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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Charleston, WV

April 16, 2013Morgan County, Perry County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 2013, 7:09 PM EDT for Morgan County, Perry County, Ohio. It was in force for 36 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: Apr 16, 2013, 7:09 PM EDT (23:09 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 2013, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Morgan County, OH, Perry County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 16, 7:29 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Shawnee, OH

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 20 minutes after it went out.

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 16, 3:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 152 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: 118 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -182 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 788 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 266 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 260 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

646 
WUUS51 KRLX 162309
SVRRLX
OHC115-127-162345-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0005.130416T2309Z-130416T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
709 PM EDT TUE APR 16 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MCCONNELSVILLE...
  PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SHAWNEE...PERRY STATE FOREST...NEW
  LEXINGTON...

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 700 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM          
  PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES        
  WEST OF SHAWNEE...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOGAN...MOVING EAST      
  AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  HACKNEY...EAGLEPORT...BRISTOL...RENDVILLE...NEW STRAITSVILLE...
  MALTA...JUNCTION CITY...HEMLOCK...CROOKSVILLE AND CORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN LANCASTER OHIO 
WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE 
IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL
WEST VIRGINIA.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WIND TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...800-401-9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

YOU MAY ALSO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.

&&

LAT...LON 3982 8207 3978 8207 3976 8164 3968 8163
      3967 8159 3962 8158 3956 8227 3959 8227
      3960 8238 3973 8238 3975 8241 3977 8241
      3983 8217
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 258DEG 34KT 3964 8226

$$

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2 follow-up statements

852 
WWUS51 KRLX 162324
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
724 PM EDT TUE APR 16 2013

OHC115-127-162345-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130416T2345Z/
MORGAN OH-PERRY OH-
724 PM EDT TUE APR 16 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN PERRY AND NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTIES...

AT 718 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RENDVILLE...OR NEAR SHAWNEE...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
EAGLEPORT...MALTA...MCCONNELSVILLE...HACKNEY AND BRISTOL

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER WAS REPORTED IN LANCASTER OHIO WITH 
THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE 
ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL
WEST VIRGINIA.

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...800-401-9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

YOU MAY ALSO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.

&&

LAT...LON 3982 8207 3978 8207 3976 8164 3968 8163
      3967 8159 3962 8158 3956 8227 3959 8227
      3959 8228 3960 8228 3980 8228 3983 8217
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 258DEG 34KT 3967 8205

$$

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366 
WWUS51 KRLX 162340
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
740 PM EDT TUE APR 16 2013

OHC115-127-162350-
/O.EXP.KRLX.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130416T2345Z/
MORGAN OH-PERRY OH-
740 PM EDT TUE APR 16 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN PERRY AND NORTHERN
MORGAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM EDT...

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 ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER 
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA MAY CONTINUE TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND 
PEA SIZE HAIL.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL
WEST VIRGINIA.

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...800-401-9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

YOU MAY ALSO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.

LAT...LON 3982 8207 3978 8207 3976 8164 3968 8163
      3967 8159 3962 8158 3956 8227 3959 8227
      3959 8228 3960 8228 3980 8228 3983 8217
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 258DEG 34KT 3970 8186

$$

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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 Apr 16, 6:59 PM EDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 6:59 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
659 PM EDT TUE APR 16 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
DIURNAL SHOWERS AND STORMS THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON IN WARM
SECTOR. STRONG COLD FRONT CROSSES FRIDAY. HIGH PRESSURE BRINGS
SEASONABLY COOL WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
IN AN EARLY EVENING UPDATE...WAS A BIT SLOWER INCREASING POPS IN
WV...BUT BROUGHT POPS FURTHER SOUTH LATER THIS EVENING.  ALSO LEFT
CHANCE POPS THRU THE LATE NIGHT...IN THE WAKE OF THE EVENING
CONVECTION... EVEN DOWN INTO HTS-CRW-BKW.  SOUTH OF THE FRONT.

