Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS Charleston, WV

June 2, 2002Perry County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2002, 1:51 AM EDT for Perry County, Ohio. It was in force for 39 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
Jun 2, 2002, 1:51 AM EDT (05:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2002, 2:30 AM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Perry County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 2, 2:01 AM EDTHail 0.88Shawnee, OH

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 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 00:00Z on 2002-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2706 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 00:00Z on 2002-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 138 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
2706 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
997 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
282 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.9
Supercell composite
13.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

106 
WUUS51 KRLX 020551
SVRRLX
OHC127-020630-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
149 AM EDT SUN JUN 2 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...

* UNTIL 230 AM EDT...

* AT 146 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHAWNEE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40
  MPH.

.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 1, 3:39 PM EDT, 10 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 3:39 PM EDT, 10 hours 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
335 PM EDT SAT JUNE 1 2002

SHORT RANGE TONIGHT-MON NIGHT...

SEVERE WX MOVED THROUGH WAYNE COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON.  REPORTS OF
HAIL...MARBLE AND DIME SIZE.  ALSO HEAVY RAIN.  RADAR ESTIMATES
GIVING ANYWHERE FROM A QUARTER OF AN INCH TO UP TO 2.5 INCHES OF
RAIN.  OF COURSE SOME OF THIS IS PROBABLY HAIL CONTAMINATED.

OTHER THAN THAT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING OVER SAME AREA.
 TAKING A LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING ACROSS THIS AREA.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS JUST IN SOUTHERN AREA...LEAVING THE NORTH
DRY THIS AFTERNOON.

LOOKING FOR THE SAME OLD STORY FOR THE SHORT TERM...SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.  PLAYED A BIT WITH TIMING..BUT NOT TOO MANY CHANGES
COMPARED TO PREVIOUS ISSUANCE.

EXTENDED RANGE (TUES-SATURDAY)...
WARM SECTOR MODE WITH DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY.  WENT WITH IDEA
OF FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WEDNESDAY AND IN THE AREA
THURS-SAT.  ADDED POPS ACCORDINGLY FRI-SAT PER ISC.  NOT FAR FROM
NUMBERS ON TEMPS OR POPS.

.RLX...
WV...NONE.
VA...NONE.
KY...NONE.
OH...NONE.

.END / KS + TRM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 1, 8:03 PM EDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before
ZCZC CRWLSRRLX DEF
TTAA00 KCRW DDHHMM
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
803 PM EDT SAT JUN 01 2002

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

801 PM    FLATWOODS                 KY   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/01/02   GREENUP                       EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                         746 PM  AND  801 PM

NWUS51 KRLX 020003
LSRRLX
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0803 PM EDT SAT JUN 01 2002

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0801 PM    FLATWOODS                 KY   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/01/02   GREENUP                        EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0746 PM  AND  0801 PM
Local storm report, Jun 1, 8:08 PM EDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0808 PM EDT SAT JUN 01 2002

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0806 PM    ASHLAND                   KY   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/01/02   BOYD                           EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0751 PM  AND  0806 PM
Local storm report, Jun 1, 8:12 PM EDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0812 PM EDT SAT JUN 01 2002

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0808 PM    ASHLAND                   KY   .50 INCH HAIL
06/01/02   BOYD                           EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0753 PM  AND  0808 PM

0810 PM    ASHLAND                   KY   .75 INCH HAIL
06/01/02   BOYD                           EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0755 PM  AND  0810 PM
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 8:21 PM EDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before
KYZ105-WVZ005-006-013-020215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
821 PM EDT SAT JUN 1 2002

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THRU THE TRI STATE REGION...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER CABELL...LINCOLN...
WAYNE...AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES.  THESE STORMS HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO
PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL.  UP TO A HALF AN INCH
COULD FALL IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES...OVER THE AFOREMENTIONED AREAS.
THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  YOUR NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WILL MONITOR THE SITUATION.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.