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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

May 2, 2016Gallia County, Meigs County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at May 2, 2016, 1:20 AM EDT for Gallia County, Meigs County, Ohio. It was in force for 55 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: May 2, 2016, 1:20 AM EDT (05:20 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2016, 2:15 AM EDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

Counties Gallia County, OH, Meigs County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 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: 326 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1556 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.1

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The text

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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 May 1, 11:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 11:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 10:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1030 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-
013>020-024>040-046-047-030230-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-
JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-
CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-
ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-
GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-
NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
1030 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...PORTIONS OF NORTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA...PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND PORTIONS OF
WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED
FLOODING CONCERNS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

TRM

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 1, 9:34 PM EDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 1, 9:37 PM EDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
937 PM EDT SUN MAY 01 2016

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

0720 PM     HAIL             VERDUNVILLE             37.85N  82.06W
05/01/2016  M1.00 INCH       LOGAN              WV   911 CALL CENTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1600957

MAC

Local storm report, May 1, 9:42 PM EDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
942 PM EDT SUN MAY 01 2016

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

0538 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     ODD                     37.59N  81.19W
05/01/2016                   RALEIGH            WV   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            MULTIPLE REPORTS OF A FUNNEL CLOUD BETWEEN JOSEPHINE
            AND ODD. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1600958

MEC

Special weather statement, May 1, 9:54 PM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
954 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

OHZ066-020230-
PERRY-
954 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN PERRY COUNTY...

AT 954 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER SOMERSET...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOMERSET...PERRY STATE FOREST...JUNCTION CITY AND GLENFORD.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 3991 8217 3982 8217 3982 8208 3980 8207
      3980 8208 3969 8235 3972 8237 3974 8236
      3974 8239 3977 8240 3983 8240 3983 8245
      3985 8246 3992 8232
TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 240DEG 49KT 3982 8232

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Local storm report, May 1, 10:19 PM EDT, 3 hours 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1019 PM EDT SUN MAY 01 2016

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

0738 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     ODD                     37.59N  81.19W
05/01/2016                   RALEIGH            WV   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            MULTIPLE REPORTS OF A FUNNEL CLOUD BETWEEN JOSEPHINE
            AND ODD. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR

&&

CORRECTED EVENT TIME

EVENT NUMBER RLX1600958

MEC

Special weather statement, May 2, 1:20 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
120 AM EDT MON MAY 2 2016

OHZ075-083>086-WVZ007-020615-
VINTON-ATHENS-GALLIA-MEIGS-JACKSON-MASON-
120 AM EDT MON MAY 2 2016

...A GROUP OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN
JACKSON...GALLIA... MEIGS...SOUTH CENTRAL ATHENS AND NORTHWESTERN
MASON COUNTIES...

AT 119 AM EDT...A GROUP OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR RIO
GRANDE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
POINT PLEASANT...GALLIPOLIS...POMEROY...OAK HILL...RIO GRANDE...RACINE...
RUTLAND...FORKED RUN STATE PARK...NEW HAVEN...MASON...TUPPERS PLAINS...
GALLIA...MIDDLEPORT...CHESTER...SYRACUSE...HARTFORD CITY...HENDERSON...
VINTON...WILKESVILLE AND CHESHIRE.

LAT...LON 3929 8197 3917 8175 3908 8177 3908 8181
      3906 8181 3904 8178 3901 8179 3871 8236
      3883 8258 3884 8258 3885 8262 3890 8272
TIME...MOT...LOC 0519Z 239DEG 49KT 3884 8231

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 2, 1:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Mason, Roane, Wirt, Wood	48 min
May 2, 2:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Gilmer, Ritchie, Wirt	62 min
May 2, 3:06 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	RLX	Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 22 more	18 hr
May 2, 6:04 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pocahontas	26 min
May 2, 2:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	McDowell	43 min
May 2, 2:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Raleigh, Wyoming	40 min
May 2, 2:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Logan, Mingo	53 min
May 2, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Raleigh	49 min
May 2, 3:38 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Boone, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Raleigh, Wyoming	6 hr
May 2, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	McDowell	42 min
May 2, 3:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	McDowell, Wyoming	35 min
May 2, 4:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam, Wayne	4 hr
May 2, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	McDowell, Raleigh, Wyoming	33 min
May 2, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Nicholas, Roane and 1 more	4 hr
May 2, 5:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pocahontas	39 min
May 2, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pocahontas	31 min
May 1, 9:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Perry	36 min
May 1, 8:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Dickenson	59 min
May 1, 8:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Buchanan, Dickenson	46 min
May 2, 1:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Buchanan	26 min
May 2, 1:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Buchanan	42 min
May 2, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Buchanan, Dickenson	4 hr
May 2, 4:33 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Buchanan, Dickenson	4 hr

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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.