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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Charleston, WV

March 18, 2012Jackson County, Wood County, West Virginia; Athens County, Meigs County, Washington County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 18, 2012, 11:23 PM EDT for Jackson County, Wood County, West Virginia; Athens County, Meigs County, Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 18, 2012, 11:23 PM EDT (03:23 UTC)
Expired: Mar 18, 2012, 11:53 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Athens County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Washington County, OH, Jackson County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:26 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 188 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: 967 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1440 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 3.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

154 
WUUS51 KRLX 190323
SVRRLX
OHC009-105-167-WVC035-107-190415-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0025.120319T0323Z-120319T0415Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1123 PM EDT SUN MAR 18 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  SOUTHWESTERN WOOD COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN ATHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COOLVILLE...
  NORTHEASTERN MEIGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FORKED RUN STATE PARK...
  SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...

* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT

* AT 1118 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 9 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF COOLVILLE...OR 8 MILES EAST OF ATHENS...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO   
TUPPERS PLAINS...WASHINGTON...LUBECK AND MINERAL WELLS.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
152 AND 172 IN WEST VIRGINIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO FALL FROM THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...AND
WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES
AND SMALL STREAMS.

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 3917 8142 3908 8150 3903 8158 3902 8156
      3896 8161 3925 8210 3941 8196
TIME...MOT...LOC 0324Z 304DEG 24KT 3926 8191

$$

1 follow-up statement

180 
WWUS51 KRLX 190353
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1153 PM EDT SUN MAR 18 2012

OHC009-105-167-WVC035-107-190403-
/O.CAN.KRLX.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-120319T0415Z/
ATHENS OH-MEIGS OH-WASHINGTON OH-JACKSON WV-WOOD WV-
1153 PM EDT SUN MAR 18 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON...
NORTHEASTERN MEIGS AND SOUTHEASTERN ATHENS COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST
OHIO...AND SOUTHWESTERN WOOD AND NORTH CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTIES IN
WEST VIRGINIA IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS 
AND NO LONGER POSES A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...THUS THE SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS AND 
PEA SIZE HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE.

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 3917 8142 3908 8150 3903 8158 3902 8156
      3896 8161 3925 8210 3941 8196
TIME...MOT...LOC 0353Z 304DEG 24KT 3915 8170

$$

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 Mar 18, 10:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 10:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1000 PM EDT SUN MAR 18 2012

.SYNOPSIS...
WEAK FLOW WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING.
RIDGING ALOFT AND SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AFFECTS THE AREA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/...
10PM UPDATE...ONLY CHANGE WAS TO DECREASE POPS OVER SOUTHERN HALF
OF CWA AND RAISE POPS OVER NORTHERN ZONES WHERE CONVECTION STILL
PERSISTS AT THIS HOUR. OTHERWISE...NO MAJOR CHANGES NEEDED.

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS... ONE MID LEVEL VORT CENTER EXITS
EASTERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA...AS ANOTHER ENTERS FROM THE
WEST. MATURE FEATURE EXITING THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS CONTAINS MAINLY
WEAKENING STRATIFORM PRECIPITATION...WHILE THE FEATURE MOVING
ACROSS SOUTHEAST OHIO IS JUST STARTING TO GENERATE MORE CONVECTIVE
SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. MAIN FOCUS FOR SHOWER
DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OH AND CENTRAL WV AS THIS MID
LEVEL VORT CENTER TRACKS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA.
HOWEVER...CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT MAY ALSO OCCUR ACROSS CENTRAL KY
AND MOVE INTO SOUTHERN COALFIELDS WHERE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS
IN PLACE FOR THREE COUNTIES.

FOR TEMPS...MAINLY USED SREF BIAS CORRECTED GRIDS FOR MAX AND MIN
TEMPS FOR TONIGHT AND MONDAY WITH SOME MINOR TWEAKS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
THE MAIN THEME FOR THIS PERIOD WILL BE THE CONTINUED WELL ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.  BUT THE DEW POINTS
WILL ALSO REMAIN HIGHER THAN NORMAL...MOSTLY IN THE LOW AND MID 50S.

SHOWERS MAY LINGER MONDAY EVENING ACROSS THE ROUTE 50 CORRIDOR ON
NORTH AND DOWN INTO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS.

THE WEAK LOW LEVEL FLOW...UNDER THE BUILDING MID LEVEL RIDGE...WILL
TURN TO SOUTHEAST ON TUESDAY. MOISTURE REMAINS MARGINAL.  WILL LEAVE
SOME 20 TO 30 POPS ON OUR UPSLOPE AREAS...INCLUDING THE BKW VCNTY
BOTH TUESDAY...AND NOW...WILL INCLUDE THAT PATTERN FOR WEDNESDAY
TOO. THOSE POPS MAY MOVE FURTHER WEST...OR WNW...INTO ERN KENTUCKY
ON WEDNESDAY TOO.

HARD TO BELIEVE WE CONTINUE TO FORECAST OVERNIGHT MINIMUM
TEMPERATURES ALMOST AS WARM AS OUR NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURE...
SUCH AS THE MID 50S FOR THE LOWLANDS.

