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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Charleston, WV

June 14, 2005Lawrence County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 2005, 5:47 PM EDT for Lawrence County, Ohio. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 14, 2005, 5:47 PM EDT (21:47 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2005, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 28 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), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 14, 5:52 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 E Ironton, OH	TREES DOWN JUST NORTH OF COAL GROVE ALONG ROUTE 243.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 14, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 148 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: 1095 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 923 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 1.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KRLX 142147
TORRLX
OHC087-142215-
/O.NEW.KRLX.TO.W.0003.050614T2147Z-050614T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
547 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 545 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAKE VESUVIUS...OR 5 MILES EAST OF
  COAL GROVE...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SCOTTOWN...

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA. GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR

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 3861 8264 3843 8264 3843 8232 3865 8237

$$

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2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KRLX 142203
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
602 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005

OHC087-142215-
/O.CON.KRLX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050614T2215Z/
LAWRENCE OH-
602 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR LAWRENCE 
COUNTY...

AT 558 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF 
PROCTORVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE 
LAWRENCE COUNTY.

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

LAT...LON 3861 8264 3843 8264 3843 8232 3865 8237

$$

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000 
WWUS51 KRLX 142212
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
612 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005

OHC087-142222-
/O.EXP.KRLX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050614T2215Z/
LAWRENCE OH-
612 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY EXPIRES AT
615 PM EDT...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM WHICH
PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

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 3861 8264 3843 8264 3843 8232 3865 8237

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 2:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Vinton	47 min
Jun 14, 3:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens	46 min
Jun 14, 4:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Morgan, Washington	29 min
Jun 14, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Washington	30 min
Jun 14, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lawrence	37 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.