMS.  THE STORMS
SHOULD LAST ABOUT A HALF HOUR TO AN HOUR AT ANY ONE PLACE.

LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS OR STATEMENTS ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

EOM
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 4:08 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
WVZ006>010-014>019-027>030-036>039-046-047-OHZ066-067-075-076-
083>087-150200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
400 PM EDT WED JUN 14 1995

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTH THROUGH EASTARN OHIO AND
CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.

SUNNY SKIES WILL ABRUPTLY CHANGE TO THUNDERY WEATHER IN MANY AREAS.
EXPECT ABRUPTLY DARKENING SKIES...BRIEFLY HEAVY RAIN...ABRUPT GUSTY
WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WITH THESE STORMS.  THE STORMS
SHOULD LAST ABOUT A HALF HOUR TO AN HOUR AT ANY ONE PLACE.

LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS OR STATEMENTS ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

EOM

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.