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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 5, 2000Marshall County, West Virginia

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2000, 5:39 PM EDT for Marshall County, West Virginia. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 2000, 5:39 PM EDT (21:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2000, 6:10 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Whole counties

County Marshall County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 78 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2000-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2000-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
768 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
181 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 
WFUS51 KPBZ 052140
TORPIT
WVC051-052215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
539 PM EDT MON JUN 5 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MARSHALL COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 610 PM EDT

* AT 539 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A   
  TORNADO 6 MILES EAST OF MOUNDSVILLE. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING 
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BENWOOD AT 610 PM EDT.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES AND
GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

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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.