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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Jul 16, 2021, 3:21 PM EDT for Morgan County, Ohio. It was in force for 39 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 16, 2021, 3:21 PM EDT (19:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2021, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
County Morgan County, OH
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 846 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
608
WWUS81 KRLX 161921
SPSRLX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
321 PM EDT Fri Jul 16 2021
OHZ067-075-076-162000-
Washington-Athens-Morgan-
321 PM EDT Fri Jul 16 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WESTERN WASHINGTON...
SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN AND EAST CENTRAL ATHENS COUNTIES...
At 321 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Chesterhill,
moving east at 25 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
McConnelsville, Beverly, Chesterhill, Malta, Lowell, Stockport,
Fleming, Hackney and Bartlett.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
LAT...LON 3959 8159 3958 8149 3929 8158 3945 8198
3966 8193 3966 8159
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 269DEG 23KT 3953 8184
$$
14The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mason | 27 min |
| Jul 16, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wirt, Wood | 47 min |
| Jul 16, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mingo | 41 min |
| Jul 16, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lawrence | 31 min |
| Jul 16, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Vinton | 44 min |
| Jul 16, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Athens | 31 min |
| Jul 16, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Washington | 52 min |
| Jul 16, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson | 30 min |
| Jul 15, 8:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Carter | 29 min |
| Jul 16, 1:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Carter | 40 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.