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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2010, 9:08 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 67 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 2, 2010, 9:08 PM EDT (01:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2010, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Athens County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Vinton County, OH
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:08 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 328 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
- 621 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1113 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
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 2, 7:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 7:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 740 PM EDT WED JUN 2 2010 .SYNOPSIS... LINE OF STORMS THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY SOUTHEAST OHIO. WEAK COLD FRONT IN LOWER GREAT LAKES APPROACHES FROM THURSDAY. LINGERING SURFACE BOUNDARY ACROSS THE NORTH FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/... SIGNIFICANT FORECAST UPDATE THIS EVENING. MODELS ARE STRUGGLING WITH THE MESOSCALE FEATURES OF CONVECTION...WITH INITIAL BATCH BLOWING UP IN WESTERN TO CENTRAL KY...WELL SOUTH OF WHERE MODELS HAD SUGGESTED. THIS BATCH CONTINUES TO EAT ITS WAY SOUTH INTO WHERE SUNSHINE HAD PRODUCED A LARGE AMOUNT OF CAPE. NOW...WELL NORTH OF THE WORKED OVER ATMOSPHERE FROM THE INITIAL BATCH...NEW LINE OF STRONG CONVECTION HAS FORMED ALONG EMBEDDED SHORTWAVE...AND IS NOW CARRYING THROUGH CENTRAL OHIO. THIS LINE WILL IMPACT THE CENTRAL TO ESPECIALLY NORTHERN PORTION OF THE CWA...FROM 01Z IN PERRY COUNTY OHIO...ALONG OHIO RIVER AROUND 03Z-04Z...TO ROUGHLY THE I-79 CORRIDOR AROUND 06Z. THE LINE COULD CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO. PORTIONS OF THE LINE COULD BE MARGINALLY SEVERE. AFTER THE LINE MOVES THROUGH...HIGH DEWPOINTS AND SOME PARTIAL CLEARING SHOULD PRODUCE RIVER VALLEY FOG FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. BRINGING CHANCE POPS THURSDAY MORNING INCREASING TO LIKELY THU AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FOR HIGHS THURSDAY...WENT WITH MID 80S LOWLANDS RANGING TO THE MID 70S MOUNTAINS. WENT CLOSER TO A BLEND OF MET AND MAV NUMBERS...WHICH TURNS TO BE SIMILAR TO THE BIAS CORRECTED MOS RAW. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... THE SHORT TERM WILL BE UNSETTLED...WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER THE NAM...GFS...AND ECMWF ALL HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION ON WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE SHORT TERM. NOT TO MENTION THAT EACH MODEL EXHIBITS NUMEROUS INCONSISTENCIES BETWEEN MODEL RUNS. THE TWO CLOSEST SOLUTIONS WERE FROM THE GFS AND ECMWF...SO DECIDED TO USE AN EVEN COMBINATION OF THOSE TWO MODELS FOR THE FORECAST. HAVE LIKELY POPS FOR THURSDAY NIGHT OUT AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...BECAUSE WARM AND JUICY AIR WILL BE IN PLACE WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S. MAXIMUM PW VALUES ON THURSDAY EVENING WILL REACH 1.74 INCHES ACCORDING TO THE GFS...THEREFORE HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY BE POSSIBLE. DIURNAL RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ON BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE COLD FRONT THAT WILL SLOWLY DRIFT SOUTH THROUGH THE REGION. HOWEVER...ONLY HAVE HIGH CHANCE POPS IN PLACE FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY TO REFLECT THE MODEL UNCERTAINTY IN WHEN AND WHERE THESE STORMS WILL OCCUR. HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE ONCE AGAIN A CONCERN ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...PW VALUES MAY MEET OR EXCEED 2 INCHES ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON ACCORDING TO THE GFS. TEMPERATURES IN THE SHORT TERM WILL BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... DECIDED TO BASE THE EXTENDED FORECAST ON AN EVEN MIXTURE OF THE GFS AND ECMWF SOLUTIONS...WITH THE GFS HAVING A MORE PROGRESSIVE SOLUTION...WHILE THE ECMWF FORECAST IS A LITTLE SLOW. THERE IS A RELATIVELY DECENT AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST DUE TO THE DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN THE MODEL SOLUTIONS...HAVE THEREFORE KEPT POPS AT OR BELOW THE HIGH CHANCE RANGE. THAT BEING SAID...THE COLD FRONT WILL STILL BE SLOWLY PASSING THROUGH OUR AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND PROVIDE THE FORCING NECESSARY FOR RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA. THE RAIN WILL LINGER