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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Charleston, WV

April 23, 1996Jackson County, Putnam County, Wood County, West Virginia; Meigs County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 1996, 1:48 PM EDT for Jackson County, Putnam County, Wood County, West Virginia; Meigs County, Ohio. It was in force for 57 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 23, 1996, 1:48 PM EDT (17:48 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 1996, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Meigs County, OH, Jackson County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 23, 2:00 PM EDTThunderstorm WindParkersburg, WV
Apr 23, 2:00 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50Hurricane, WV
Apr 23, 2:00 PM EDTThunderstorm WindRipley, WV
Apr 23, 2:15 PM EDTThunderstorm WindMiddleport, OH
Apr 23, 2:21 PM EDTThunderstorm WindTuppers Plains, OH
Apr 23, 2:25 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 52Parkersburg Arpt, WV

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 183 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1996-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1996-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
561 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 231750
SVRCRW
OHC105-167-WVC107-011-035-099-079-231845-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
148 PM EDT TUE APR 23 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN SOUTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...MEIGS COUNTY...WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
 
IN NORTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...WOOD COUNTY
 
IN WEST WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...CABELL COUNTY...JACKSON COUNTY...WAYNE COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...PUTNAM COUNTY
 
A LINE INTENSIFYING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEEN DETECTED BY WEATHER
SERVICE RADAR MOVING INTO THE WARNING AREA. THE LINE IS MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH. EXPECT DAMAGING WINDS WITH THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. LARGE
HAIL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED IN A FEW AREAS.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
EOM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 1:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXKanawha, Lincoln59 min
Apr 23, 1:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMason48 min
Apr 23, 1:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCabell, Wayne57 min
Apr 23, 1:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMingo68 min
Apr 23, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPleasants, Ritchie, Tyler60 min
Apr 23, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRoane, Wirt60 min
Apr 23, 2:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXClay37 min
Apr 23, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton, Nicholas48 min
Apr 23, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGilmer48 min
Apr 23, 2:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXDoddridge, Harrison, Lewis56 min
Apr 23, 2:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCalhoun56 min
Apr 23, 2:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWebster56 min
Apr 23, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXUpshur61 min
Apr 23, 3:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBarbour, Randolph61 min
Apr 23, 3:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXTaylor61 min
Apr 23, 1:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGallia, Jackson, Lawrence40 min
Apr 23, 1:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWashington57 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 1996Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.