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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Charleston, WV

May 21, 2014Athens County, Washington County, Ohio; Wood County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2014, 4:14 PM EDT for Athens County, Washington County, Ohio; Wood County, West Virginia. It was in force for 31 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: May 21, 2014, 4:14 PM EDT (20:14 UTC)
Expired: May 21, 2014, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon

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

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 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
May 21, 4:30 PM EDT	HAIL 1.25	2 Ese Bartlett, OH
May 21, 4:40 PM EDT	HAIL 1.25	8 Nnw Belpre, OH	40-50 MPH WINDS ALSO REPORTED
May 21, 4:55 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	Belpre, OH	WINDS OF ABOUT 40 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ALSO REPORTED

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 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 16 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
May 21, 1:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 175 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: 193 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -267 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 933 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 179 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.

364 
WUUS51 KRLX 212014
SVRRLX
OHC009-167-WVC107-212045-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0031.140521T2014Z-140521T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
414 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN WOOD COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PARKERSBURG...
  EAST CENTRAL ATHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
  SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BELPRE...

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 412 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 12
  MILES NORTH OF WASHINGTON...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHESTERHILL...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  VIENNA AND LUBECK.

THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROAD...ROUTE 50 BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 1 AND 11 IN WEST VIRGINIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY 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 3949 8176 3932 8141 3913 8163 3942 8195
      3946 8188 3945 8183 3949 8182 3949 8181
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 306DEG 26KT 3940 8174

$$

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2 follow-up statements

990 
WWUS51 KRLX 212029
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
429 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014

OHC009-167-WVC107-212045-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-140521T2045Z/
ATHENS OH-WASHINGTON OH-WOOD WV-
429 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN WOOD...SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND EAST CENTRAL
ATHENS COUNTIES...

AT 424 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR FLEMING...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELPRE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LITTLE
HOCKING...WASHINGTON...BLENNERHASSETT...VIENNA...PARKERSBURG...NORTH
HILLS AND LUBECK

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
173 AND 182 IN WEST VIRGINIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY 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 3941 8194 3945 8182 3948 8174 3932 8141
      3913 8163
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 314DEG 21KT 3935 8169

$$

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287 
WWUS51 KRLX 212040
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
440 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014

OHC009-212048-
/O.CAN.KRLX.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-140521T2045Z/
ATHENS OH-
440 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ATHENS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE 
COUNTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY 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 3932 8141 3913 8163 3922 8173 3927 8172
      3927 8179 3933 8185 3934 8185 3942 8178
      3946 8169
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 315DEG 26KT 3928 8160

$$

OHC167-WVC107-212045-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-140521T2045Z/
WASHINGTON OH-WOOD WV-
440 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN WOOD AND SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 435 PM EDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER JUST EAST OF BARTLETT 
REPORTED REPORTED HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 
NEAR BELPRE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LUBECK...NORTH HILLS AND PARKERSBURG

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
173 AND 182 IN WEST VIRGINIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY 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 3932 8141 3913 8163 3922 8173 3927 8172
      3927 8179 3933 8185 3934 8185 3942 8178
      3946 8169
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 315DEG 26KT 3928 8160

$$

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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 May 21, 11:38 AM EDT, 4 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 11:38 AM EDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1138 AM EDT WED MAY 21 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
ROUNDS OF CONVECTION THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. COLD FRONT SAGS SOUTH
THURSDAY. DRIER FRIDAY INTO SUNDAY. WARM...HUMID MEMORIAL DAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
IN THE MID MORNING UPDATE...WAS A BIT FASTER DROPPING CONVECTION ESE
INTO OUR EXTREME NORTHERN COUNTIES...AND GRADUALLY SINKING THE
ROUNDS ESE LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.

WE ARE STILL HOPING THE 700 MB FLOW VEERS ENOUGH TO PREVENT THE
SECONDARY COMPLEXES THAT DEVELOP LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT IN
THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY TO AVOID HITTING COUNTIES AFFECTED BY EARLIER
CONVECTION...AT LEAST THEIR HEAVIEST RAIN COMPONENTS.  AT THE ONSET
OF THIS EPISODE...OUR DRIEST COUNTIES ARE THE TRI STATE AND SOUTHERN
COAL FIELDS.

12Z SOUNDINGS STILL SHOW A STRONG CAP AT ILN BUT WEAKER AT
PBZ.

TRIED TO LOWER TEMPERATURES DURING HE HIGHER POPS THIS AFTERNOON
ACROSS NORTHERN COUNTIES...THEN SOUTHERN COUNTIES LATE TODAY.

STRONG WIND GUSTS STILL SEEM TO BE THE HIGHER THREAT OF THE SEVERE
ELEMENTS.  OF COURSE...THERE IS ALWAYS LIGHTNING.

&&

.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
PERIOD STARTS OUT WITH COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO THE SOUTH OF THE
CWA WITH A COOLER AND DRIER AIR MASS FILTERING IN BEHIND THE
FRONT. WILL STILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS ACROSS THE NORTH
AND NORTHERN MOUNTAIN ZONES ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...AS AN UPPER
TROUGH/LOW...AND SEVERAL EMBEDDED SHORTWAVES MOVE THROUGH THE
NORTHEAST U.S...BUT NOTHING MORE THAN SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE
WARRANTED AT THIS POINT.

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
NW FLOW PATTERN ALOFT WILL GIVE WAY TO BUILDING RIDGE ACROSS THE
AREA FOR THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL RESULT IN
GRADUALLY WARMER TEMPERATURES...AND OVERALL DRY CONDITIONS TO
START. RIDGE WILL BREAK DOWN TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...AS ANOTHER
COLD FRONT SPREADS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BACK INTO THE AREA.

