Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 220, NWS Charleston, WV

July 30, 1996Washington County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 1996, 3:33 PM EDT for Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 27 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, 3:33 PM EDT (19:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 1996, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Washington County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 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
Jul 30, 3:42 PM EDTHail 0.75Vincent, OH
Jul 30, 3:49 PM EDTThunderstorm WindBarlow, 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 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, 2:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXAthens39 min
Jul 30, 3:07 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXAthens38 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.