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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Charleston, WV

June 20, 1995Morgan County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 1995, 10:51 PM EDT for Morgan County, Ohio. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 1995, 10:51 PM EDT (02:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 1995, 11:45 PM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Morgan County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:53 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, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 
TTAA00 KCRW 210252 RRA
SVRCRW
OHC115-210345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1051 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...MORGAN COUNTY
 
AT 1045 PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
OVER NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHWEST AT
25 TO 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO MORGAN COUNTY BY 1100 PM.
THE COMMUNITY OF CHESTERHILL IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
 
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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, 2 hours 32 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, 2 hours 31 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, 10:19 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
KYZ105-107-119-210300-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1019 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 1995

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHWEST THROUGH MARTIN COUNTY AT 1
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 10:19 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
KYZ105-107-119-210300-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1019 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 1995

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHWEST THROUGH MARTIN COUNTY AT 1

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 10:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWashington44 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.