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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Charleston, WV

May 26, 2019Jackson County, West Virginia; Meigs County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2019, 6:48 PM EDT for Jackson County, West Virginia; Meigs County, Ohio. It was in force for 27 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: May 26, 2019, 6:48 PM EDT (22:48 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2019, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Meigs County, OH, Jackson County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 26, 1:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 176 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: 906 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1184 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 2.2

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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 May 26, 6:31 PM EDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 6:31 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 1:48 PM EDT, 5 hours before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Charleston WV
148 PM EDT Sun May 26 2019

OHZ076-WVZ010-011-019-020-031-032-040-271800-
Washington-Pleasants-Tyler-Ritchie-Doddridge-Harrison-Taylor-Barbour-
148 PM EDT Sun May 26 2019

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 252 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southeast Ohio,
and portions of central West Virginia and northern West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Severe Thunderstorm Watch.

There is also a slight risk of excessive rainfall from rounds of
thunderstorms today. Flooding may become an issue.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather
conditions by calling the toll-free spotter hotline, or by other
methods detailed at www.weather.gov/rlx/reports.

OHZ066-067-075-084>086-WVZ007>009-013>018-024>030-034-039-515>526-
271800-
Perry-Morgan-Athens-Vinton-Meigs-Gallia-Mason-Jackson WV-Wood-
Lincoln-Putnam-Kanawha-Roane-Wirt-Calhoun-Mingo-Logan-Boone-Clay-
Braxton-Gilmer-Lewis-Wyoming-Upshur-Northwest Raleigh-
Southeast Raleigh-Northwest Fayette-Southeast Fayette-
Northwest Nicholas-Southeast Nicholas-Northwest Webster-
Southeast Webster-Northwest Pocahontas-Southeast Pocahontas-
Northwest Randolph-Southeast Randolph-
148 PM EDT Sun May 26 2019

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 252 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southeast Ohio
and much of West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Severe Thunderstorm Watch.

There is also a marginal risk of excessive rainfall from rounds of
thunderstorms today. Flooding may become an issue.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather
conditions by calling the toll-free spotter hotline, or by other
methods detailed at www.weather.gov/rlx/reports.

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ083-087-WVZ005-006-271800-
Greenup-Carter-Boyd-Lawrence KY-Jackson OH-Lawrence OH-Wayne-Cabell-
148 PM EDT Sun May 26 2019

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 252 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Severe Thunderstorm Watch.

There is also a marginal risk of excessive rainfall from rounds of
thunderstorms today. Flooding may become an issue.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

There is a marginal risk for severe thunderstorms Monday night. The
primary threat is damaging winds.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather
conditions by calling the toll-free spotter hotline, or by other
methods detailed at www.weather.gov/rlx/reports.

VAZ003-004-WVZ033-271800-
Dickenson-Buchanan-McDowell-
148 PM EDT Sun May 26 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Virginia and
southern West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

There is a marginal risk for severe thunderstorms today and early
tonight. The primary threats are damaging winds and large hail.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather
conditions by calling the toll-free spotter hotline, or by other
methods detailed at www.weather.gov/rlx/reports.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 26, 5:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 5:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 5:53 PM EDT, 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 6:19 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 26, 6:41 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 26, 6:48 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
648 PM EDT Sun May 26 2019

OHZ066-067-262315-
Morgan-Perry-
648 PM EDT Sun May 26 2019

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN PERRY AND MORGAN
COUNTIES...

At 648 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 9 miles east of New
Lexington, moving east at 25 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
McConnelsville, Crooksville, Malta, Corning, Bristol, Rendville,
Eagleport and Hackney.

LAT...LON 3976 8196 3976 8165 3975 8164 3967 8164
      3966 8159 3960 8159 3958 8210 3975 8215
      3977 8207
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 257DEG 21KT 3969 8203

JZ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 1:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour	34 min
May 26, 1:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Upshur	45 min
May 26, 2:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Tucker	19 min
May 26, 2:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Mason	47 min
May 26, 3:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Putnam	40 min
May 26, 3:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wood	36 min
May 26, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood	38 min
May 26, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Gilmer, Lewis, Ritchie, Wirt	47 min
May 26, 5:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Gilmer, Lewis	52 min
May 26, 6:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Calhoun, Gilmer, Wirt	49 min
May 26, 7:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Jackson, Roane	36 min
May 26, 7:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Mingo	32 min
May 26, 7:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Calhoun	26 min
May 26, 7:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Clay	26 min
May 26, 7:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Webster	31 min
May 26, 8:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Perry	40 min
May 26, 2:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Morgan, Vinton	56 min
May 26, 2:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens	34 min
May 26, 3:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Meigs, Vinton	23 min
May 26, 6:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Morgan	27 min
May 26, 7:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Morgan	30 min

Nearby

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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.