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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Charleston, WV

June 10, 2020Lawrence County, Ohio; Greenup County, Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2020, 8:35 PM EDT for Lawrence County, Ohio; Greenup County, Kentucky. It was in force for 9 min. 3 reports 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 10, 2020, 8:35 PM EDT (00:35 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2020, 8:44 PM EDT
In force: 9 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Greenup County, KY, Lawrence County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 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 10, 8:39 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Ironton, OH	TREES DOWN ON PROPERTY IN IRONTON
Jun 10, 8:40 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ese Raceland, KY	MULTIPLE TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT RACELAND, INCLUDING BELLEFONTE ROAD, POND RUN AND DILLOW AVENUE, AND IN FLATWOODS, INCLUDING SUMMER STREET, OAKS DRIVE AND THOROUGHBRED ROAD.
Jun 10, 8:40 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Nne Flatwoods, KY	MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN RACELAND ON POND RUN, BELLEFONTE ROAD AND DILLOW AVENUE AND IN FLATWOODS ON SUMMERS STREET, OAKS DRIVE AND THOROUGHBRED ROAD.

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 10, 6:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 137 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

833 
WFUS51 KRLX 110035
TORRLX
KYC089-OHC087-110100-
/O.NEW.KRLX.TO.W.0007.200611T0035Z-200611T0100Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  East central Greenup County in northeastern Kentucky...
  Central Lawrence County in southeastern Ohio...

* Until 900 PM EDT.
    
* At 835 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Ironton, 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.

* This dangerous storm will be near...
  Ironton around 840 PM EDT.
  Lake Vesuvius around 850 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Raceland, Russell, Flatwoods, Worthington, Pedro, Hanging Rock and
Bellefonte.

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.

Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3846 8275 3850 8281 3871 8259 3866 8247
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 225DEG 33KT 3851 8274 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

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1 follow-up statement

326 
WWUS51 KRLX 110044
SVSRLX

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

KYC089-OHC087-110053-
/O.CAN.KRLX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-200611T0100Z/
Greenup KY-Lawrence OH-
844 PM EDT Wed Jun 10 2020

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GREENUP AND CENTRAL LAWRENCE
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 and
heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

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

LAT...LON 3846 8275 3850 8281 3871 8259 3866 8247
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 225DEG 33KT 3856 8268 

$$

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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, 8:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Athens, Meigs	14 min
Jun 10, 8:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence	29 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
Jun 10, 8:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boyd, Carter, Lawrence	40 min
Jun 10, 8:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lawrence	28 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.