Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2001, 5:57 PM EDT for Jackson County, Ohio. It was in force for 33 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
- May 21, 2001, 5:57 PM EDT (21:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2001, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jackson County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 6:10 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Hill, OH | Large tree branches were blown down. |
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, 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1016 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 731 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KRLX 212158 SVRRLX OHC079-212230- /NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0079.212157-212230/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 557 PM EDT MON MAY 21 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... JACKSON COUNTY IN OHIO... * UNTIL 630 PM EDT... * AT 553 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OAK HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE OAK HILL PYRO <<CALL TO ACTION>>SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED. PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772. $$ LAT...LON 3885 8277 3886 8246 3914 8244 3899 8266
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 6:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Gallia, Meigs | 35 min |
| May 21, 6:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson | 3 hr |
| May 21, 6:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Jackson | 16 min |
| May 21, 6:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Gallia | 3 hr |
| May 21, 6:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Gallia, Meigs | 25 min |
| May 21, 7:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Meigs, Vinton | 3 hr |
| May 21, 7:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Meigs | 16 min |
| May 21, 7:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Athens | 3 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.