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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Charleston, WV

June 29, 2006Upshur County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2006, 4:43 PM EDT for Upshur County, West Virginia. It was in force for 47 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: Jun 29, 2006, 4:43 PM EDT (20:43 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 2006, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Upshur County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 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 nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 199 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: 10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -161 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1180 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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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 Jun 29, 3:51 PM EDT, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 3:51 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 4:09 AM EDT, 12 hours 34 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
409 AM EDT THU JUN 29 2006

VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-013>020-024>040-046-047-300815-
DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-
TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-
MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-
MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-
POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
409 AM EDT THU JUN 29 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS TODAY EAST OF THE OHIO
RIVER AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE HAIL...ON THE ORDER OF PENNY TO QUARTER SIZE DURING THE
LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-300815-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-
JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-
409 AM EDT THU JUN 29 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 29, 2:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
215 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0140 PM     HAIL             10 ESE ST. MARYS        39.35N 81.02W
06/29/2006  E1.00 INCH       PLEASANTS          WV   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            AT HEBRON ON SUGAR CREEK HILL.

&&

CAMPBELL

Special weather statement, Jun 29, 2:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
256 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2006

WVZ024-291930-
MINGO-
256 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2006

HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE...

AT 256 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER GILBERT CREEK...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE PIE...
  HINCH AND GILBERT.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

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Special weather statement, Jun 29, 3:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
312 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2006

WVZ033-034-291945-
MCDOWELL-WYOMING-
312 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2006

HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE...

AT 312 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF WELCH...OR ABOUT OVER
GILBERT CREEK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE HANOVER...
  IAEGER AND DAVY.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

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Local storm report, Jun 29, 3:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
318 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0310 PM     HAIL             5 ESE HARRISVILLE       39.18N 80.96W
06/29/2006  E0.88 INCH       RITCHIE            WV   POST OFFICE

            TOWN OF PULLMAN

&&

CAMPBELL

Special weather statement, Jun 29, 4:20 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 29, 4:40 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

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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 29, 1:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pleasants	42 min
Jun 29, 2:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Ritchie	25 min
Jun 29, 2:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Ritchie, Tyler	48 min
Jun 29, 3:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Ritchie	48 min
Jun 29, 3:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge	54 min
Jun 29, 3:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge	36 min
Jun 29, 3:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	McDowell, Wyoming	53 min
Jun 29, 3:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lewis	54 min
Jun 29, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pocahontas	30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2006 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.