Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2012, 7:27 PM EDT for 6 counties in Ohio; Cabell County, Mason County, Wood County, West Virginia. It was in force for 63 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
- Jul 1, 2012, 7:27 PM EDT (23:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2012, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Athens County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Cabell County, WV, Mason County, WV, Wood County, WV
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 8:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Jackson, OH | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ACROSS COUNTY. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 140 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2142 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1001 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS51 KRLX 012327
SVRRLX
OHC009-053-079-087-105-163-WVC011-053-107-020030-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0090.120701T2327Z-120702T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
727 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
VINTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
SOUTHWESTERN ATHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
MEIGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
GALLIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
MASON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTH CENTRAL CABELL COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN WOOD COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 830 PM EDT
* AT 721 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MCARTHUR TO 10 MILES WEST OF
MCARTHUR TO 9 MILES WEST OF JACKSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LAKE HOPE STATE PARK... MCARTHUR...
JACKSON... WELLSTON... ALBANY...
OAK HILL... RIO GRANDE... RUTLAND...
POMEROY... GALLIPOLIS...
FORKED RUN STATE FOREST... RACINE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE. 1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN
DO SO SAFELY.
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE. 1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN
DO SO SAFELY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3914 8280 3927 8274 3939 8243 3927 8229
3911 8159 3905 8165 3909 8175 3907 8183
3894 8176 3892 8178 3894 8184 3887 8190
3883 8188 3847 8228 3879 8266 3884 8266
3884 8273 3889 8278 3893 8277 3894 8282
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 308DEG 33KT 3928 8242 3920 8262
3900 8274
$$2 follow-up statements
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WWUS51 KRLX 020001
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
801 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
OHC009-053-079-087-105-163-WVC011-053-107-020030-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-120702T0030Z/
VINTON OH-LAWRENCE OH-ATHENS OH-MEIGS OH-GALLIA OH-JACKSON OH-
MASON WV-CABELL WV-WOOD WV-
801 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT
FOR WOOD...CABELL...MASON...JACKSON...GALLIA...MEIGS...ATHENS...
LAWRENCE AND VINTON COUNTIES...
AT 759 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM RUTLAND TO VINTON TO 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF RIO GRANDE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OAK
HILL... ALBANY... RIO GRANDE...
RUTLAND... POMEROY... GALLIPOLIS...
FORKED RUN STATE FOREST... RACINE...
POINT PLEASANT...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3884 8266 3909 8236 3924 8226 3910 8160
3905 8165 3909 8175 3907 8183 3894 8176
3894 8184 3887 8190 3883 8188 3847 8228
3879 8266
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 308DEG 33KT 3908 8209 3900 8229
3880 8242
$$652
WWUS51 KRLX 020026
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
826 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
OHC009-053-079-087-105-163-WVC011-053-107-020035-
/O.EXP.KRLX.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-120702T0030Z/
VINTON OH-LAWRENCE OH-ATHENS OH-MEIGS OH-GALLIA OH-JACKSON OH-
MASON WV-CABELL WV-WOOD WV-
826 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WOOD...CABELL...MASON...
JACKSON...GALLIA...MEIGS...ATHENS...LAWRENCE AND VINTON COUNTIES
EXPIRES AT 830 PM EDT...
ALTHOUGH THE WARNING IS EXPIRING...GUSTY SHOWERS WILL LINGER FOR THE
NEXT HALF AN HOUR OR SO.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
SUNDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL
WEST VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3884 8266 3909 8236 3924 8226 3910 8160
3905 8165 3909 8175 3907 8183 3894 8176
3894 8184 3887 8190 3883 8188 3847 8228
3879 8266
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 308DEG 33KT 3894 8187 3886 8207
3866 8220
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 3:29 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | RLX | Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Morgan and 3 more | 28 hr |
| Jul 1, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Vinton | 58 min |
| Jul 1, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Meigs, Morgan, Perry, Vinton, Washington | 39 min |
| Jul 1, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Meigs, Morgan, Perry, Vinton, Washington | 78 min |
| Jul 1, 9:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell | 41 min |
| Jul 1, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer and 8 more | 62 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.