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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Charleston, WV

May 2, 2002Washington County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2002, 1:44 AM EDT for Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 2, 2002, 1:44 AM EDT (05:44 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2002, 2:15 AM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Whole counties

County Washington County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 159 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2247 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 191 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 402 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KRLX 020544
SVRRLX
OHC167-020615-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
144 AM EDT THU MAY 2 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...

* UNTIL 215 AM EDT...

* AT 140 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES WEST OF LOWELL...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.


--CALL TO ACTION--IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE
A STURDY SHELTER AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY
HEAVY RAIN.

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 3964 8146 3959 8138 3957 8125 3957 8109
          3952 8109 3948 8115 3948 8172 3958 8172
          3958 8149

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 1, 9:02 PM EDT, 4 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 9:02 PM EDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
902 PM EDT WED MAY 1 2002

DROPPING ONE WATCH AND ADDING ANOTHER.  ONE OF THOSE
SUPERCELLS...PARTICULARLY THE SECOND ONE...JUST MIGHT CLIP OUR SW VA
COUNTIES.  WHILE I AM AT IT...GOING TO TWEAK LOWS A BIT AS WELL.
EVERYTHING ELSE WILL REMAIN THE SAME.

.RLX...
WV...NONE.
VA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 198 UNTIL 05Z FOR VAZ003-004.
KY...NONE.
OH...NONE.

.END/ CL

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 2, 1:04 AM EDT, 40 minutes before

VAZ003-004-020530-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
104 AM EDT THU MAY 2 2002

THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS ISSUED EARLIER WEDNESDAY EVENING HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE
DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...BUT AT THIS TIME THE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE COME TO AN END.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.

Local storm report, May 2, 1:11 AM EDT, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON, WV
111 AM EDT THU MAY 2 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0055 AM    THORNVILLE                OHIO   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/02/02   PERRY                          REPORTED BY
SPOTTER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 2, 12:52 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Perry	23 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2002 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.