OVER THE EASTERN HIGHER TERRAIN MONDAY MORNING...AND DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO FORM OVER THE EASTERN HIGH TERRAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE AREA WILL DRY OUT BEGINNING TUESDAY AS THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE DRIES OUT AND A SURFACE HIGH TAKES UP RESIDENCE OVER THE MID ATLANTIC REGION. RAIN WILL RETURN LATE THURSDAY MORNING AS AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE DRIFTS THROUGH FROM THE WEST AND INTERACTS WITH THE REESTABLISHED GULF OF MEXICO MOISTURE FEED. TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD WILL REMAIN NEAR THE SEASONAL AVERAGE. && .AVIATION /00Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF IFR AND GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. THE LINE WILL CARRY THROUGH SOUTHEAST OHIO 01Z-03Z...THROUGH CENTRAL TO NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA 03Z-06Z. BEHIND THAT LINE...PARTIAL CLEARING ALONG WITH ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE SHOULD YIELD VALLEY MVFR TO IFR FOG FOR MUCH OF THE AREA...INCLUDING POTENTIAL FOR VERY LOW CIGS IN SOME SPOTS 09Z-12Z. NEW CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN DURING THE DAY THURSDAY...WITH ASSOCIATED BRIEF IFR. AFTER 00Z FRIDAY... BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED IN MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. KY...NONE. VA...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...ARJ/JEM NEAR TERM...MDP SHORT TERM...JEM LONG TERM...JEM AVIATION...MDP
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 3:41 PM EDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 341 PM EDT WED JUN 2 2010 KYZ105-VAZ003-004-WVZ005-006-013>015-024>027-033>037-031945- LAWRENCE KY-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-CABELL-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA- MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS- 341 PM EDT WED JUN 2 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZAROUDS 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 MAY BE NEEDED. KYZ101>103-OHZ083-086-087-WVZ007-031945- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-JACKSON OH-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-MASON- 341 PM EDT WED JUN 2 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO AND WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. PRIMARY THREATS ARE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. WVZ016-018-028>030-032-038>040-046-047-031945- ROANE-CALHOUN-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-TAYLOR-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR- POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- 341 PM EDT WED JUN 2 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZAROUDS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY. PRMARY THREATS ARE DAMAZING WINDS AND HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. OHZ066-067-075-076-084-085-WVZ008>011-017-019-020-031-031945- PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-VINTON-MEIGS-JACKSON WV-WOOD- PLEASANTS-TYLER-WIRT-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-HARRISON- 341 PM EDT WED JUN 2 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO AND WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. PRMARY THREATS ARE DAMAZING WINDS AND HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY. PRMARY THREATS ARE DAMAZING WINDS AND HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 8:10 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 9:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Wood | 55 min |
| Jun 2, 9:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Putnam | 56 min |
| Jun 2, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 60 min |
| Jun 2, 10:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Calhoun, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood | 62 min |
| Jun 2, 10:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Calhoun, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason and 3 more | 56 min |
| Jun 3, 12:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour | 34 min |
| Jun 2, 8:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, Morgan, Perry and 1 more | 95 min |
| Jun 2, 8:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Morgan, Perry | 44 min |
| Jun 3, 12:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Vinton | 13 min |
| Jun 3, 1:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Vinton | 4 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Meigs | 119 min |
| Jun 3, 9:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Morgan, Perry | 58 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.