Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Charleston, WV

Issued

Jun 4, 2002, 2:45 PM EDT (18:45 UTC)

Expired

Jun 4, 2002, 3:30 PM EDT

In force

45 min

Issued by

NWS Charleston, WV

Area

Whole counties

County Perry County, OH

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

664 
WUUS51 KRLX 041845
SVRRLX
OHC127-041930-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
244 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT...

* AT 241 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GLENFORD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND 
HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES.

--CALL TO ACTION--IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE
A STURDY SHELTER AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY
HEAVY RAIN.

--CALL TO ACTION--INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF
OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES AND
POWER POLES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN
EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE
THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

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

$$

LAT...LON 3992 8246 3972 8234 3974 8208 3991 8219

NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 4, 10:34 AM EDT, 4 hours 11 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1032 AM EDT TUE JUNE 4 2002

SURFACE FRONT WELL NORTH INTO NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHERN
OHIO...BUT PROBABLY DRAPES DOWN THROUGH WESTERN PA AND EASTERN WV
ALONG THE MOUNTAINS.  WITH VERY WARM AND MOIST AIR..THE ATMOSPHERE
WILL BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE IN THE LOWER LEVELS..BUT THERE IS A BIT
OF A CAP IN THE MID LEVELS.  STILL...THIS CAP DOES NOT LOOK STRONG
ENOUGH TO PREVENT SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY IN
THE NORTH AND EAST WHERE ADDITIONAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES ARE PRESENT
FROM OVERNIGHT CONVECTION. THUS..HAVE RAISED POPS A BIT IN THE NORTH
AND EAST THIS AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...LITTLE OR NO CHANGE.

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

.END/JMV

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.