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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Charleston, WV

June 20, 1995Washington County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 1995, 10:16 PM EDT for Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 1995, 10:16 PM EDT (02:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 1995, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Washington County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2460 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2460 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1038 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KCRW 210216 RRA
SVRCRW
OHC167-210300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1016 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 1015 PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING A POSSIBLE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN WOOD COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE
NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 30 MPH WILL MOVE INTO WASHINGTON COUNTY OHIO AND
THE CITY OF MARIETTA BY 1030 PM.
 
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.
 
 
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, Jun 20, 8:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
WVZ020-029-030-210100-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
820 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1 AM EDT WEDNESDAY...

AT 817 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TO THE WEST AT AROUND 15 TO 25 MPH. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS...SMALL
HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING TOWARD THE WEST AND
WILL EFFECT THE CITY OF WESTON BETWEEN 820 AND 845 PM.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD KEEP ALERT TO
THE CURRENT WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED.

END/ROZANSKI
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 8:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
WVZ020-029-030-210100-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
820 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1 AM EDT WEDNESDAY...

AT 817 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TO THE WEST AT AROUND 15 TO 25 MPH. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS...SMALL
HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING TOWARD THE WEST AND
WILL EFFECT THE CITY OF WESTON BETWEEN 820 AND 845 PM.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD KEEP ALERT TO
THE CURRENT WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED.

END/ROZANSKI

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 10:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMorgan54 min
Jun 20, 11:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPerry43 min

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.