&&

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
UPPER RIDGE HOLDS OFF S/W TROF TO THE W LONG ENOUGH TO KEEP THE
WEATHER DRY THROUGH THU...SAVE PERHAPS FOR SCATTERED DIURNAL
CONVECTION.  AFTER THAT...MODEL DIFFERENCES ARISE ON TIMING OF UPPER
LOW AS IT TRACKS THROUGH A LONG WAVE RIDGE POSITION.  KEY IS TIMING
OF NORTHERN STREAM S/W ENERGY OVER TOP OF SAID RIDGE...WHICH AFFECTS
TIMING OF THE UPPER LOW AND HOW FAR N OR S IT ENDS UP AS IT
APPROACHES THE E COAST OVER THE WEEKEND.

WENT LARGELY WITH HPC ON POP AND SKY FOR TIMING...WHICH WOULD HAVE
SYSTEM APPROACHING THU NT AND FRI AND THEN MOVES THROUGH FRI NT AND
SAT.  LOOKS LIKE SYSTEM WILL BE WEAKENING AS IT APPROACHES...BUT
STILL MOISTURE LADEN...WITH PW VALUES OF BETWEEN 1.2 TO 1.35
INCHES...NOT ONLY WAY ABOVE NORMAL...BUT IN FACT IN THE 99TH
PERCENTILE...FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.  SO ANY RAINFALL WITH SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE COULD BECOME
EXCESSIVE.  WILL LEAVE WATER MENTION IN RWS BUT CONTINUE TO KEEP
OUT OF HWO FROM THIS DISTANCE...PARTICULARLY GIVEN TIMING
UNCERTAINTY.

THE WEATHER SHOULD DRY OUT AND COOL DOWN A BIT IN THE WAKE OF THIS
SYSTEM LATE IN THE WEEKEND.

MINOR CHANGES TO TEMPERATURES VIA BLENDING IN CONSALL OR BCCONSALL.
HAVE THU A LITTLE WARMER AND THEN SLOWER COOLING TREND INTO THE
WEEKEND WITH SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH.

&&

.AVIATION /02Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED IN ASSOCIATION
WITH A SHORTWAVE TROUGH PUSHING EAST ACROSS THE AREA. BULK OF
CONVECTION IS OVER SOUTHEAST OHIO. EXPECT STRONG WIND GUSTS AND
HAIL IN ASSOCIATION WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. BULK OF STORMS
WILL DISSIPATE AFTER 03Z. OTHERWISE...MAINLY VFR
CONDITIONS...ALTHOUGH EXPECT BRIEF MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS WITH ANY
CONVECTION. VFR EXPECTED ON MONDAY...ALTHOUGH SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
AGAIN.

COULD BE SOME PATCHY MVFR FOG TONIGHT...PARTICULARLY WEST WHERE
BETTER CLEARING SHOULD TAKE PLACE.

FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 00Z TUESDAY...

FORECAST CONFIDENCE...HIGH.

ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: DEVELOPMENT/LOCATION OF ANY FOG LATE TONIGHT WILL BE
DEPENDENT ON THE AMOUNT OF CLEARING THAT CAN TAKE PLACE...AND
WHETHER OR NOT WINDS BECOME CALM OVERNIGHT.

EXPERIMENTAL TABLE OF FLIGHT CATEGORY
OBJECTIVELY SHOWS CONSISTENCY OF WFO FORECAST TO AVAILABLE MODEL
INFORMATION: H = HIGH: TAF CONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT
ONE MODEL. M = MEDIUM: TAF HAS VARYING LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY WITH
MODELS. L = LOW: TAF INCONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE
MODEL.

UTC 1HRLY       20   21   22   23   00   01   02   03   04   05   06   07
EDT 1HRLY       16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   00   01   02   03
CRW CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
HTS CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    L
BKW CONSISTENCY  H    H    M    M    M    M    H    H    H    H    H    H
EKN CONSISTENCY  H    H    M    M    M    M    H    H    H    H    H    H
PKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
CKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H

EXPERIMENTAL TABLE OF FLIGHT CATEGORY OBJECTIVELY SHOWS CONSISTENCY
OF WFO FORECAST TO AVAILABLE MODEL INFORMATION:
H = HIGH:   TAF CONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL.
M = MEDIUM: TAF HAS VARYING LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY WITH MODELS.
L = LOW:    TAF INCONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL.