&&

.AVIATION /16Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
12Z WEDNESDAY THRU 12Z THURSDAY...
THIS WHOLE FORECAST DEPENDS ON THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES AHEAD OF A
COLD FRONT...OF WHICH THE FRONT DOES NOT ENTER AREA UNTIL AFTER THIS
PERIOD.

12Z-15Z. TSTM COMPLEX SKIRTING OUR FAR NORTH EARLY THIS MORNING IS
DISSIPATING. SO...EXCEPT FOR LOW CHANCE FOR A SHOWER FAR NORTH THIS
MORNING...WE HAVE MAINLY HAVE A DRY FORECAST THROUGH 15Z. GENERALLY
VFR CEILINGS AOA 8000 FEET SOUTH...TO AROUND 5000 FEET NORTH.

AFTER 15Z...EXPECT ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX TO FORM OUT AHEAD OF
COLD FRONT BY 18Z OVER CENTRAL OHIO...THEN DROPPING SOUTHEAST
THROUGH 03Z INTO SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF AREA. A FEW STORMS COULD BE
SEVERE. AGAIN...OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION CEILINGS AOA 4000 FEET.

AFTER 00Z...EXPECT POST THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX MVFR CEILINGS AND FOG
TO FORM FROM NORTH TO SOUTH...WITH DECREASED CHANCES FOR
CONVECTION.

FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY...

FORECAST CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM TODAY...LOW TONIGHT.

ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: OCCURRENCE AND TIMING OF
CONVECTION...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON...MAY VARY FROM FORECAST.
POST COMPLEX MVFR CEILINGS AND FOG TONIGHT MAY GO IFR...DEPENDING ON
THE ACTUAL EVOLUTION OF THE COMPLEXES.

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       14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   00   01
EDT 1HRLY       10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21
CRW CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    M    M
HTS CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    M    M
BKW CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    M    M
EKN CONSISTENCY  H    M    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
PKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    H    M    M
CKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M

AFTER 18Z THURSDAY...
IFR CONDITIONS IN CONVECTION COMPLEXES THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...THEN LINGERING IFR IN LOW CLOUDS AND LIGHTER SHOWERS NEAR THE COLD
FRONT 12Z TO 18Z THURSDAY.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...KTB/JMV/26
NEAR TERM...KTB
SHORT TERM...SL
LONG TERM...SL
AVIATION...JMV

Hazardous weather outlook, May 21, 2:02 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
202 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-013>020-024>029-
036-037-221815-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-
JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-
JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-
CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-
FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-
202 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 164 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

DAMAGING WIND GUSTS SEEM TO BE THE HIGHEST THREAT WITH THE
STRONGEST STORMS. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL MAY ALSO OCCUR. ELECTRICAL
POWER OUTAGES CAN OCCUR. INCREASE YOUR WEATHER AWARENESS NOW...MONITOR
FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

ALSO...BRIEF DOWNPOURS COULD OCCUR INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
STREET FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WOULD
OCCUR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

VAZ003-004-WVZ030>035-038>040-046-047-221815-
DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-
WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
202 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
THIS EVENING. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS SEEM TO BE THE HIGHEST THREAT
WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL MAY ALSO OCCUR.
ELECTRICAL POWER OUTAGES CAN OCCUR.

IF THAT THREAT INCREASES...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES OR WARNINGS
WOULD BE POSTED.

ALSO...BRIEF DOWNPOURS COULD OCCUR INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
STREET FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WOULD
OCCUR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

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, May 21, 2:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
241 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014

OHZ066-067-211915-
MORGAN OH-PERRY OH-
241 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR PERRY AND NORTHWESTERN MORGAN
COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM EDT...

AT 235 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GLENFORD...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR PERRY STATE FOREST AROUND 250 PM...
CROOKSVILLE AROUND 300 PM...RENDVILLE AROUND 310 PM AND EAGLEPORT
AROUND 315 PM.

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

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 3991 8217 3990 8216 3983 8216 3982 8207
      3978 8207 3976 8183 3956 8201 3980 8241
      3983 8241 3983 8245 3992 8235

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Special weather statement, May 21, 3:15 PM EDT, 59 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
315 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014

OHZ066-067-076-211945-
MORGAN OH-PERRY OH-WASHINGTON OH-
315 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON...
SOUTHEASTERN PERRY AND MORGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT...

AT 311 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RENDVILLE...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 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 HAS BEEN PULSING UP AND DOWN...SHOULD IT
BECOME STRONGER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR MALTA AROUND 325 PM...STOCKPORT AROUND 340 PM
AND BEVERLY AROUND 345 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 3954 8156 3936 8177 3941 8185 3944 8185
      3945 8191 3966 8223 3978 8206 3978 8201

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Special weather statement, May 21, 4:06 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
406 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014

OHZ067-075-076-WVZ009-212030-
ATHENS OH-MORGAN OH-WASHINGTON OH-WOOD WV-
406 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR CENTRAL WOOD...SOUTHWESTERN
WASHINGTON...SOUTHERN MORGAN AND EASTERN ATHENS COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM
EDT...

AT 401 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BARTLETT...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 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. EXPECT INTENSE LIGHTNING FROM THIS STORM. DO NOT STAY
IN THE OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...
MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR FLEMING AROUND 425 PM AND BELPRE AROUND 430
PM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
177 AND 184 IN WEST VIRGINIA.

THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROAD...ROUTE 50 BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 1 AND 10 IN WEST VIRGINIA.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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 3936 8140 3915 8162 3946 8199 3955 8185

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 21, 2:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Perry	34 min
May 21, 3:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Morgan	30 min
May 21, 4:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Washington	24 min
May 21, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Washington	31 min
May 21, 5:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wirt	28 min
May 21, 5:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wirt	27 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2014 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2014 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014

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.