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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at May 10, 1995, 5:56 PM EDT for Gallia County, Meigs County, Ohio. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 1995, 5:56 PM EDT (21:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 1995, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Gallia County, OH, Meigs County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 202 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -223 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1371 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 290 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 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 102151 TORCRW OHC053-105-102245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 556 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN SOUTHEAST OHIO ...GALLIA COUNTY...MEIGS COUNTY AT 550 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN NORTHERN GALLIA COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST TOWARD MEIGS COUNTY. THE STORM WAS CLOSE TO THE CITY OF POMEROY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, May 10, 12:40 PM EDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before
OHZ066-102300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1234 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995 THERE IS A THREAT OF TORNADOES ACROSS MUCH OF OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF OHIO UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES PERRY COUNTY, OHIO. THE TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OR MOVE INTO PERRY COUNTY, OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MIGHT BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS OR WARNINGS DISCRIBING THIS TORNADO WATCH. IF THE SKY LOOKS UNUSUALLY THREATENING, OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED, SEEK A PLACE OF SAFETY. EOM
Special weather statement, May 10, 1:50 PM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
WVZ005>047-VAZ001>017-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-KYZ101>105-107- 119-110000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 150 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995 ...STRONG STORMS MOVING THROUGH THE REGION.... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM ATHENS OHIO SOUTH TO EASTERN KENTUCKY WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH...WITH INDIVIDUAL STORMS MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. THIS LINE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARDS THE EAST AND WILL AFFECT AREAS OF WESTERN OHIO...WEST VIRGINIA...AND WESTERN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED VERY GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL AND LIGHTING. IF THESE STORMS APPROACH YOU...SEEK SHELTER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEAT(HER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR ANY FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. END/SIKORA
Special weather statement, May 10, 2:44 PM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
WVZ005>047-VAZ001>017-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-KYZ101>105-107- 119-110000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 245 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT FOR THE ENTIRE REGION EXCEPT THE NEW RIVER VALLEY OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.... A LINE OF STRONG STORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTH OF MARIETTA OHIO TO CHARLESTON TO LOGAN AND INTO SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AROUND 25 MPH...WITH INDIVIDUAL STORMS MOVING TOWARDS NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARDS THE EAST-NORTHEAST AND WILL AFFECT CENTRAL SECTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA IN THE NEXT HOUR...AND WILL AFFECT EASTERN SECTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA IN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE HOURS. IF THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV AND RADIO FOR ANY FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. END/SIKORA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 43 min |
| May 10, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Meigs | 38 min |
| May 10, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gallia, Meigs | 54 min |
| May 10, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 38 min |
| May 10, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gallia, Lawrence | 37 min |
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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.