DATE                                                  MON 03/19/12
UTC 1HRLY       02   03   04   05   06   07   08   09   10   11   12   13
EDT 1HRLY       22   23   00   01   02   03   04   05   06   07   08   09
CRW CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
HTS CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    L    L    L    L    L    L    H
BKW CONSISTENCY  H    H    M    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
EKN CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    H    H    H    H
PKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    H    H    H    H
CKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H

AFTER 00Z TUESDAY...
NO WIDESPREAD IFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

&&

.RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WV...NONE.
OH...NONE.
KY...NONE.
VA...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...KMC/KTB/TRM
NEAR TERM...KMC/SL
SHORT TERM...KTB
LONG TERM...TRM
AVIATION...SL

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 18, 10:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1005 PM EDT SUN MAR 18 2012

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>008-013>016-024>028-
030>040-046-047-200215-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-
LAWRENCE OH-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-LINCOLN-
PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-LEWIS-HARRISON-
TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-
BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
1005 PM EDT SUN MAR 18 2012

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

OHZ066-067-075-076-WVZ009>011-017>020-029-200215-
PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-WIRT-CALHOUN-
RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-GILMER-
1005 PM EDT SUN MAR 18 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO...CENTRAL WEST
VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
ACROSS SOUTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. LARGE HAIL AND
HEAVY RAINFALL ARE THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH ANY CONVECTION.

.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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 18, 9:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
918 PM EDT SUN MAR 18 2012

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

0900 PM     HAIL             NELSONVILLE             39.45N 82.25W
03/18/2012  U1.00 INCH       ATHENS             OH   PUBLIC

&&

NNNN

Local storm report, Mar 18, 9:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
929 PM EDT SUN MAR 18 2012

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

0904 PM     HAIL             BUCHTEL                 39.47N 82.18W
03/18/2012  U1.00 INCH       ATHENS             OH   PUBLIC

&&

NNNN

Local storm report, Mar 18, 10:27 PM EDT, 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
1027 PM EDT SUN MAR 18 2012

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

0905 PM     HAIL             BUCHTEL                 39.47N 82.18W
03/18/2012  U1.25 INCH       ATHENS             OH   PUBLIC

&&

NNNN

Special weather statement, Mar 18, 10:56 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1056 PM EDT SUN MAR 18 2012

OHZ075-076-085-190330-
ATHENS OH-MEIGS OH-WASHINGTON OH-
1056 PM EDT SUN MAR 18 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ATHENS...NORTHEASTERN MEIGS AND
SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 1052 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF NELSONVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR STROUD RUN STATE PARK AROUND 1110 PM AND
COOLVILLE AROUND 1130 PM.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3947 8205 3946 8206 3946 8203 3929 8167
      3909 8185 3936 8229 3947 8223 3947 8218
      3951 8217 3952 8216

Local storm report, Mar 18, 11:00 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1100 PM EDT SUN MAR 18 2012

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

1059 PM     HAIL             9 NE SANDYVILLE         39.00N  81.54W
03/18/2012  E0.70 INCH       JACKSON            WV   CO-OP OBSERVER

            OBSERVED DIME SIZE HAIL FOR OVER A 5 MINUTE PERIOD

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1200201

SL

Special weather statement, Mar 18, 11:06 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1106 PM EDT SUN MAR 18 2012

WVZ008-016>019-190345-
CALHOUN WV-JACKSON WV-RITCHIE WV-ROANE WV-WIRT WV-
1106 PM EDT SUN MAR 18 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL JACKSON...
NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN...NORTHWESTERN ROANE...SOUTHWESTERN RITCHIE AND
WIRT COUNTIES...

AT 1101 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF ELIZABETH...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR LUCILLE AROUND 1120 PM...CHERRY AROUND 1130
PM...CRESTON AROUND 1140 PM AND MUNDAY AROUND 1150 PM.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3887 8110 3887 8159 3904 8161 3903 8159
      3903 8158 3906 8154 3911 8112

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 18, 11:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wirt	39 min
Mar 18, 11:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Roane	31 min
Mar 19, 12:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Braxton	32 min
Mar 19, 1:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pleasants, Tyler	25 min
Mar 19, 2:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wood	38 min
Mar 19, 3:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson	27 min
Mar 19, 3:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Clay	32 min
Mar 19, 4:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Roane	25 min
Mar 19, 4:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Roane	49 min
Mar 19, 4:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Calhoun, Gilmer, Wirt	34 min
Mar 19, 5:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson, Roane	28 min
Mar 19, 9:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas	2 hr
Mar 19, 4:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wood	25 min
Mar 19, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Ritchie	47 min
Mar 19, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Ritchie, Wood	36 min
Mar 19, 5:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Tyler	31 min
Mar 19, 6:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Doddridge, Tyler	46 min
Mar 19, 6:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Upshur	36 min
Mar 19, 7:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis, Upshur	27 min
Mar 19, 7:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour	32 min
Mar 19, 7:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Harrison, Lewis, Randolph, Upshur	45 min
Mar 18, 8:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Morgan, Perry	42 min
Mar 18, 8:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Morgan	35 min
Mar 18, 9:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Morgan, Washington	46 min
Mar 18, 9:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Perry	34 min
Mar 18, 9:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Morgan, Perry, Washington	46 min
Mar 18, 10:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens	34 min
Mar 18, 11:28 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Athens, Vinton	2 hr
Mar 19, 1:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens	32 min
Mar 19, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens	2 hr
Mar 19, 3:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens	36 min
Mar 19, 3:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens	71 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.