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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Charleston, WV

May 21, 2001Jackson County, West Virginia; Meigs County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at May 21, 2001, 7:29 PM EDT for Jackson County, West Virginia; Meigs County, Ohio. It was in force for 16 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, 7:29 PM EDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired: May 21, 2001, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 16 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Whole counties

Counties Meigs County, OH, Jackson County, WV

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 21, 7:35 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Kenna, WV

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 21, 6:30 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 176 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KRLX 212329
TORRLX
OHC105-WVC035-212345-
/NEW.KRLX.TO.W.0016.212329-212345/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
729 PM EDT MON MAY 21 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN MEIGS COUNTY IN OHIO...
  JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT...

* AT 723 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES NORTH OF RACINE...MOVING
  EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE FORKED RUN STATE FOREST.

<<CALL TO ACTION>> THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET.

<<CALL TO ACTION>> STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 21, 12:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wayne	35 min
May 21, 7:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lincoln	25 min
May 21, 7:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Wood	33 min
May 21, 5:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson	33 min
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, 7:33 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.