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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Charleston, WV

May 23, 2000Perry County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2000, 7:26 PM EDT for Perry County, Ohio. It was in force for 34 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 23, 2000, 7:26 PM EDT (23:26 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2000, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Perry County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 23, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 2000-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 94 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2000-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 234 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
94 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
930 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
234 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
327 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

793 
WUUS51 KRLX 232325
SVRCRW
OHC127-240000-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
726 PM EDT TUE MAY 23 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTY IN OHIO...

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT...

* AT 724 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE VICINITY OF NEW LEXINGTON... MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME COMMUNITIES WHICH MAY BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM ARE...
  MCCUNEVILLE...
  SHAWNEE...
  MOXAHALA...
  HEMLOCK...
  RENDVILLE...

<<< CALL TO ACTION >>> DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY.
GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

.END/CL

N

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 6:11 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXPerry14 min
May 23, 6:20 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXPerry20 min
May 23, 6:35 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXPerry30 min
May 23, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMorgan35 min

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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.