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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 144, NWS Charleston, WV

November 15, 20207 counties in Ohio

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.

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 15, 11:51 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2020-11-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2020-11-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 802 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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 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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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 15, 1:49 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXPleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wood26 min
Nov 15, 3:10 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBraxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis50 min
Nov 15, 3:44 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBarbour, Braxton, Lewis, Taylor, Upshur46 min
Nov 15, 4:26 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXPocahontas, Randolph, Webster49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2020Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2020

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.