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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Charleston, WV

May 10, 2003Lawrence County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2003, 6:43 PM EDT for Lawrence County, Ohio. It was in force for 32 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, 6:43 PM EDT (22:43 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2003, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lawrence County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 10, 1:20 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
May 10, 6:30 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 153 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.

780 
WFUS51 KRLX 102243
TORRLX
OHC087-102315-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT...

* AT 643 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STORM   
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER COAL GROVE...MOVING EAST AT 30 
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE CHESAPEAKE.

--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...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3841 8258 3847 8260 3855 8271 3860 8268
          3854 8230 3844 8234 3844 8241 3841 8249

$$

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, 5:51 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Gallia	24 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, 7:01 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Lawrence	29 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.