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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

December 11, 2021Morgan County, Washington County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Dec 11, 2021, 2:45 AM EST for Morgan County, Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 45 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: Dec 11, 2021, 2:45 AM EST (07:45 UTC)
Expired: Dec 11, 2021, 3:30 AM EST
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 30

Counties Morgan County, OH, Washington County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 148 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 892 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 201 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 406 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Dec 11, 1:30 AM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 11, 1:30 AM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 10, 9:53 PM EST, 4 hours 52 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 11, 2:45 AM EST, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
245 AM EST Sat Dec 11 2021

OHZ066-067-075-076-WVZ009>011-110830-
Washington OH-Athens OH-Morgan OH-Perry OH-Wood WV-Pleasants WV-
Tyler WV-
245 AM EST Sat Dec 11 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Perry,
Washington, Morgan, eastern Athens, northwestern Pleasants,
northwestern Tyler and central Wood Counties through 330 AM EST...

At 243 AM EST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles southeast of Chesterhill, moving northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Parkersburg, Marietta, Belpre, St. Marys, Glouster, McConnelsville,
Beverly, Coolville, Chesterhill, Vienna, Williamstown, Sistersville,
Belmont, Washington, Lubeck, Boaz, Newport, Matamoras, North Hills
and Malta.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 77 in West Virginia between mile markers 172 and 186.
 Interstate 77 in Ohio between mile markers 1 and 17.
 Route 50 in West Virginia between mile markers 1 and 12.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3975 8164 3967 8164 3966 8159 3959 8158
      3958 8148 3965 8147 3959 8135 3959 8128
      3961 8127 3958 8125 3957 8104 3954 8104
      3960 8095 3959 8091 3911 8169 3946 8207
      3955 8211 3977 8191
TIME...MOT...LOC 0743Z 240DEG 71KT 3938 8178

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 11, 7:07 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson, Putnam	23 min
Dec 11, 7:30 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane and 2 more	30 min
Dec 11, 8:12 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Cabell, Wayne	33 min
Dec 11, 8:42 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone, Calhoun, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan and 3 more	33 min
Dec 11, 9:20 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Calhoun, Kanawha, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt	25 min
Dec 11, 9:46 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Ritchie	29 min
Dec 11, 9:48 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wyoming	27 min
Dec 11, 10:13 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	McDowell, Raleigh, Wyoming	32 min
Dec 11, 10:15 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour, Harrison, Lewis, Taylor	30 min
Dec 11, 10:29 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Upshur, Webster	31 min
Dec 11, 2:01 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Cabell, Jackson, Lincoln, Mason, Pleasants, Putnam and 2 more	59 min
Dec 11, 2:38 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone, Clay, Kanawha, Logan, Mingo	67 min
Dec 11, 2:42 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Calhoun, Doddridge, Jackson, Pleasants, Putnam, Ritchie and 4 more	63 min
Dec 11, 3:34 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison	26 min
Dec 11, 3:44 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Fayette, Nicholas	31 min
Dec 11, 4:19 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Fayette, Raleigh, Wyoming	26 min
Dec 11, 1:08 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Gallia, Lawrence, Meigs	52 min
Dec 11, 7:49 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lawrence	26 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.