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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

July 16, 2021Morgan County, Ohio

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2021-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 145 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2021-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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 

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 3:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMason27 min
Jul 16, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXWirt, Wood47 min
Jul 16, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMingo41 min
Jul 16, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLawrence31 min
Jul 16, 3:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXVinton44 min
Jul 16, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXAthens31 min
Jul 16, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXWashington52 min
Jul 16, 6:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXJackson30 min
Jul 15, 8:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXCarter29 min
Jul 16, 1:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXCarter40 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.