&&

.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
BOTH NAM AND GFS SHOW PRECIP DEVELOPING IN THE WARM SECTOR THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...UNDER STRONG MOISTURE ADVECTION FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO.
OPTED TO INCREASE POPS FOR THIS TIME FRAME DUE TO INFLUX OF MOISTURE
COMBINED WITH A WEAK UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE RIDING SW TO NE ACROSS
THE CWA. DID LOWER TEMPS A DEGREE OR TWO WITH EXTRA CLOUDS
AROUND...STAYING PRETTY CLOSE TO A MAV/MET BLEND. AFTER SOUTHERLY
WINDS ON THURSDAY...WILL GET SOME TURNING BACK TO SE OVERNIGHT INTO
FRIDAY. LIKE THE SYSTEM LAST WEEK...THIS MAY ROB SOME MOISTURE DUE
TO DOWNSLOPING...WITH DEWPOINTS ON FRIDAY ONLY IN THE LOW TO MID
50S. SHOULD THE DOWNSLOPING TURN OUT TO BE STRONGER...AGAIN LIKE
LAST WEEK...THESE VALUES WILL BE TO HIGH. ALL OF THIS PUTS SOME
UNCERTAINTY INTO POPS WITH THE IMPACT OF COLD FRONT PASSAGE ON
FRIDAY...AND ESPECIALLY THE CHANCE OF STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS. THE COLD FRONT SHOULD PUSH THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...AT FAIRLY IDEAL DIURNAL TIMING FOR CONVECTION...HOWEVER
MOISTURE MAY BE A LIMITING FACTOR. AT ANY RATE...CONTINUED LIKELY
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR FRIDAY...ALTHOUGH DID SLOW PROGRESSION
AN HOUR OR TWO COMPARED TO PREVIOUS FORECAST.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
COLD FRONT CLEARS FRI NIGHT WHICH WILL USHER IN ANOTHER COOL SHOT
FOR THE WEEKEND. GFS HINTING AT SOME AFTN SHRA ON SAT. WILL LEAVE
CAA INSTABILITY SHRA OUT OF GRIDS SAT AFTN WITH JUST A PINCH OF
MOISTURE ARND H85 NOTED ON MDL SOUNDINGS. WILL PLAY UP THE FLAT
STRATOCU THOUGH...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SE OH AND N WV. WEAK SFC HIGH
BUILDS IN OVERNIGHT WITH DIURNAL CLDS DISSIPATING. GUIDANCE COMING
IN ON THE COLD SIDE FOR SUNDAY MORNING WITH BOTH ECMWF AND GFS
SHOWING FROST CONCERNS WITH FREEZE POTENTIAL N MTNS. FROST/FREEZE
PROGRAM HAS NOT STARTED YET THOUGH...WITH GREENING JUST NOW
SHOWING DOWN HERE IN LWR ELEVATIONS. WILL LEAVE OUT OF WX GRIDS
AND HWO FOR NOW GIVEN PROGRAM HAS NOT STARTED YET OUTSIDE OF THE
MTNS.

WARMING TREND COMMENCES NEXT WEEK WITH MODEST WAA. A COASTAL MAY
FORM EARLY NEXT WEEK BUT NOT EXPECTING ANY IMPACTS ATTM.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
MAIN TREND - LEAVING CONVECTION LINGERING LONGER IN CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN COUNTIES LONGER INTO THE NIGHT...THROUGH FIGURING ON
WEAKENING INTENSITY AFTER 02Z.

HAVE PREFRONTAL CONVECTION MOVING EAST AND SINKING SOUTH 00Z TO
04Z.  WILL INCREASE CHANCES OF THUNDER FOR HTS-CRW CORRIDOR...WITH
THE LINGERING INSTABILITY OVER KENTUCKY.  CEILINGS 2 TO 3 THSD FT
AND VSBY BRIEFLY AOB 3 MILES IN STRONGER EVENING CONVECTION.

WILL ALSO LOWER CEILINGS BEHIND FRONT...REACHING AROUND 2 THSD FT
DOWN TO PKB-CKB CORRIDOR 06Z TO 14Z...BEFORE LIFTING AGAIN.  HAVE
LOW CONFIDENCE IN CEILING HEIGHTS UNDER THE SHALLOW FRONTAL
INVERSION.

ALSO LEFT THE POSSIBILITY OF SHOWERS AND EVEN THUNDER ACROSS CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN COUNTIES DURING THE LATE NIGHT...SOUTH OF THE FRONT.

