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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Charleston, WV

June 10, 2020Athens County, Meigs County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2020, 8:08 PM EDT for Athens County, Meigs County, Ohio. It was in force for 14 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, 8:08 PM EDT (00:08 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2020, 8:22 PM EDT
In force: 14 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Athens County, OH, Meigs County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 163 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: 28 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1708 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

953 
WFUS51 KRLX 110008
TORRLX
OHC009-105-110045-
/O.NEW.KRLX.TO.W.0005.200611T0008Z-200611T0045Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  North central Meigs County in southeastern Ohio...
  Southeastern Athens County in southeastern Ohio...

* Until 845 PM EDT.
    
* At 807 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 8 miles north of Pomeroy, moving northeast at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado.

  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...
  Athens, Amesville, Stroud Run State Park and Darwin. 

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 3932 8185 3930 8183 3930 8181 3908 8199
      3910 8213 3940 8201 3943 8185
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 203DEG 35KT 3915 8205 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

HART

1 follow-up statement

327 
WWUS51 KRLX 110022
SVSRLX

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

OHC009-105-110031-
/O.CAN.KRLX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-200611T0045Z/
Meigs OH-Athens OH-
822 PM EDT Wed Jun 10 2020

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MEIGS AND SOUTHEASTERN
ATHENS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 100 AM EDT for
southeastern Ohio.

LAT...LON 3932 8185 3930 8183 3930 8181 3908 8199
      3910 8213 3940 8201 3943 8185
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 203DEG 35KT 3926 8199 

$$

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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 10, 8:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence	29 min
Jun 10, 8:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Lawrence	9 min
Jun 10, 8:43 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Gallia, Meigs	32 min
Jun 10, 9:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Meigs	22 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.