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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 219, NWS Charleston, WV

July 30, 1996Athens County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 1996, 2:51 PM EDT for Athens County, Ohio. It was in force for 39 min. 2 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
Jul 30, 1996, 2:51 PM EDT (18:51 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 1996, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Athens County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:52 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 30, 3:20 PM EDTHail 1Nelsonville, OH
Jul 30, 3:25 PM EDTThunderstorm WindMillfield, OH

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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 1996-07-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 627 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 1996-07-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 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
627 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
579 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 3:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWood39 min
Jul 30, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRitchie44 min
Jul 30, 4:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRitchie38 min
Jul 30, 4:34 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPleasants, Tyler, Wood2 hr
Jul 30, 4:38 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPleasants, Tyler2 hr
Jul 30, 4:38 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWood2 hr
Jul 30, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGilmer30 min
Jul 30, 2:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMorgan36 min
Jul 30, 3:07 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXAthens38 min
Jul 30, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWashington27 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.