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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Charleston, WV

June 24, 1996Lawrence County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1996, 4:47 PM EDT for Lawrence County, Ohio. It was in force for 58 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 1996, 4:47 PM EDT (20:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 1996, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Lawrence County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 309 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 1996-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1157 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 1996-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1157 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
910 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 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 242047
SVRCRW
KYC043-089-OHC087-WVC073-095-107-242145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
447 PM EDT MON JUN 24 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN EAST KENTUCKY
 
   ...CARTER COUNTY...GREENUP COUNTY
 
 
IN SOUTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...LAWRENCE COUNTY
 
 
IN NORTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...PLEASANTS COUNTY...TYLER COUNTY...WOOD COUNTY
 
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOW A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST INTO THE WARNING AREA AT 40 MPH. THIS LINE HAS
A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS.
 
THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS.  IF YOU ARE IN THEIR PATHS 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
Jun 24, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWashington45 min
Jun 24, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson45 min
Jun 24, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGallia, Meigs42 min
Jun 24, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXAthens42 min

Nearby

Severe 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.