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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 144, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 15, 2020, 12:25 PM EST for 7 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 80 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
- Nov 15, 2020, 12:25 PM EST (17:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 15, 2020, 1:45 PM EST
- In force
- 80 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Athens County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Perry County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Washington County, OH
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 11:51 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 146 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1028 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 802 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 844 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Nov 15, 12:10 PM EST, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 15, 12:10 PM EST, 15 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 15, 11:53 AM EST, 32 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Charleston WV 1153 AM EST Sun Nov 15 2020 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-013>020-024>034- 039-040-515>526-161700- Greenup-Carter-Boyd-Lawrence KY-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- 1153 AM EST Sun Nov 15 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky, portions of southeast Ohio, southwest Virginia 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. Wind Advisory. .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 according to Standard Operating Procedures. OHZ066-067-075-161700- Perry-Morgan-Athens- 1153 AM EST Sun Nov 15 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 509 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southeast Ohio. .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. Wind Advisory. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. .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 according to Standard Operating Procedures.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 1:49 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wood | 26 min |
| Nov 15, 3:10 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis | 50 min |
| Nov 15, 3:44 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Lewis, Taylor, Upshur | 46 min |
| Nov 15, 4:26 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 49 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.