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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Charleston, WV

May 18, 2001Gallia County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at May 18, 2001, 5:08 PM EDT for Gallia County, Ohio. It was in force for 37 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 18, 2001, 5:08 PM EDT (21:08 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 2001, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Gallia County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 2001-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1152 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2001-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1152 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
479 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 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 KRLX 182108
TORRLX
OHC053-182145-
/NEW.KRLX.TO.W.0005.182108-182145/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
508 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT...

* AT 507 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF RIO GRANDE...MOVING
  EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE GALLIPOLIS.

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

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 10:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXGallia, Lawrence3 hr
May 18, 3:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXAthens, Jackson, Vinton3 hr
May 18, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson45 min
May 18, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Vinton28 min
May 18, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMeigs44 min
May 18, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGallia, Jackson37 min
May 18, 6:03 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXGallia3 hr
May 18, 6:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMeigs3 hr
May 18, 6:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXLawrence3 hr
May 18, 7:07 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXAthens, Vinton3 hr

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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.