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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Charleston, WV

July 14, 2000Jackson County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 2000, 6:01 PM EDT for Jackson County, Ohio. It was in force for 14 min. 1 report 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
Jul 14, 2000, 6:01 PM EDT (22:01 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2000, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
14 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Jackson County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 14, 6:05 PM EDTThunderstorm WindJackson, OHTrees were knocked down along Beaver Pike and around Hammertown Lake. Furniture blew through one window of a house. At least one house sustained roof damage.

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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 14, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 2000-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 203 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 2000-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 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
203 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1146 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

627 
WFUS51 KRLX 142201
TORCRW
OHC079-142215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
601 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  JACKSON COUNTY IN OHIO...

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT...

* AT 558 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STORM 
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF OAK HILL...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

.

<<CALL TO ACTION>>IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A
NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A
CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.

$$

LAT...LON 3897 8277 3885 8270 3885 8246 3906 8258

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 5:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson39 min
Jul 14, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson38 min
Jul 14, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGallia27 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.