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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Charleston, WV

May 11, 20156 counties in West Virginia; Meigs County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2015, 6:26 PM EDT for 6 counties in West Virginia; Meigs County, Ohio. It was in force for 34 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: May 11, 2015, 6:26 PM EDT (22:26 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2015, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Meigs County, OH, Jackson County, WV, Mason County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Roane County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 11, 6:55 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Nne Sandyville, WV	TELEPHONE/POWER LINES DOWN FROM FALLEN TREES BETWEEN MEDINA AND LOCKHART

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 29 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 11, 2:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
May 11, 5:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 191 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1744 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 118 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.

593 
WUUS51 KRLX 112226
SVRRLX
OHC105-WVC035-053-079-087-105-107-112300-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0041.150511T2226Z-150511T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
626 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF RIPLEY...
  EAST CENTRAL MASON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  NORTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  NORTHWESTERN ROANE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  SOUTHWESTERN WIRT COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  SOUTHWESTERN WOOD COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MEIGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 623 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 14
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF RIPLEY...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF WINFIELD...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SANDYVILLE AND RAVENSWOOD.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
129 AND 161 IN WEST VIRGINIA.

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 1000 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL
WEST VIRGINIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 100 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR 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 3910 8173 3907 8150 3892 8139 3858 8181
      3870 8200
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 217DEG 33KT 3868 8184

$$

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2 follow-up statements

770 
WWUS51 KRLX 112254
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
654 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015

WVC053-079-112304-
/O.CAN.KRLX.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-150511T2300Z/
PUTNAM WV-MASON WV-
654 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MASON AND
NORTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL
WEST VIRGINIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 100 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR 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 3907 8150 3892 8139 3866 8172 3885 8189
      3886 8189 3910 8173
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 220DEG 40KT 3892 8160

$$

OHC105-WVC035-087-105-107-112300-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-150511T2300Z/
JACKSON WV-WIRT WV-WOOD WV-ROANE WV-MEIGS OH-
654 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MEIGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...AND NORTHWESTERN
ROANE...SOUTHWESTERN WOOD...SOUTHWESTERN WIRT AND JACKSON COUNTIES IN
WEST VIRGINIA...

AT 652 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 SANDYVILLE...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF RIPLEY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ROCKPORT...PEEWEE AND REEDY

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
129 AND 161 IN WEST VIRGINIA.

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 1000 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL
WEST VIRGINIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 100 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR 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 3907 8150 3892 8139 3866 8172 3885 8189
      3886 8189 3910 8173
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 220DEG 40KT 3892 8160

$$

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584 
WWUS51 KRLX 112300
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
700 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015

OHC105-WVC035-087-105-107-112310-
/O.EXP.KRLX.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-150511T2300Z/
JACKSON WV-WIRT WV-WOOD WV-ROANE WV-MEIGS OH-
700 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MEIGS COUNTY IN
SOUTHEAST OHIO...AND NORTHWESTERN ROANE...SOUTHWESTERN WOOD...
SOUTHWESTERN WIRT AND JACKSON COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA HAS
EXPIRED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL
WEST VIRGINIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 100 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR 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 3907 8150 3892 8139 3866 8172 3885 8189
      3886 8189 3910 8173
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 226DEG 36KT 3892 8159

$$

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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 11, 6:13 PM EDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 6:13 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
613 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015

.SYNOPSIS...
SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA THRU THIS EVENING.
COLD FRONT CROSSES EARLY TUESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE BRINGS NEAR NORMAL
TEMPERATURES FOR MID WEEK. ANOTHER SYSTEM FOR FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/...
UPDATED POPS TO CATEGORICAL TO ACCOUNT FOR STRONG LINE OF STORMS
EVIDENT ON RADAR CRUISING EAST NORTHEAST MAINLY ACROSS THE
NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA. IN ADDITION...HEADLINES FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH WERE EXTENDED EAST.

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION BELOW...
MODELS PUSH A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT...PRECEDED BY A
PREFRONTAL SURFACE TROUGH. THIS SURFACE TROUGH WILL BE THE MAIN
FOCUS FOR ORGANIZED CONVECTION WITH THIS SYSTEM...NOT MUCH
CONVECTION WITH THE FRONT ITSELF AS MUCH OF THE MOISTURE WILL BE
SWEPT OUT AHEAD OF IT. EVEN THOUGH MOST OF THE DYNAMICS WILL LIFT
NORTH AND WEST OF THE AREA...THERE WILL BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY AND
SHEAR FOR A FEW OF THE STORMS TO BE SEVERE IN THE WESTERN PORTION
OF THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG AND AHEAD OF
THE SURFACE TROUGH. BEST POPS WILL BE IN THE NORTH AND WEST. ANY
SEVERITY WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING WITH LOSS OF HEATING. THE
FRONT ITSELF WILL BE ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER AROUND MIDNIGHT AND
EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS BEFORE DAWN TUESDAY. THUS...WILL END THE
POPS BY 12Z TUESDAY. GOOD COLD ADVECTION BEHIND THE FRONT WILL
KEEP CLOUDS INTO TUESDAY MORNING...BUT WILL BREAK UP FROM WEST TO
EAST TO ALLOW SUNSHINE MOST AREAS BY EARLY AFTERNOON. TEMPS WILL
BE MUCH COOLER WITH READINGS GETTING BACK TO NEAR TO SLIGHTLY
BELOW NORMAL.

