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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Charleston, WV

May 10, 2003Gallia County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2003, 5:51 PM EDT for Gallia County, Ohio. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 10, 2003, 5:51 PM EDT (21:51 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2003, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Gallia County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 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-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: 149 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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The text

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

769 
WFUS51 KRLX 102151
TORRLX
OHC053-102215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
551 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT...

* AT 549 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR GALLIA...OR ABOUT 6 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF OAK HILL...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE RIO GRANDE.

--CALL TO ACTION-- IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND
GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE
FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH
YOUR HANDS.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3897 8247 3883 8257 3872 8247 3867 8222
          3895 8213

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 10, 6:55 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lawrence	35 min
May 10, 5:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson	35 min
May 10, 5:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Gallia	23 min
May 10, 5:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Gallia	44 min
May 10, 6:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Lawrence	31 min
May 10, 6:18 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Gallia	27 min
May 10, 6:43 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Lawrence	32 min
May 10, 7:01 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Lawrence	29 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.