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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Charleston, WV

June 21, 20115 counties in Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2011, 6:26 PM EDT for 5 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 34 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
Jun 21, 2011, 6:26 PM EDT (22:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2011, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Athens County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Vinton County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 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
Jun 21, 6:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGVinton, OHTREE DOWN ON HOUSE.
Jun 21, 6:56 PM EDTHAIL 0.25Cheshire, OH
Jun 21, 7:04 PM EDTHAIL 0.5Middleport, OH

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

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 2011-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2237 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2011-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -49 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2237 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
911 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

722 
WUUS51 KRLX 212226
SVRRLX
OHC009-053-079-105-163-212300-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0201.110621T2226Z-110621T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
626 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN ATHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ALBANY...
  NORTHERN GALLIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RIO GRANDE...GALLIPOLIS...
  EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WELLSTON...
  WESTERN MEIGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF RUTLAND...
  SOUTHERN VINTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MCARTHUR...

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 622 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 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
  RIO GRANDE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  ALSO...DOWNPOURS WILL
  CAUSE STREET FLOODING FOR A BRIEF TIME. 

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  COALTON...VINTON...HAMDEN...CHESHIRE...SALEM CENTER...
  WILKESVILLE...KYGER...RADCLIFFE...DEXTER...HARRISONVILLE...
  DYESVILLE...DARWIN...CARPENTER 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 3925 8261 3934 8230 3921 8201 3912 8196
      3890 8215 3887 8214 3883 8215 3880 8221
      3877 8222 3876 8220 3874 8221 3872 8235
      3900 8263
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 214DEG 21KT 3896 8244

$$

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2 follow-up statements
425 
WWUS51 KRLX 212241
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
641 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

OHC009-053-079-105-163-212300-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0201.000000T0000Z-110621T2300Z/
ATHENS OH-GALLIA OH-JACKSON OH-MEIGS OH-VINTON OH-
641 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN VINTON...WESTERN MEIGS...NORTHEASTERN JACKSON...
NORTHERN GALLIA AND SOUTHWESTERN ATHENS COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...

AT 635 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 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 VINTON...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF RIO GRANDE...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  ALSO...DOWNPOURS CAN CAUSE BRIEF FLOODING ON 
ROADS AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HAMDEN...CHESHIRE...SALEM CENTER...KYGER...WILKESVILLE...RADCLIFFE...
DEXTER...RUTLAND...HARRISONVILLE...DYESVILLE...DARWIN...CARPENTER...
ZALESKI...MCARTHUR AND ALBANY

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 3925 8261 3934 8230 3921 8201 3912 8196
      3890 8215 3887 8214 3883 8223 3884 8231
      3901 8260
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 214DEG 21KT 3903 8233

$$

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579 
WWUS51 KRLX 212259
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
659 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

OHC009-053-079-105-163-212307-
/O.EXP.KRLX.SV.W.0201.000000T0000Z-110621T2300Z/
ATHENS OH-GALLIA OH-JACKSON OH-MEIGS OH-VINTON OH-
659 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN VINTON...WESTERN
MEIGS...NORTHEASTERN JACKSON...NORTHERN GALLIA AND SOUTHWESTERN
ATHENS COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST OHIO WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM EDT...

THE STRONGEST PART OF THE STORM WAS WEAKENING JUST WEST OF CHESHIRE
AND KYLER IN NORTHEASTERN GALLIA COUNTY.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER 
OTHER WEAKER THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND 
PEA SIZE HAIL.

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 3925 8261 3934 8230 3921 8201 3912 8196
      3890 8215 3887 8214 3883 8223 3884 8231
      3901 8260
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 214DEG 21KT 3911 8226

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLawrence22 min
Jun 21, 5:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLawrence26 min
Jun 21, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLawrence50 min
Jun 21, 6:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXGallia, Jackson36 min
Jun 21, 7:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXAthens, Meigs, Perry38 min
Jun 21, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXJackson31 min
Jun 21, 7:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXWashington34 min
Jun 21, 7:56 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXGallia, Jackson, Lawrence4 hr

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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.