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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Charleston, WV

April 26, 2016Morgan County, Perry County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2016, 2:21 PM EDT for Morgan County, Perry County, Ohio. It was in force for 24 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 26, 2016, 2:21 PM EDT (18:21 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2016, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Morgan County, OH, Perry County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:23 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 26, 2:34 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Crooksville, OH	CURRENTLY FALLING

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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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: 135 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -160 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1073 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 339 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 325 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

483 
WUUS51 KRLX 261821
SVRRLX
OHC115-127-261845-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0002.160426T1821Z-160426T1845Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
221 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
  NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT

* AT 221 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER PERRY STATE
  FOREST...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEW LEXINGTON...MCCONNELSVILLE...PERRY STATE FOREST...CROOKSVILLE...
  JUNCTION CITY...MALTA...RENDVILLE AND EAGLEPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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 3989 8216 3982 8217 3982 8208 3977 8208
      3976 8177 3954 8190 3972 8230 3990 8220
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 294DEG 23KT 3979 8217 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

09

1 follow-up statement

060 
WWUS51 KRLX 261844
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
244 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2016

OHC115-127-261854-
/O.EXP.KRLX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160426T1845Z/
MORGAN OH-PERRY OH-
244 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MORGAN AND
NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 245 PM EDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3989 8216 3982 8217 3982 8208 3977 8208
      3976 8177 3954 8190 3972 8230 3990 8220
TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 294DEG 23KT 3979 8217 

$$

09

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 26, 1:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Perry	34 min
Apr 26, 2:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Perry	31 min
Apr 26, 2:32 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	RLX	Athens, Morgan, Perry, Washington	7 hr
Apr 26, 2:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Morgan	37 min
Apr 26, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Perry	17 min
Apr 26, 3:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Meigs	26 min
Apr 26, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Gallia, Meigs, Vinton	30 min
Apr 26, 3:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Perry	87 min
Apr 26, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Meigs	31 min
Apr 26, 3:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Morgan, Washington	43 min
Apr 26, 4:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Washington	67 min
Apr 26, 4:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Meigs	33 min
Apr 26, 4:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens, Washington	79 min
Apr 26, 4:56 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Washington	2 hr
Apr 26, 6:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Gallia, Jackson, Meigs	2 hr
Apr 26, 6:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Perry	94 min
Apr 26, 7:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Gallia	59 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.