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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Charleston, WV

April 28, 2016Athens County, Morgan County, Washington County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 2016, 5:28 PM EDT for Athens County, Morgan County, Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 32 min. 2 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
Apr 28, 2016, 5:28 PM EDT (21:28 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2016, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Athens County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Washington County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 28, 5:45 PM EDTHAIL 2.53 Se Amesville, OHCARS DENTED
Apr 28, 5:50 PM EDTHAIL 12 Sse Bartlett, OH

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 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 154 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2016-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2016-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 153 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
613 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
199 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

783 
WUUS51 KRLX 282128
SVRRLX
OHC009-115-167-282200-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0013.160428T2128Z-160428T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
528 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
  SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
  CENTRAL ATHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 528 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GLOUSTER...
  MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ATHENS...NELSONVILLE...GLOUSTER...CHESTERHILL...CHAUNCEY...BUCHTEL...
  JACKSONVILLE...MURRAY CITY...TRIMBLE...AMESVILLE...STROUD RUN STATE
  PARK...BARTLETT...LITTLE HOCKING...BURR OAK STATE PARK AND THE PLAINS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

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 3951 8165 3925 8170 3938 8229 3947 8228
      3947 8217 3953 8216 3954 8214
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 281DEG 31KT 3944 8207 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

CHARNICK
1 follow-up statement
493 
WWUS51 KRLX 282149
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
549 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016

OHC009-115-167-282200-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160428T2200Z/
MORGAN OH-WASHINGTON OH-ATHENS OH-
549 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MORGAN...SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND EAST CENTRAL
ATHENS COUNTIES...

AT 547 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
CHESTERHILL... MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. QUARTER SIZED HAIL HAS BEEN
REPORTED IN BUCHTEL AND NELSONVILLE WITH THIS STORM.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AMESVILLE...BARTLETT AND LITTLE HOCKING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

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 3951 8165 3925 8170 3931 8197 3940 8196
      3951 8183
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 281DEG 31KT 3941 8185 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 1:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchRLXAthens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Vinton and 1 more8 hr
Apr 28, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXAthens, Morgan, Vinton33 min
Apr 28, 5:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXWashington37 min
Apr 28, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXAthens, Washington33 min
Apr 28, 7:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXJackson31 min

Nearby

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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.