Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 1995, 11:20 AM EDT for Meigs County, Ohio. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 1995, 11:20 AM EDT (15:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 1995, 12:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Meigs County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 920 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 90 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 696 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 693 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 101519 RRA SVRCRW OHC105-101615- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1120 AM EDT MON APR 10 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTHEAST OHIO ...MEIGS COUNTY AT 1115 AM EDT...CHARLESTON 88-D WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR HARRISONVILLE OHIO IN MEIGS COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL REACH THE OHIO RIVER AROUND NOON. 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, Apr 10, 6:05 AM EDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
WVZ009-010-OHZ066-067-075-076-101200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 605 AM EDT MON APR 10 1995 AT 600 AM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHEASTERN ATHENS COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY OHIO AND EXTREME NORTHERN WOOD COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA AND INTO PLEASANTS COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THE TRACK OF THE STORM WILL TAKE THE STORM ACROSS THE MARIETTA AREA BETWEEN
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 6:06 AM EDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
WVZ009-010-OHZ066-067-075-076-101200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 605 AM EDT MON APR 10 1995 AT 600 AM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHEASTERN ATHENS COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY OHIO AND EXTREME NORTHERN WOOD COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA AND INTO PLEASANTS COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THE TRACK OF THE STORM WILL TAKE THE STORM ACROSS THE MARIETTA AREA BETWEEN 630 AND 700 AM THIS MORNING. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS SEEN IN SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTY OHIO. THIS STORM WILL TRACK ACROSS MORGAN COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. END/ZINN
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 9:15 AM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
WVZ007>012-VAZ008-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>086-101500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 915 AM EDT MON APR 10 1995 ...STORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST OHIO AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA... CHARLESTON 88-D WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST OHIO AND MOVING INTO THE NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. MOTORIST USE CAUTION. END/SIKORA
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 9:19 AM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
WVZ007>012-VAZ008-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>086-101500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 915 AM EDT MON APR 10 1995 ...STORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST OHIO AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA... CHARLESTON 88-D WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST OHIO AND MOVING INTO THE NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. MOTORIST USE CAUTION. END/SIKORA
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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.