Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 1996, 1:05 PM EDT for Gallia County, Jackson County, Lawrence County, Ohio. It was in force for 40 min. 5 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 23, 1996, 1:05 PM EDT (17:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 1996, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:05 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 1:10 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Jackson, OH | |
| Apr 23, 1:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Ironton, OH | |
| Apr 23, 1:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Hill, OH | |
| Apr 23, 1:25 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Chesapeake, OH | |
| Apr 23, 1:35 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Addison, 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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 132 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 231708 SVRCRW OHC053-079-087-231745- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 105 PM EDT TUE APR 23 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN SOUTHEAST OHIO ...GALLIA COUNTY...JACKSON COUNTY...LAWRENCE COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SCIOTO COUNTY OHIO. THESE THUNERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND HAD A HISTORY OF KNOCKING DOWN TREES. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Meigs | 57 min |
| Apr 23, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Washington | 57 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.