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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Charleston, WV

April 26, 2016Jackson County, Mason County, Wood County, West Virginia; Meigs County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2016, 3:44 PM EDT for Jackson County, Mason County, Wood County, West Virginia; Meigs County, Ohio. 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: Apr 26, 2016, 3:44 PM EDT (19:44 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2016, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Meigs County, OH, Jackson County, WV, Mason County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 26, 3:45 PM EDT	HAIL 0.7	3 Nne Pomeroy, OH	DIME SIZE HAIL
Apr 26, 3:50 PM EDT	HAIL 0.7	2 Nne Pomeroy, OH	DIME SIZED HAIL
Apr 26, 4:20 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	2 Nne Sandyville, WV	HEAVY RAIN WITH SOME HAIL ACCU

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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 170 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

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The text

As transmitted.

468 
WUUS51 KRLX 261944
SVRRLX
OHC105-WVC035-053-107-262015-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0004.160426T1944Z-160426T2015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN MEIGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
  NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
  NORTH CENTRAL MASON COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
  SOUTHWESTERN WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 344 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER POMEROY...
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  POMEROY...RACINE...FORKED RUN STATE PARK...RAVENSWOOD...NEW HAVEN...
  MASON...SANDYVILLE...MIDDLEPORT...CHESTER...SYRACUSE...HARTFORD CITY...
  PORTLAND...REEDSVILLE...LAKIN AND BELLEVILLE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 144
AND 156.
 
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 3913 8159 3887 8164 3896 8210 3900 8210
      3901 8212 3915 8209
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 279DEG 26KT 3905 8200 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

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1 follow-up statement

766 
WWUS51 KRLX 262004
SVSRLX

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

WVC053-262013-
/O.CAN.KRLX.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160426T2015Z/
MASON WV-
404 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MASON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3913 8159 3887 8164 3896 8191 3906 8188
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 290DEG 27KT 3899 8182 

$$

OHC105-WVC035-107-262015-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160426T2015Z/
MEIGS OH-JACKSON WV-WOOD WV-
404 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MEIGS...NORTHWESTERN JACKSON AND SOUTHWESTERN WOOD
COUNTIES...

AT 403 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RAVENSWOOD...OR
NEAR RACINE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...PUBLIC. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RACINE...RAVENSWOOD...SANDYVILLE AND PORTLAND. 

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 3913 8159 3887 8164 3896 8191 3906 8188
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 290DEG 27KT 3899 8182 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 26, 2:32 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	RLX	Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison and 8 more	7 hr
Apr 26, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Mason	30 min
Apr 26, 4:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Jackson, Roane, Wirt, Wood	33 min
Apr 26, 4:56 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Wood	2 hr
Apr 26, 4:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Clay, Nicholas	34 min
Apr 26, 5:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Doddridge, Ritchie	46 min
Apr 26, 5:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Gilmer, Ritchie	25 min
Apr 26, 5:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Gilmer, Lewis, Ritchie	46 min
Apr 26, 6:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Nicholas, Pocahontas and 2 more	2 hr
Apr 26, 6:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson, Mason, Roane, Wirt	2 hr
Apr 26, 7:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Nicholas	33 min
Apr 26, 7:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Mason	59 min
Apr 26, 7:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Cabell	27 min
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, 2:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Morgan, Perry	24 min
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, 3:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Perry	87 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, 4:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens, Washington	79 min
Apr 26, 6:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Perry	94 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.