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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Charleston, WV

May 8, 1996Boyd County, Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1996, 7:50 PM EDT for Boyd County, Kentucky. It was in force for 40 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
May 8, 1996, 7:50 PM EDT (23:50 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 1996, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Boyd County, KY

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 1996-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 89 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 1996-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
89 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
611 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 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 082351
SVRCRW
KYC019-115-127-090030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
750 PM EDT WED MAY 8 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN EAST KENTUCKY
 
   ...BOYD COUNTY...JOHNSON COUNTY...LAWRENCE COUNTY
 
AT 745 PM A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS RACING ACROSS EASTERN
KENTUCKY. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF
LAWRENCE...BOYD AND JOHNSON COUNTIES BETWEEN 800 PM AND 810 PM.
 
THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MILES AN HOUR.  THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. PREPARE TO TAKE
PROTECTIVE ACTIONS FOR PERSONAL SAFETY.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCarter, Elliott50 min
May 8, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGreenup50 min
May 8, 7:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJohnson, Lawrence40 min

Nearby

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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.