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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 236, NWS Charleston, WV

August 15, 1996Athens County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 1996, 3:22 PM EDT for Athens County, Ohio. It was in force for 38 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
Aug 15, 1996, 3:22 PM EDT (19:22 UTC)
Expired
Aug 15, 1996, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Athens County, OH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 15, 3:35 PM EDTThunderstorm WindAthens, OH
Aug 15, 3:40 PM EDTHail 0.75Amesville, 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, 7.4 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 1996-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 922 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 1996-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
922 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1158 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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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
Aug 15, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMeigs48 min
Aug 15, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMorgan48 min
Aug 15, 3:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWashington63 min
Aug 15, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMeigs31 min
Aug 15, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.