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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Charleston, WV

May 22, 2011Athens County, Jackson County, Vinton County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2011, 7:29 PM EDT for Athens County, Jackson County, Vinton County, Ohio. It was in force for 31 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
May 22, 2011, 7:29 PM EDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Athens County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Vinton County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 22, 7:48 PM EDTHAIL 0.5Jackson, OHEVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN 733 PM 05/22/2011 AND 748 PM 05/22/2011
May 22, 7:52 PM EDTHAIL 0.5Jackson, OHEVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN 737 PM 05/22/2011 AND 752 PM 05/22/2011

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
May 22, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 100 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2011-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 460 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2011-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
460 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
720 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

744 
WUUS51 KRLX 222329
SVRRLX
OHC009-079-163-230000-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0162.110522T2329Z-110523T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
729 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL ATHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
  NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WELLSTON...JACKSON...
  VINTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MCARTHUR...LAKE HOPE STATE PARK...

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 722 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  JACKSON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  COALTON...BYER...HAMDEN...ALLENSVILLE...EAGLE MILLS...CREOLA AND
  ZALESKI..

.

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 3907 8281 3917 8279 3918 8277 3928 8277
      3937 8274 3935 8216 3895 8262 3898 8281
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 217DEG 40KT 3909 8263

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 3:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLawrence59 min
May 22, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLawrence64 min
May 22, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Vinton24 min
May 22, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXAthens, Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton, Washington53 min
May 22, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLawrence57 min
May 22, 7:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Vinton37 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.