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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

July 18, 2016Athens County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Jul 18, 2016, 9:16 AM EDT for Athens County, Ohio. It was in force for 44 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: Jul 18, 2016, 9:16 AM EDT (13:16 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2016, 10:00 AM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

County Athens County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 139 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: 1579 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 963 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 2.9

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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 Jul 18, 6:23 AM EDT, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 6:23 AM EDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 18, 9:12 AM EDT, 4 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
912 AM EDT MON JUL 18 2016

OHZ076-085-WVZ009>011-017-019-020-031-032-191315-
WASHINGTON-MEIGS-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-WIRT-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-
HARRISON-TAYLOR-
912 AM EDT MON JUL 18 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
OHIO...AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD FORM THIS AFTERNOON
INTO MONDAY EVENING. STRONG WIND GUSTS WOULD BE THE MAIN HAZARD
ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE THUNDERSTORMS.

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND LOCALIZED
WATER PROBLEMS TODAY.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-083-084-086-087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>008-
013>016-018-024>030-033>040-046-047-191315-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-JACKSON OH-
VINTON-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-
JACKSON WV-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-CALHOUN-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-
CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-
WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
912 AM EDT MON JUL 18 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND LOCALIZED
WATER PROBLEMS TODAY.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 18, 7:53 AM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
753 AM EDT MON JUL 18 2016

OHZ066-067-181330-
PERRY-MORGAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW LEXINGTON...CROOKSVILLE...
SOMERSET...MCCONNELSVILLE...STOCKPORT
753 AM EDT MON JUL 18 2016

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH SOUTHEAST AROUND 30
MPH THIS MORNING. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...ALONG WITH BRIEF
HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND LIGHTNING...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

Special weather statement, Jul 18, 9:16 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
916 AM EDT MON JUL 18 2016

OHZ067-075-084-181400-
VINTON-MORGAN-ATHENS-
916 AM EDT MON JUL 18 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN VINTON AND WESTERN
ATHENS COUNTIES...

AT 916 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LOGAN...MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ATHENS...NELSONVILLE...GLOUSTER...LAKE HOPE STATE PARK...CHAUNCEY...
BUCHTEL...JACKSONVILLE...MURRAY CITY...TRIMBLE...
BURR OAK STATE PARK AND THE PLAINS.

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

LAT...LON 3952 8191 3923 8218 3939 8252 3939 8229
      3947 8228 3947 8217 3955 8216
TIME...MOT...LOC 1316Z 284DEG 18KT 3947 8235

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 18, 11:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Clay, Roane	45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.