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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Charleston, WV

April 14, 2006Washington County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2006, 7:03 PM EDT for Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 42 min. 2 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
Apr 14, 2006, 7:03 PM EDT (23:03 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2006, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Washington County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 14, 7:06 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 62Lowell, OH
Apr 14, 7:06 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Lowell, OH

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 14, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2006-04-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2006-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 149 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2160 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
158 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 142303
SVRRLX
OHC167-142345-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0021.060414T2303Z-060414T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
703 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 701 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  BEVERLY...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
   LOWELL AND  MACKSBURG...
   LOWER SALEM AND  DEVOLA...
   NEWPORT...
   MATAMORAS AND  NEW MATAMORAS...

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 3959 8139 3959 8127 3960 8127 3957 8126
      3957 8111 3956 8104 3939 8124 3939 8129
      3950 8170 3956 8173 3958 8172 3957 8148
      3963 8146

$$

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2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KRLX 142310
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
710 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006

OHC167-142345-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060414T2345Z/
WASHINGTON OH-
710 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR 
NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY.

AT 705 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 
PENNY SIZE HAIL IN THE TOWN OF LOWELL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
BEVERLY...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DEVOLA...MACKSBURG...LOWER SALEM AND NEWPORT

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING 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 3959 8139 3959 8127 3960 8127 3957 8126
      3957 8111 3956 8104 3939 8124 3939 8129
      3950 8170 3956 8173 3958 8172 3957 8148
      3963 8146

$$

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000 
WWUS51 KRLX 142338
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
738 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006

OHC167-142348-
/O.EXP.KRLX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060414T2345Z/
WASHINGTON OH-
738 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 745 
PM EDT.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM WHICH
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING 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 3959 8139 3959 8127 3960 8127 3957 8126
      3957 8111 3956 8104 3939 8124 3939 8129
      3950 8170 3956 8173 3958 8172 3957 8148
      3963 8146

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPerry18 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2006Every 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.