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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Charleston, WV

May 23, 2000Washington County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2000, 8:34 PM EDT for Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 31 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, 8:34 PM EDT (00:34 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2000, 9:05 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Washington County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 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, 7:45 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 00:00Z on 2000-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 515 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2000-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 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
515 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
656 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

945 
WFUS51 KRLX 240032
TORCRW
OHC167-240105-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
834 PM EDT TUE MAY 23 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 905 PM EDT...

* AT 832 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A TORNADO 16 MILES WEST OF MARIETTA OR 6 MILES WEST OF
  WATERTOWN... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME COMMUNITIES WHICH MAY BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM ARE...
  WATERTOWN...

<< CALL TO ACTION >> GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR

.END/CL

 
N

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 8:03 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXMorgan32 min
May 23, 9:06 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPerry119 min
May 23, 9:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWashington21 min
May 23, 10:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPerry2 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.