Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Charleston, WV

April 20, 1996Martin County, Kentucky; Wayne County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 1996, 7:41 AM EDT for Martin County, Kentucky; Wayne County, West Virginia. It was in force for 34 min. 4 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: Apr 20, 1996, 7:41 AM EDT (11:41 UTC)
Expired: Apr 20, 1996, 8:15 AM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Whole counties

Counties Martin County, KY, Wayne County, WV

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Apr 20, 7:45 AM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Inez, KY
Apr 20, 7:45 AM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Debord, KY
Apr 20, 7:50 AM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Warfield, KY
Apr 20, 8:10 AM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Dunlow, WV

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 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 199 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1144 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 991 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 276 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.1
Supercell composite: 4.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 201142
SVRCRW
KYC159-WVC099-201215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
741 AM EDT SAT APR 20 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN EAST KENTUCKY
 
   ...MARTIN COUNTY
 
 
IN WEST WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...WAYNE COUNTY
 
AT 740 AM EDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS APPROACHING MARTIN COUNTY KY
AND WAYNE COUNTY WV. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS
NEARING THESE COUNTIES HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE ALREADY DOWNED A LARGE TREE IN THE TOWN OF LOUISA
IN LAWRENCE COUNTY.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
BELK
 
&

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 20, 6:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Elliott	25 min
Apr 20, 6:45 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Carter	30 min
Apr 20, 6:52 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boyd, Greenup	38 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1996 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 1996 Every 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.