HAVE SCATTERED TO BROKEN CLOUDS LIFTING INTO 3 TO 4 THSD FT AGL 15Z
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH POSSIBILITY OF SCATTERED CONVECTION IN
WARM SECTOR 18Z WEDNESDAY TO 00Z THURSDAY.

AFTER 12Z...BACK INTO THE WARM SECTOR WITH GENERALLY VFR CU AND
WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS.

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

FORECAST CONFIDENCE...LOW TO MEDIUM.

ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: DEVELOPMENT OF LOW CLOUDS NORTH OF FRONT IN
QUESTION.  LOW CLOUDS MAY COME FURTHER SOUTH THAN FORECAST...TO
INCLUDE HTS.

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    M    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
BKW CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
EKN CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
PKB CONSISTENCY  H    M    M    M    M    M    H    H    H    M    M    M
CKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    M    M    M    H    H    H    M    M    H

AFTER 00Z THURSDAY...
IFR POSSIBLE WITH PREFRONTAL AND FRONTAL CONVECTION FRIDAY.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...JMV/MZ
NEAR TERM...KTB
SHORT TERM...MZ
LONG TERM...MZ
AVIATION...KTB

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 16, 3:53 PM EDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
353 PM EDT TUE APR 16 2013

KYZ101-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ007>011-016>020-028>032-172000-
GREENUP-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-
GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-ROANE-WIRT-
CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-
353 PM EDT TUE APR 16 2013

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 111 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO
REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD
OPERATING PROCEDURES.

KYZ102-103-105-WVZ005-006-013>015-172000-
CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-WAYNE-CABELL-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-
353 PM EDT TUE APR 16 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHERN
WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

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.

VAZ003-004-WVZ024>027-033>040-046-047-172000-
DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-
FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
353 PM EDT TUE APR 16 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...CENTRAL
WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 16, 5:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
507 PM EDT TUE APR 16 2013

OHZ066-067-162130-
MORGAN OH-PERRY OH-
507 PM EDT TUE APR 16 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN MORGAN AND SOUTHEASTERN
PERRY COUNTIES...

AT 503 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF
SHAWNEE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL
CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND
SMALL STREAMS.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR EAGLEPORT AROUND 520 PM AND MALTA AROUND 530
PM.

YOU MAY REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.

LAT...LON 3977 8177 3976 8176 3959 8170 3959 8171
      3957 8172 3954 8205 3955 8205 3955 8217
      3971 8220 3978 8197

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Local storm report, Apr 16, 5:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
544 PM EDT TUE APR 16 2013

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

0542 PM     HAIL             5 ENE SOMERSET          39.83N  82.21W
04/16/2013  E0.70 INCH       PERRY              OH   PUBLIC

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1300562

JM

Local storm report, Apr 16, 6:21 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
621 PM EDT TUE APR 16 2013

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

0620 PM     HAIL             SOMERSET                39.81N  82.30W
04/16/2013  E0.75 INCH       PERRY              OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1300563

JM

Local storm report, Apr 16, 6:34 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
634 PM EDT TUE APR 16 2013

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

0633 PM     HAIL             SOMERSET                39.81N  82.30W
04/16/2013  E0.70 INCH       PERRY              OH   PUBLIC

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1300564

JM

Special weather statement, Apr 16, 6:56 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
656 PM EDT TUE APR 16 2013

OHZ066-067-162330-
MORGAN OH-PERRY OH-
656 PM EDT TUE APR 16 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL PERRY AND NORTHWESTERN
MORGAN COUNTIES...

AT 651 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF
LOGAN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

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

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR NEW LEXINGTON AROUND 710 PM AND CROOKSVILLE
AROUND 720 PM.

YOU MAY REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.

LAT...LON 3982 8216 3982 8207 3978 8207 3977 8194
      3962 8190 3958 8226 3959 8238 3961 8239
      3973 8238 3975 8241 3979 8241 3985 8216

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 16, 5:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Morgan	23 min
Apr 16, 6:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Perry	26 min
Apr 16, 6:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Perry	34 min
Apr 16, 7:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton	57 min
Apr 16, 7:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Washington	61 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.