Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 204, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 26, 2007, 7:02 PM EDT for Wood County, West Virginia; Athens County, Ohio. It was in force for 28 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
- Sep 26, 2007, 7:02 PM EDT (23:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 26, 2007, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Athens County, OH, Wood County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 99 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 7:10 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Coolville, OH | EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN 655 PM 09/26/2007 AND 710 PM 09/26/2007 |
| Sep 26, 7:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Sse Washington, WV | PENNY SIZE HAIL |
| Sep 26, 7:25 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 6 Sse Washington, WV | PENNY SIZE HAIL |
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 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 8 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 504 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 842 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KRLX 262302
SVRRLX
OHC009-WVC107-262330-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0204.070926T2302Z-070926T2330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
702 PM EDT WED SEP 26 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEAST ATHENS COUNTY IN OHIO...
WOOD COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 730 PM EDT
* AT 700 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COOLVILLE...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
COOLVILLE BY 710 PM EDT...
WASHINGTON BY 725 PM EDT...
LUBECK BY 730 PM EDT...
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 3920 8156 3909 8175 3914 8174 3918 8176
3919 8195 3927 8176 3927 8172 3922 8172
3923 8169 3927 8167
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 232DEG 20KT 3917 8181
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS51 KRLX 262316
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
715 PM EDT WED SEP 26 2007
OHC009-WVC107-262330-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0204.000000T0000Z-070926T2330Z/
ATHENS OH-WOOD WV-
715 PM EDT WED SEP 26 2007
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT
FOR WOOD AND ATHENS COUNTIES...
AT 710 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COOLVILLE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
WASHINGTON BY 725 PM EDT...
LUBECK BY 730 PM EDT...
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3920 8156 3909 8175 3914 8174 3918 8176
3919 8195 3927 8176 3927 8172 3922 8172
3923 8169 3927 8167
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 232DEG 20KT 3921 8174
$$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 Sep 26, 3:40 PM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 26, 3:40 PM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 340 PM EDT WED SEP 26 2007 .SYNOPSIS... WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TRAVERSE THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. A SECOND DISTURBANCE MOVES IN EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. FINALLY...A COLD FRONT BRINGS MUCH NEEDED RAIN TO ALL AREAS THRU THURSDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS DRY WEATHER IN TIME FOR THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/... PLENTY OF SUNSHINE DURING THE AFTERNOON PROVIDED ENOUGH HEATING TO COMBINE WITH MID LEVEL VORT MAX MOVING ACROSS THE AREA THRU THE EVENING HOURS. IN ADDITION...MODELS SHOW AREAS OF CAPE REACHING 2200 J/KG ACROSS SOUTHEAST OH...AND CENTRAL WV THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALTHOUGH THERE IS NOT DEFINITE BL BOUNDARY...THERE COULD BE DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARIES CREATED BY EARLY CLOUDS THAT MAY ENHANCE STORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT RAINFALL ACTIVITY TO DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RETURN THURSDAY MORNING AS A SECOND WAVE MOVE AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THE MAIN AND STRONGER UPPER WAVE WILL BE JUST WEST OF THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT PUSHING THE FRONT OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS...AND FURTHER EAST TOWARD EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. NO MAJOR CHANGES TO POPS AND WEATHER GRIDS FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST PACKAGE AS IT SEEMS TO HAVE A GOOD HANDLE OF EXPECTED CONDITIONS. ONLY MINOR TWEAKS FOR BETTER COLLABORATION WITH NEIGHBORS. INCREASED DEWPOINTS AHEAD AND ALONG THE COLD FRONT AS DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT THERE DURING LAST 12 HRS. ALTHOUGH WENT WITH MID 60S FOR COLLABORATION. IN THE SAME LINE... WENT CLOSER TO THE WARMER MET AND LOCAL MOS GUIDANCE FOR LOWS TONIGHT...GENERALLY IN THE MID 60S. LOCAL GUIDANCE SHOW A MARGINAL THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER...THAT WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... MODELS DIFFER SOME IN TIMING OF WAVE FOR THURSDAY/THURSDAY NIGHT. WITH 500 TROUGH WELL TO THE WEST...THINKING THAT SLOWER GFS TIMING MAY BE MORE ACCURATE. SINCE THIS IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH CURRENT FORECAST OR NAM...WILL HEDGE IN THAT DIRECTION...BUT NOT BUY GFS SOLUTION COMPLETELY. HIGH PRESSURE THEN BUILDS IN FOR THE WEEKEND...PROVIDING DRY WEATHER. