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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 181, NWS Charleston, WV

June 22, 20087 counties in West Virginia; Meigs County, Washington County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2008, 8:57 PM EDT for 7 counties in West Virginia; Meigs County, Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 48 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 22, 2008, 8:57 PM EDT (00:57 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2008, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Meigs County, OH, Washington County, OH, Jackson County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 179 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: 17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -213 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1181 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.4

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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 22, 6:57 PM EDT, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 6:57 PM EDT, 2 hours before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 7:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
735 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-
013>020-024>026-029-033-034-232345-
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-GILMER-
MCDOWELL-WYOMING-
735 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE
MONDAY.
THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS THIS AREA UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FOR
SEVERE WEATHER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

WVZ027-028-030>032-035>040-046-047-232345-
CLAY-BRAXTON-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-
UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
735 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

TRM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 22, 8:48 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 8:50 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 8:51 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 8:52 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 8:56 PM EDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
856 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008

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

0851 PM     HAIL             SYRACUSE                39.00N 81.97W
06/22/2008  U0.75 INCH       MEIGS              OH   PUBLIC

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 8:57 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
857 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008

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

0853 PM     HAIL             RENO                    39.39N 81.35W
06/22/2008  U0.75 INCH       WASHINGTON         OH   PUBLIC

&&

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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 22, 8:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Jackson, Mason, Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane and 3 more	31 min
Jun 23, 12:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Fayette, Kanawha	38 min
Jun 23, 3:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Mason	45 min
Jun 23, 4:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Roane, Wirt	44 min
Jun 23, 4:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Roane	34 min
Jun 23, 5:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer	33 min
Jun 23, 2:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Vinton	27 min
Jun 23, 2:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Vinton	29 min
Jun 23, 2:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton	30 min
Jun 23, 2:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Perry	23 min
Jun 23, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Morgan, Perry	30 min
Jun 23, 4:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lawrence	23 min
Jun 23, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Washington	46 min
Jun 23, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Morgan	36 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2008 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2008 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.