Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 1995, 5:10 PM EDT for Athens County, Ohio. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 9, 1995, 5:10 PM EDT (21:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 1995, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Athens County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -302 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1481 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 092113 RRA SVRCRW OHC009-092145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 510 PM EDT SUN APR 9 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTHEAST OHIO ...ATHENS COUNTY DOPPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHWEST ATHENS COUNTY NEAR LAKE SNOW DEN. MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. AN EARLIER STORM THAT PASSED OVER THE CITY OF ATHENS PRODUCED DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL. 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. SITES &
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, Apr 9, 11:54 AM EDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before
OHZ066-091700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1154 AM EDT SUN APR 9 1995 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HEADED FOR PERRY COUNTY DOPPLER RADAR IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST ENTERING SOUTHWESTERN PERRY COUTNY AT 1155 AM. THIS STOM WAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH NEW LEXINGTON BY 1215 PM AND INTO NORTHERN MARGAN COUNTY BY 1245 PM. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN, SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER AS THE STORM MOVES ACROSS THE COUNTY. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXPECT VISIBILITIES TO DROP IN THE HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE THUNDERSTORM. PLEASE STAY TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO, OR LOCAL TV FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. SCHUMACHER
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 11:59 AM EDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
OHZ066-091700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1154 AM EDT SUN APR 9 1995 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HEADED FOR PERRY COUNTY DOPPLER RADAR IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST ENTERING SOUTHWESTERN PERRY COUTNY AT 1155 AM. THIS STOM WAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH NEW LEXINGTON BY 1215 PM AND INTO NORTHERN MARGAN COUNTY BY 1245 PM. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN, SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER AS THE STORM MOVES ACROSS THE COUNTY. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXPECT VISIBILITIES TO DROP IN THE HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITzH THE THUNDERSTORM. PLEASE STAY TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO, OR LOCAL TV FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. SCHUMACHER
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 4:48 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
WVZ009>011-017-019-020-029>032-040-VAZ008-OHZ075-076-083>085-092200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 448 PM EDT SUN APR 9 1995 A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. THE LINE RAN FROM NEAR PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA TO PARKERSBURG WEST VIRGINIA THEN TURNED WESTWARD INTO SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO. THESE STORMS HAVE FORMED ALONG A COLD FRONT WHICH WAS PUSHING SOUTHWARD INTO THE AREA. THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND FOR A BRIEF TIME HEAVY RAINS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH....WHICH WOULD PUT THEM TO NEAR I-79 BETWEEN 530 PM AND 600 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. SITES
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 4:51 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
WVZ009>011-017-019-020-029>032-040-VAZ008-OHZ075-076-083>085-092200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 448 PM EDT SUN APR 9 1995 A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. THE LINE RAN FROM NEAR PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA TO PARKERSBURG WEST VIRGINIA THEN TURNED WESTWARD INTO SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO. THESE STORMS HAVE FORMED ALONG A COLD FRONT WHICH WAS PUSHING SOUTHWARD INTO THE AREA. THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND FOR A BRIEF TIME HEAVY RAINS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH....WHICH WOULD PUT THEM TO NEAR I-79 BETWEEN 530 PM AND 600 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. SITES
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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.