&&

.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
RATHER QUITE SHORT TERM PERIOD WITH HIGH PRESSURE PASSING TO THE
NORTH...AND AN UPPER RIDGE APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. EXPECT
TEMPERATURES AT TO JUST BELOW NORMAL TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND THEN WARMING UP AGAIN ON THURSDAY. CURRENT
GUIDANCE KEEPS US ABOVE FROST LEVELS...BUT MAY NEED TO WATCH FOR THE
POTENTIAL IN THE TYPICALLY COOLER LOW SPOTS. BLENDED IN THE MET FOR
LOWS...AND USED A CONSENSUS BLEND FOR HIGHS.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
TRENDED TOWARD WPC GUIDANCE FOR THE LONG TERM...ALTHOUGH DID STAY A
BIT HIGHER ON POPS FOR THE WEEKEND. WHILE DETAILS ARE SOMEWHAT MUDDY
IN THE MODELS...BOTH GFS AND ECMWF SHOW A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WITH
PRECIP FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. OVERALL PATTERN APPEARS TO BE A
DIRTY UPPER LEVEL RIDGE...WITH A SLOWLY MEANDERING OR STATIONARY
SURFACE BOUNDARY IN THE VICINITY.

&&

.AVIATION /22Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
18Z MONDAY THRU 18Z TUESDAY...
A PREFRONTAL SURFACE TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA LATER
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY A COLD FRONT. WHILE EXACT
TIMING IS DIFFICULT AS THE FEATURES LOSE DEFINITION...BOTH FEATURES
WILL BE EAST OF THE AREA PRIOR TO 12Z TUESDAY. OTHER THAN A THIN
BAND OF SHOWERS AND STORMS ALONG THE PREFRONTAL SURFACE
TROUGH...MAINLY WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL BE THE
RULE AHEAD OF THESE FEATURES...EXCEPT MORE NUMEROUS IN THE HIGHER
MOUNTAIN ELEVATIONS DURING MAX AFTERNOON HEATING. BUT STILL NOT
CONFIDENT TO GO PREVAILING THUNDER IN EKN AND BKW THIS AFTERNOON.

BEHIND THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVERNIGHT...MVFR CEILINGS WILL
OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST. THESE WILL THEN BREAK UP
FROM WEST TO EAST TUESDAY MORNING AS DRIER AIR FILTERS IN.
HOWEVER...WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY TO OVER 20 MPH FROM THE WEST BY
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

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

FORECAST CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM.

ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: TIMING OF ANY ORGANIZED CONVECTION MAY VARY BY
2-3 HOURS...ALONG WITH ONSET OF MVFR CEILINGS TONIGHT BEHIND THE
FRONT.

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

AFTER 00Z WEDNESDAY...
WIDESPREAD IFR CONDITIONS NOT EXPECTED.

&&

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

&&

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

Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 5:57 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
557 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>009-013-014-017-
122200-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-
JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-
JACKSON WV-WOOD-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-WIRT-
557 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 165 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

WVZ010-011-015-016-018>020-027>032-037>040-122200-
PLEASANTS-TYLER-KANAWHA-ROANE-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-CLAY-BRAXTON-
GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-
557 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 167 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT TUESDAY...

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

.DAY ONE...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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

WVZ046-047-122200-
POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
557 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

VAZ003-004-WVZ024>026-033>036-122200-
DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-
FAYETTE-
557 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

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 11, 4:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
448 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015

WVZ008-016>019-112130-
CALHOUN WV-JACKSON WV-RITCHIE WV-ROANE WV-WIRT WV-
448 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHWESTERN RITCHIE...NORTHWESTERN
ROANE...WIRT...NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN AND EASTERN JACKSON COUNTIES IN
WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 530 PM EDT...

AT 446 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF
RIPLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR LEROY AROUND 500 PM...REEDY AROUND 510 PM...
LUCILLE AROUND 520 PM...PALESTINE AROUND 525 PM AND CHERRY 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 3918 8127 3913 8112 3898 8107 3872 8162
      3880 8169

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Local storm report, May 11, 5:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
519 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015

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

0505 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LOUISA                  38.11N  82.60W
05/11/2015                   LAWRENCE           KY   911 CALL CENTER

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN AND JUST TO THE NORTH OF LOUISA.
            EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED ROOF DAMAGE AS WELL. REPORTS
            OF STREET FLOODING AS WELL.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1501316

MAC

Local storm report, May 11, 5:44 PM EDT, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
544 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015

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

0535 PM     HAIL             HARTS                   38.03N  82.13W
05/11/2015  E0.88 INCH       LINCOLN            WV   PUBLIC

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1501317

MAC

Local storm report, May 11, 5:54 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
554 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015

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

0553 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 S HURRICANE           38.38N  82.03W
05/11/2015                   PUTNAM             WV   NWS EMPLOYEE

            TREES SNAPPING IN THE WOODS

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1501318

WOLFE

Local storm report, May 11, 6:19 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
619 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015

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

0612 PM     TSTM WND GST     N ELEANOR               38.54N  81.91W
05/11/2015  E50 MPH          PUTNAM             WV   NWS EMPLOYEE

            BRIEF GUSTY WINDS... DID NOT LAST LONG

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1501319

MAC

Local storm report, May 11, 6:20 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
620 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015

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

0619 PM     HAIL             MIDDLEPORT              39.00N  82.06W
05/11/2015  E0.75 INCH       MEIGS              OH   PUBLIC

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1501320

MAC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 11, 3:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone	61 min
May 11, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone	34 min
May 11, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Fayette, Kanawha	45 min
May 11, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wirt	42 min
May 11, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne	47 min
May 11, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne	34 min
May 11, 5:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam	25 min
May 11, 6:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Logan, Mingo, Raleigh, Wyoming	39 min
May 11, 7:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pleasants, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood	38 min
May 11, 7:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wirt, Wood	33 min
May 11, 7:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Raleigh, Wyoming	43 min
May 11, 7:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler	26 min
May 11, 5:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lawrence	40 min
May 11, 5:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Perry and 1 more	65 min
May 11, 6:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Gallia, Meigs, Morgan, Perry, Washington	56 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.