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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Charleston, WV

May 10, 2003Gallia County, Ohio; Mason County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2003, 6:18 PM EDT for Gallia County, Ohio; Mason County, West Virginia. It was in force for 27 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, 6:18 PM EDT (22:18 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2003, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Gallia County, OH, Mason County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 12:00Z on 2003-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 149 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 12:00Z on 2003-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 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
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.

136 
WFUS51 KRLX 102218
TORRLX
OHC053-WVC053-102245-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MASON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  GALLIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT...

* AT 614 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GALLIPOLIS...
  MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* 

--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 3889 8236 3871 8235 3869 8182 3891 8182

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 6:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLawrence35 min
May 10, 5:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson35 min
May 10, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGallia23 min
May 10, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGallia44 min
May 10, 5:51 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXGallia24 min
May 10, 6:14 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXLawrence31 min
May 10, 6:43 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXLawrence32 min
May 10, 7:01 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXLawrence29 min
May 9, 8:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton42 min
May 9, 8:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWebster45 min
May 9, 8:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton, Calhoun26 min
May 10, 3:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPutnam32 min
May 10, 4:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRoane29 min
May 10, 4:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWirt, Wood24 min
May 10, 11:05 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXRandolph3 hr
May 10, 1:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCabell33 min
May 10, 1:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCalhoun, Roane30 min
May 10, 2:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLincoln, Wayne25 min
May 10, 2:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton, Gilmer33 min
May 10, 2:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Lincoln31 min
May 10, 2:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXKanawha36 min
May 10, 2:48 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXGilmer3 hr
May 10, 2:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLogan, Mingo27 min
May 10, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLogan, Wyoming30 min
May 10, 3:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Kanawha23 min
May 10, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRaleigh, Wyoming52 min
May 10, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWirt31 min
May 10, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCalhoun34 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.