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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Charleston, WV

June 6, 2001Washington County, Ohio; Wood County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2001, 7:11 PM EDT for Washington County, Ohio; Wood County, West Virginia. It was in force for 34 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
Jun 6, 2001, 7:11 PM EDT (23:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2001, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Washington County, OH, Wood County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 12:00Z on 2001-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2001-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
608 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 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.

352 
WFUS51 KRLX 062312
TORRLX
OHC167-WVC107-062345-
/NEW.KRLX.TO.W.0018.062311-062345/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
711 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN OHIO...
  WOOD COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT...

* AT 708 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTH OF BEVERLY...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE PARKERSBURG...MARIETTA
  AND BELPRE.

<<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.

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

$$

LAT...LON 3953 8162 3933 8182 3919 8153 3937 8135

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson44 min
Jun 6, 7:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGallia44 min
Jun 6, 7:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLawrence33 min
Jun 6, 11:27 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBoone, Lincoln3 hr
Jun 6, 7:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPleasants, Ritchie40 min
Jun 6, 7:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMcDowell22 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.