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL ATTEMPT TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION EARLY IN THE WEEK. MOISTURE IS LIMITED WITH THIS FEATURE HOWEVER. OTHERWISE...THE EAST COAST RIDGE HOLDS AND LEAVES THE REGION DRY. && .AVIATION /20Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THRU AT LEAST 06Z. MVFR VIS IN HAZE WILL BE POSSIBLE AT MOST SITES AFTER 06Z. TEMPO IFR COULD BE POSSIBLE WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...ITS DIFFICULT TO DECIDED IF THEY WILL AFFECT ANY AIRPORT SITE...AND LEFT THEM OUT ATTM. A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE SE OHIO AND WV ON THURSDAY. EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD AND ALONG THE FRONT THRU THU NIGHT. PCPN ACTIVITY SHOULD REACH PKB AND HTS BY 11Z THUR...SPREADING EAST ACROSS CRW BY 14Z...AND CKB...EKN...AND BKW AROUND BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. EXPECT STORM ACTIVITY TO DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET...BUT TO RETURN AND MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 11Z...AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES. AVIATION OUTLOOK...00Z FRI THRU SAT...IFR LOW CLOUDS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY MORNING IN THE NW BEHIND THE FRONT...MAINLY E OF THE OH RIVER. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. KY...NONE. VA...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...TRM/29 NEAR TERM...ARJ SHORT TERM...RPY LONG TERM...RPY AVIATION...ARJ
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 26, 3:55 AM EDT, 15 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 355 AM EDT WED SEP 26 2007 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-270800- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON- JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-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- 355 AM EDT WED SEP 26 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. TRM / 29
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 26, 5:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 532 PM EDT WED SEP 26 2007 OHZ076-WVZ009-262200- WASHINGTON OH-WOOD WV- 532 PM EDT WED SEP 26 2007 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... AT 532 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER VIENNA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE... NEWPORT...MARIETTA...DEVOLA...WILLIAMSTOWN...NORTH HILLS AND BOAZ. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE ALL 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.
Local storm report, Sep 26, 5:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
543 PM EDT WED SEP 26 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0538 PM HAIL WILLIAMSTOWN 39.37N 81.46W
09/26/2007 U0.75 INCH WOOD WV PUBLIC
EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
523 PM 09/26/2007 AND 538 PM 09/26/2007
&&
NNNNSpecial weather statement, Sep 26, 5:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 559 PM EDT WED SEP 26 2007 OHZ084>086-262230- VINTON OH-MEIGS OH-GALLIA OH- 559 PM EDT WED SEP 26 2007 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... AT 559 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 7 MILES NORTH OF RIO GRANDE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE... KYGER...SALEM CENTER...HARRISONVILLE...DYESVILLE...DEXTER AND CARPENTER. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE ALL 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.
Special weather statement, Sep 26, 6:25 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 625 PM EDT WED SEP 26 2007 WVZ024-262300- MINGO WV- 625 PM EDT WED SEP 26 2007 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... AT 625 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILLIAMSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE... BREEDEN...MYRTLE...LENORE...NAUGATUCK...KERMIT AND CHATTAROY. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE ALL 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wood | 30 min |
| Sep 26, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Meigs | 28 min |
| Sep 26, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Meigs | 28 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2007Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007
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.