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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 157, NWS Charleston, WV

July 2, 2019Cabell County, Wayne County, West Virginia; Lawrence County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2019, 3:16 PM EDT for Cabell County, Wayne County, West Virginia; Lawrence County, Ohio. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 2, 2019, 3:16 PM EDT (19:16 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2019, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Lawrence County, OH, Cabell County, WV, Wayne County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 167 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: 1303 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1055 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 2, 2:19 PM EDT, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 2:19 PM EDT, 57 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 2:27 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Charleston WV
227 PM EDT Tue Jul 2 2019

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-
013>020-024>034-039-040-515>526-031830-
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-Upshur-Barbour-
Northwest Raleigh-Southeast Raleigh-Northwest Fayette-
Southeast Fayette-Northwest Nicholas-Southeast Nicholas-
Northwest Webster-Southeast Webster-Northwest Pocahontas-
Southeast Pocahontas-Northwest Randolph-Southeast Randolph-
227 PM EDT Tue Jul 2 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky, southeast
Ohio, southwest Virginia and much of West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Isolated to scattered thunderstorms today with strong wind gusts and
localized flash flooding possible. Widespread severe weather is not
expected.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 2, 1:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
121 PM EDT TUE JUL 02 2019

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

1250 PM     HAIL             2 SSE ATHENS            39.29N  82.08W
07/02/2019  E0.40 INCH       ATHENS             OH   COCORAHS

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1901802

JSH

Special weather statement, Jul 2, 2:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 2:30 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 2:49 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 2:59 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 3:04 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

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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 2, 12:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Raleigh	50 min
Jul 2, 1:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Mason	52 min
Jul 2, 1:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam	26 min
Jul 2, 2:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Putnam	29 min
Jul 2, 2:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Kanawha	30 min
Jul 2, 2:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Gilmer	26 min
Jul 2, 3:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Clay	26 min
Jul 2, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Nicholas	35 min
Jul 2, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Nicholas	31 min
Jul 2, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Braxton	34 min
Jul 2, 4:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Lewis, Upshur, Webster	24 min
Jul 2, 4:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wayne	33 min
Jul 2, 11:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Vinton	31 min
Jul 2, 12:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Meigs, Vinton	23 min
Jul 2, 12:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens	45 min
Jul 2, 12:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Meigs	45 min
Jul 2, 1:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Gallia	29 min
Jul 2, 6:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Vinton	35 min
Jul 2, 7:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Perry	25 min
Jul 2, 7:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Perry	43 min
Jul 2, 2:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Greenup	46 min
Jul 2, 7:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Carter	49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2019 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2019 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019

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.