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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Charleston, WV

March 21, 2011Morgan County, Washington County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 21, 2011, 3:17 PM EDT for Morgan County, Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report 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: Mar 21, 2011, 3:17 PM EDT (19:17 UTC)
Expired: Mar 21, 2011, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Morgan County, OH, Washington County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 21, 3:30 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Lower Salem, OH

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 148 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 699 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 570 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 579 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

023 
WUUS51 KRLX 211917
SVRRLX
OHC115-167-211945-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0013.110321T1917Z-110321T1945Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
317 PM EDT MON MAR 21 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
  CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BEVERLY...

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 313 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF BEVERLY...OR NEAR
  MCCONNELSVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

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

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
2 AND 12 IN OHIO.

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 3970 8164 3967 8164 3965 8158 3959 8158
      3958 8153 3957 8144 3962 8143 3963 8141
      3959 8134 3959 8125 3957 8120 3957 8115
      3938 8129 3937 8131 3963 8185 3973 8178
TIME...MOT...LOC 1917Z 292DEG 47KT 3964 8168

$$

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1 follow-up statement

353 
WWUS51 KRLX 211928
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
328 PM EDT MON MAR 21 2011

OHC115-167-211945-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110321T1945Z/
WASHINGTON OH-MORGAN OH-
328 PM EDT MON MAR 21 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL MORGAN AND NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 326 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOWELL...OR NEAR
BEVERLY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

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

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
3 AND 12 IN OHIO.

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 8158 3958 8153 3957 8144 3962 8143
      3963 8141 3960 8138 3959 8125 3958 8125
      3957 8115 3938 8129 3937 8131 3958 8168
      3965 8159
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 296DEG 40KT 3960 8157

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 21, 4:11 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens	34 min
Mar 21, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Perry	26 min
Mar 21, 2:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Washington	24 min
Mar 21, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Washington	25 min
Mar 21, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens	41 min
Mar 21, 5:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Gallia, Meigs, Vinton	38 min
Mar 21, 5:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lawrence	43 min
Mar 21, 5:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Meigs	48 min
Mar 21, 6:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Morgan, Perry	44 min
Mar 21, 6:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Gallia, Lawrence	44 min
Mar 21, 7:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lawrence	34 min

Nearby

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.