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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2022, 7:36 PM EDT for Morgan County, Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 24 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
- Mar 23, 2022, 7:36 PM EDT (23:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2022, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Morgan County, OH, Washington County, OH
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 2:35 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 1376 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 407 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 480 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 Mar 23, 7:33 PM EDT, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 7:33 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Charleston WV 243 PM EDT Wed Mar 23 2022 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-013>020-024>027- 029-241845- Greenup-Carter-Boyd-Lawrence KY-Perry-Morgan-Athens-Washington- Jackson OH-Vinton-Meigs-Gallia-Lawrence OH-Wayne-Cabell-Mason- Jackson WV-Wood-Pleasants-Tyler-Lincoln-Putnam-Kanawha-Roane-Wirt- Calhoun-Ritchie-Doddridge-Mingo-Logan-Boone-Clay-Gilmer- 243 PM EDT Wed Mar 23 2022 ...TORNADO WATCH 67 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky, southeast Ohio, and portions of central West Virginia, northern West Virginia, southern West Virginia and western 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. Tornado Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions by calling the toll-free spotter hotline, or by other methods detailed at www.weather.gov/rlx/reports. VAZ003-004-WVZ028-033-034-241845- Dickenson-Buchanan-Braxton-McDowell-Wyoming- 243 PM EDT Wed Mar 23 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Virginia, and portions of central West Virginia and southern West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Showers and thunderstorms are expected today. A Slight Risk of severe weather exists for locally damaging winds, hail or possibly a tornado this afternoon into this evening. Heavy downpours will also be possible, especially within thunderstorms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions by calling the toll-free spotter hotline, or by other methods detailed at www.weather.gov/rlx/reports. WVZ030-032-039-040-515>526-241845- Lewis-Taylor-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- 243 PM EDT Wed Mar 23 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central West Virginia, northeast West Virginia, northern West Virginia and southeast West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Showers and thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and evening. A Marginal Risk of severe weather exists for locally damaging winds and hail this afternoon into this evening. Heavy downpours will also be possible, especially within thunderstorms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions by calling the toll-free spotter hotline, or by other methods detailed at www.weather.gov/rlx/reports. WVZ031-241845- Harrison- 243 PM EDT Wed Mar 23 2022 ...TORNADO WATCH 67 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northern 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. Tornado Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions by calling the toll-free spotter hotline, or by other methods detailed at www.weather.gov/rlx/reports.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 23, 7:01 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
701 PM EDT Wed Mar 23 2022
OHZ085-WVZ007-008-232330-
Meigs OH-Jackson WV-Mason WV-
701 PM EDT Wed Mar 23 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Meigs,
central Mason and northern Jackson Counties through 730 PM EDT...
At 701 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Point Pleasant, moving northeast at 60 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and half inch 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...
Point Pleasant, Racine, Forked Run State Park, Ravenswood, New Haven,
Sandyville, Syracuse, Henderson, Leon, Portland, Mount Alto,
Cottageville and Letart.
This includes Interstate 77 in West Virginia between mile markers 141
and 153.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for southeastern
Ohio...and western and northwestern West Virginia.
&&
LAT...LON 3869 8204 3881 8217 3914 8181 3894 8156
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 228DEG 53KT 3879 8204
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
GWLocal storm report, Mar 23, 7:09 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Logan, Mingo | 44 min |
| Mar 23, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 37 min |
| Mar 23, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Mason | 29 min |
| Mar 23, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Putnam, Wirt, Wood | 48 min |
| Mar 23, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Logan, Raleigh | 38 min |
| Mar 23, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Putnam | 33 min |
| Mar 23, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Logan | 20 min |
| Mar 23, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wirt, Wood | 39 min |
| Mar 23, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha and 2 more | 52 min |
| Mar 23, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mason | 19 min |
| Mar 23, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Logan | 15 min |
| Mar 23, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Putnam, Roane | 23 min |
| Mar 23, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 34 min |
| Mar 23, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wirt | 29 min |
| Mar 23, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood | 43 min |
| Mar 23, 6:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Putnam | 8 min |
| Mar 23, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mason | 29 min |
| Mar 23, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wood | 52 min |
| Mar 23, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wood | 15 min |
| Mar 23, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson, Roane, Wirt, Wood | 51 min |
| Mar 23, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam and 4 more | 44 min |
| Mar 23, 7:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam | 23 min |
| Mar 23, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Vinton | 38 min |
| Mar 23, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Jackson, Perry, Vinton | 37 min |
| Mar 23, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lawrence | 27 min |
| Mar 23, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Meigs | 31 min |
| Mar 23, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Morgan, Perry | 33 min |
| Mar 23, 5:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Athens, Morgan, Perry | 35 min |
| Mar 23, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson, Vinton | 32 min |
| Mar 23, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Gallia, Jackson | 34 min |
| Mar 23, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Athens, Vinton | 24 min |
| Mar 23, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Morgan, Perry, Vinton, Washington | 47 min |
| Mar 23, 6:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Perry | 21 min |
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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.