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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 173, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2022, 2:02 PM EDT for Barbour County, Harrison County, Taylor County, West Virginia. It was in force for 28 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
- Jul 12, 2022, 2:02 PM EDT (18:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2022, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Barbour County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Taylor County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 235 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
- 23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -447 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1021 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 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 Jul 12, 1:40 PM EDT, 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 1:40 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Charleston WV 452 AM EDT Tue Jul 12 2022 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-013>020- 024>034-039-040-515>526-130900- Greenup-Carter-Boyd-Lawrence KY-Athens-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- 452 AM EDT Tue Jul 12 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky, portions of southeast Ohio, southwest Virginia and much of West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Thunderstorms are expected to develop along a front moving across from the north, peaking during the afternoon and evening. Storms may potentially become severe with gusty winds the main threat. Stronger cells may also produce locally heavy rainfall that could cause water issues. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. OHZ066-067-130900- Perry-Morgan- 452 AM EDT Tue Jul 12 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southeast Ohio. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
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Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 12:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants | 30 min |
| Jul 12, 12:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Tyler | 31 min |
| Jul 12, 1:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge | 27 min |
| Jul 12, 1:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Harrison, Taylor | 33 min |
| Jul 12, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Taylor | 32 min |
| Jul 12, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell | 27 min |
| Jul 12, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Mason, Putnam | 29 min |
| Jul 12, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam | 29 min |
| Jul 12, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 29 min |
| Jul 12, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam, Roane | 29 min |
| Jul 12, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Wood | 26 min |
| Jul 12, 3:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell, Mason, Putnam | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Clay, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam | 35 min |
| Jul 12, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wirt | 26 min |
| Jul 12, 4:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas | 23 min |
| Jul 12, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Logan, Mingo | 34 min |
| Jul 12, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas, Raleigh | 27 min |
| Jul 12, 5:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas | 34 min |
| Jul 12, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan, Raleigh, Wyoming | 29 min |
| Jul 12, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas, Raleigh | 25 min |
| Jul 12, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Raleigh, Wyoming | 31 min |
| Jul 12, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Summers | 25 min |
| Jul 12, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Putnam | 34 min |
| Jul 12, 6:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette, Raleigh | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 7:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell | 36 min |
| Jul 12, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell | 42 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.