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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2014, 10:14 PM EDT for Athens County, Meigs County, Washington County, Ohio; Wood County, West Virginia. It was in force for 31 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 29, 2014, 10:14 PM EDT (02:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2014, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Athens County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Washington County, OH, Wood County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:25 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 29, 10:35 PM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | Coolville, OH | HAIL AROUND 0.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER |
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 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 178 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1255 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
668
WUUS51 KRLX 300214
SVRRLX
OHC009-105-167-WVC107-300245-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0021.140430T0214Z-140430T0245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1014 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL WOOD COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PARKERSBURG...
SOUTHEASTERN ATHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COOLVILLE...
EASTERN MEIGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FORKED RUN STATE PARK...
SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BELPRE...
* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT
* AT 1013 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR TUPPERS PLAINS...OR 7 MILES WEST OF FORKED RUN STATE PARK...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WASHINGTON AND LUBECK.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
174 AND 175 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 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 3924 8149 3908 8179 3908 8181 3907 8181
3899 8196 3913 8210 3942 8167
TIME...MOT...LOC 0215Z 232DEG 26KT 3914 8191
$$
122 follow-up statements
009 WWUS51 KRLX 300228 SVSRLX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1028 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014 OHC009-105-167-WVC107-300245- /O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140430T0245Z/ ATHENS OH-MEIGS OH-WASHINGTON OH-WOOD WV- 1028 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR WEST CENTRAL WOOD...SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON...NORTHEASTERN MEIGS AND SOUTHEASTERN ATHENS COUNTIES... AT 1025 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TUPPERS PLAINS...OR NEAR COOLVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LITTLE HOCKING...WASHINGTON...BELPRE...PARKERSBURG...LUBECK AND BLENNERHASSETT THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 174 AND 175 IN WEST VIRGINIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO FALL FROM THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...800-401-9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. YOU MAY ALSO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX. && LAT...LON 3913 8183 3924 8194 3942 8167 3924 8149 TIME...MOT...LOC 0229Z 232DEG 26KT 3920 8181 $$ 06
067 WWUS51 KRLX 300242 SVSRLX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1042 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014 OHC009-105-167-WVC107-300252- /O.EXP.KRLX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140430T0245Z/ ATHENS OH-MEIGS OH-WASHINGTON OH-WOOD WV- 1042 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL WOOD... SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON...NORTHEASTERN MEIGS AND SOUTHEASTERN ATHENS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1045 PM EDT... THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 174 AND 175 IN WEST VIRGINIA. 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 OTHER WEAKER THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND PEA SIZE HAIL. 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 3913 8183 3924 8194 3942 8167 3924 8149 TIME...MOT...LOC 0242Z 232DEG 26KT 3926 8171 $$ 06
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 9:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gallia, Jackson, Meigs | 29 min |
| Apr 29, 9:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 26 min |
| Apr 29, 9:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 4 hr |
| Apr 29, 9:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Gallia, Jackson, Meigs | 4 hr |
| Apr 29, 9:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Gallia, Meigs | 31 min |
| Apr 29, 9:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lawrence | 43 min |
| Apr 29, 10:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Washington | 28 min |
| Apr 30, 4:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Morgan and 3 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 30, 10:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Meigs | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 11:15 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Vinton | 25 hr |
| Apr 30, 11:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Morgan, Perry, Washington | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 2:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Morgan, Perry, Washington | 4 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Morgan, Perry, Washington | 7 hr |
| Apr 30, 1:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge | 27 min |
| Apr 30, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 8 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.