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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2005, 4:19 PM EDT for Athens County, Ohio. It was in force for 56 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 25, 2005, 4:19 PM EDT (20:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2005, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Athens County, OH
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 4:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Athens, OH | SEVERAL TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 11 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 2602 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1086 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KRLX 252019 SVRRLX OHC009-252115- /O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0069.050725T2019Z-050725T2115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 419 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ATHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO * UNTIL 515 PM EDT * AT 416 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NELSONVILLE...AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ATHENS... DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. 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 3951 8225 3935 8235 3922 8188 3938 8181 $$ 15
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS51 KRLX 252100 SVSRLX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 500 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005 OHC009-252115- /O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-050725T2115Z/ ATHENS OH- 500 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR ATHENS COUNTY... AT 451 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STROUDS RUN STATE PARK...OR ABOUT NEAR ATHENS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO AND WEST VIRGINIA. PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. LAT...LON 3951 8225 3935 8235 3922 8188 3938 8181 $$
000 WWUS51 KRLX 252112 SVSRLX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 512 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005 OHC009-252122- /O.EXP.KRLX.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-050725T2115Z/ ATHENS OH- 512 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ATHENS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 515 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. OTHER STORMS IN THE AREA COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND PEA SIZE HAIL. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO AND WEST VIRGINIA. 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 3951 8225 3935 8235 3922 8188 3938 8181 $$ 21
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 Jul 25, 4:07 PM EDT, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 4:07 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 407 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT)... HOW FAR SOUTH WILL THE CONVECTION GET TONIGHT? THAT IS THE QUESTION IN THE HAZY AND HUMIDITY. LEFT COUNTIES FROM HTS-CRW-BKW ON SOUTH DRY. OF COURSE...ANY COOLING STORM ACROSS EASTERN OHIO AND NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WV THROUGH THIS EVENING WOULD BE TALL WITH A LOCALIZED DOWNPOUR AND LOTS OF LIGHTNING. WITH DEW POINTS IN THE MID 70S THIS AFTERNOON...GENERALLY STAYED ABOVE MOST MIN TEMPERATURE GUIANCE FOR TONIGHT. WILL LET THE CURRENT HEAT ADVISORY FOR THE TRI STATE AROUND HTS DIE A SILENT DEATH AND WILL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE LATE AFTERNOON ZONES. THIS WAY...THE NEW HEAT ADVISORY WILL BE HEADLINED FOR SOME COUNTIES ON TUESDAY. && .LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)... WILL ISSUE A NEW HEAT ADVISORY FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON FOR SAME AREA AS TODAY PLUS A FEW MORE COUNTIES IN OHIO. WHILE H850 TEMPERATURES WILL BE A BIT HIGHER TOMORROW (23C-24C)...DEWPOINTS MAY COME IN 2-3 DEGREES LOWER...WHICH WOULD HINDER HEAT INDICIES A BIT. IF OVERNIGHT SHIFT DETERMINES THAT DEWPOINTS COULD BE HIGHER...ADVISORY AREA MAY NEED TO BE EXPANDED. ISSUE FOR NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER THAT IS APPROACHING FRONTAL BOUNDARY. A BIT OF DISAGREEMENT ON SPEED BETWEEN THE MODELS...BUT ALL SEEM TO AGREE THAT BEST FORCING FOR PRECIP WILL LIE ALONG AND BEHIND OF FRONT. THINK ONLY SOUTHEAST OHIO STANDS MUCH CHANCE OF SEEING SHRA/TSRA BEFORE 00Z WED. AREAS TO THE SOUTHEAST MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET RID OF THEIR CAP. ALLOW POPS TO BLEED INTO AREA TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST TUESDAY NIGHT...BUT COVERAGE SHOULD BE DIURNALLY DECREASING AS IT DOES SO. WEDNESDAY MAY FEATURE THE BEST COVERAGE AS FRONT MOVES ACROSS CWA AND SHORTWAVE ROTATES THROUGH BEHIND IT. WENT WITH 50ISH POPS HERE...LIKELY MAY BE MORE APPROPRIATE DOWN THE ROAD. ALLOW POPS TO CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS TILL THURSDAY...AS SUPPORT IS SLOW TO LEAVE CWA. MOST ACTIVITY SHOULD WANE BY THURSDAY EVENING. GENERALLY LIKED MAV TEMPERATURES FOR TUESDAY AND THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND MEX LOOKED REASONABLE THEREAFTER. RAN WITH HPC GRIDS FROM FRIDAY ON...LOOKS LIKE A GENERALLY DRY PERIOD WITH A WELCOME RUN OF BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 139 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005) AVIATION... STILL CONCERNED CONVECTION MAY FORM UPSTREAM OF PKB-CKB 18-20Z AND MOVG ESE 19-23Z AND AFFECT PKB-CKB-EKN VICINITIES. OTHERWISE MAINLY HAZE WITH VISBILITIES AROUND 5 MILES...LOWRING INTO THE 3 TO 5 MILE RANGE 04-13Z. THINKING TOO WARM FOR THICK FOG. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 1046 AM EDT MON JUL 25 2005) SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)... INCREASE IN 850 MOISTURE ON 12Z PIT SOUNDING IN 20 KNOT NW LOW LEVEL FLOW THIS MORNING. FIGURING 850 FLOW WILL BACK TOWARD WEST WITH MIXING ALLOWING FOR MORE SUNSHINE TO BREAK THRU THE CLDS IN CKB-EKN-BKW. IMPRESSIVE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...WITH DEW POINTS 75 TO 80...FM CNTRL IL TO IND TO NRN AND CNTRL OH. DESPITE GUIDANCE BEING LOWER...KEEPING OUR SLIGHT CHC FOR CONVECTION ACROSS THE NRN THIS AFTERNOON. NO CHANGE ON THE HEAT ADVISORY. HOTTEST SO FAR THIS SUMMER AT HTS WAS 97 BACK IN JUNE. NO RECORDS EXPECTED TODAY SINCE THE DUST BOWL ERA IN 1934 HAD TEMPS OVER 100. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...HEAT ADVISORY FOR WVZ005>007-013-014 FROM NOON UNTIL 6 PM TUESDAY. OH...HEAT ADVISORY FOR OHZ075-083>087 FROM NOON UNTIL 6 PM TUESDAY. KY...HEAT ADVISORY FOR KYZ101>103-105 FROM NOON UNTIL 6 PM TUESDAY. VA...NONE. && SHORT TERM...KTB LONG TERM...CL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 3:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 300 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005 OHZ066-067-252000- MORGAN-PERRY- 300 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... AT 300 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 14 MILES NORTH OF MILLERSBURG TO COLUMBUS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE EAGLEPORT...BRISTOL...THORNVILLE...SHAWNEE...RENDVILLE AND PERRY STATE FOREST. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS SHOULD REACH SOMERSET BY 3:15 PM...NEW LEXINGTON BY 3:30 PM...AND SHAWNEE BY 4 PM. 15
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 4:04 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 404 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005 WVZ031-032-040-252100- BARBOUR-HARRISON-TAYLOR- 404 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... AT 404 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER GRAFTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE GALLOWAY...NESTORVILLE...MEADLAND...WEBSTER...KNOTTSVILLE AND THORNTON. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR. THIS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. 15
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Perry | 37 min |
| Jul 25, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Morgan | 35 min |
| Jul 25, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Washington | 49 min |
| Jul 25, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Vinton | 44 min |
| Jul 25, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Meigs | 37 min |
| Jul 25, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Vinton | 15 min |
| Jul 25, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 57 min |
| Jul 25, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gallia | 44 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.