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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Charleston, WV

June 10, 2020Lawrence County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2020, 7:53 PM EDT for Lawrence County, Ohio. It was in force for 37 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: Jun 10, 2020, 7:53 PM EDT (23:53 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2020, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Lawrence County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 10, 6:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 128 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: 346 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -192 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 774 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 205 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

329 
WFUS51 KRLX 102353
TORRLX
OHC087-110030-
/O.NEW.KRLX.TO.W.0004.200610T2353Z-200611T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Charleston WV
753 PM EDT Wed Jun 10 2020

The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Lawrence County in southeastern Ohio...

* Until 830 PM EDT.

* At 753 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms capable of producing both 
  tornadoes and straight line wind damage were located near 
  Wheelersburg, moving northeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

  IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
           shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. 
           Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree 
           damage is likely.

* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  northwestern Lawrence County, including the following locations...
  Waterloo and Vernon.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 3868 8271 3875 8270 3875 8266 3885 8265
      3884 8257 3878 8258 3877 8248 3875 8248
      3874 8247 3869 8248 3864 8276 3868 8276
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 240DEG 29KT 3867 8278 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

HART

1 follow-up statement

104 
WWUS51 KRLX 110009
SVSRLX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
809 PM EDT Wed Jun 10 2020

OHC087-110030-
/O.CON.KRLX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-200611T0030Z/
Lawrence OH-
809 PM EDT Wed Jun 10 2020

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY...
    
At 809 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles southeast of South Webster, or 8 miles north of
Lake Vesuvius, moving northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
         shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage 
         to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree damage is 
         likely.

Locations impacted include...
Vernon and Waterloo. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 3868 8271 3875 8270 3875 8266 3885 8265
      3884 8257 3878 8258 3877 8248 3875 8248
      3874 8247 3869 8248 3864 8276 3868 8276
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 240DEG 29KT 3874 8263 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

HART

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 4:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Morgan and 3 more	116 min
Jun 10, 6:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Jackson, Morgan, Perry, Vinton	76 min
Jun 10, 6:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Vinton	72 min
Jun 10, 7:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Morgan, Perry, Washington	48 min
Jun 10, 7:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence	61 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.