Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 1995, 11:17 PM EDT for Perry County, Ohio. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 1995, 11:17 PM EDT (03:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 1995, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Perry County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 210318 RRA SVRCRW OHC127-210400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1117 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTHEAST OHIO ...PERRY COUNTY AT 1115 PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 30 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE COMMUNITY OF CORNING BY 1025 PM. THE STOORM WILL MOVE JUST TO THE SOUTH OF NEW LEXINGTON BY 1145 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, 2 hours 58 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 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, 10:19 PM EDT, 58 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, 58 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, 11:10 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
WVZ005-006-013-024-025-KYZ103-105-210500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1110 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 1995 AT 1105 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY THAT WAS TRACKING NORTHWEST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINED TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AND POSSIBLY HAIL. COMMUNITIES IN THE PATHS OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE RANGER IN SOUTHWEST LINCOLN COUNTY AND DUNLOW IN CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL APPROACH LAWRENCE AND POSSIBLY BOYD COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY AT AROUND MIDNIGHT. IF YOU LIVE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...BE PREPARED RAPID RISES ON SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES FOR FURTHER UPDATES. END/
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 11:17 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
WVZ005-006-013-024-025-KYZ103-105-210500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1110 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 1995 AT 1105 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY THAT WAS TRACKING NORTHWEST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINED TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AND POSSIBLY HAIL. COMMUNITIES IN THE PATHS OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE RANGER IN SOUTHWEST LINCOLN COUNTY AND DUNLOW IN CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL APPROACH LAWRENCE AND POSSIBLY BOYD COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY AT AROUND MIDNIGHT. IF YOU LIVE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...BE PREPARED RAPID RISES ON SMALLER STRE"AMS AND CREEKS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES FOR FURTHER UPDATES. END/
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 10:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Washington | 44 min |
| Jun 20, 10:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Morgan | 54 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.