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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Charleston, WV

June 15, 1995Elliott County, Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1995, 5:12 PM EDT for Elliott County, Kentucky. It was in force for 63 min.

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The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 1995, 5:12 PM EDT (21:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 1995, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Elliott County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 1995-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 82 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 1995-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 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
82 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-194 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1443 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 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 
WUUS1 KCRW 152112 RRA
SVRCRW
KYC063-152215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
512 PM EDT THU JUN 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN EAST KENTUCKY
 
   ...ELLIOTT COUNTY
 
CHARLESTON RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN ELLIOTT
COUNTY AT 508 PM. THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. IT WILL BE WEST
OF SANDY HOOK BY 530 PM.
 
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
SCHUMACHER

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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.