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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

July 13, 2014Athens County, Morgan County, Perry County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Jul 13, 2014, 2:13 PM EDT for Athens County, Morgan County, Perry County, Ohio. It was in force for 32 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: Jul 13, 2014, 2:13 PM EDT (18:13 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2014, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

Counties Athens County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Perry County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 147 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: 465 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1064 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 161 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 3.1

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The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 13, 1:59 PM EDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 1:59 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 1:22 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 2:13 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
213 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014

OHZ066-067-075-076-131845-
ATHENS OH-MORGAN OH-PERRY OH-WASHINGTON OH-
213 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON...PERRY...MORGAN
AND NORTHERN ATHENS COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM EDT...

AT 2 PM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING OVER
PERRY...MORGAN...AND NORTHERN ATHENS COUNTY.  THEY WERE MOVING
TOWARD THE EAST AT 30 MPH.  THESE WILL BEGIN MOVING INTO WASHINGTON
COUNTY BEFORE 3 PM.

KEEP AN EYE ON THE WESTERN HORIZON. BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER
INDOORS.

ANY STORM COULD EASILY CONTAIN GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH...SMALL
HAIL...AND DOWNPOURS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. IF ANY STORMS PULSE
TO STRONGER LEVELS...BRIEF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS COULD BE
POSTED FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS.

LAT...LON 3986 8216 3982 8216 3982 8207 3978 8207
      3973 8163 3959 8158 3959 8152 3954 8148
      3933 8186 3930 8226 3932 8230 3947 8229
      3947 8218 3955 8217 3960 8239 3973 8238
      3975 8241 3983 8241 3984 8247 3993 8246

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wood	25 min
Jul 13, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wood	21 min
Jul 13, 4:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison, Pleasants, Ritchie, Taylor, Tyler	17 min
Jul 13, 4:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wood	21 min
Jul 13, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour, Doddridge, Harrison, Taylor	26 min
Jul 13, 6:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Ritchie, Wirt	27 min
Jul 13, 6:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Calhoun, Gilmer, Lewis	19 min
Jul 13, 7:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Gilmer, Lewis, Upshur	19 min
Jul 13, 7:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Mason	35 min
Jul 13, 2:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens, Morgan, Perry, Washington	37 min
Jul 13, 3:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Morgan, Washington	67 min
Jul 13, 3:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Vinton	42 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.