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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2022, 3:11 PM EDT for 4 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 49 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 31, 2022, 3:11 PM EDT (19:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2022, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Nicholas County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Webster County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 779 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 361 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 490 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
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 31, 2:15 PM EDT, 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 2:15 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Charleston WV Issued by National Weather Service Jackson KY 1001 AM EDT Thu Mar 31 2022 KYZ101>103-105-011415- Greenup-Carter-Boyd-Lawrence KY- 1001 AM EDT Thu Mar 31 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. A line of showers and thunderstorms will cross the area today ahead of a cold front. Locally strong wind gusts may occur. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-011415- Perry-Morgan-Athens-Washington-Jackson OH-Vinton-Meigs-Gallia- Lawrence OH- 1001 AM EDT Thu Mar 31 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Ohio. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. A line of showers and thunderstorms will cross the area today ahead of a cold front. Locally strong wind gusts may occur. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-013>020-024>034-039-040-515>522-524-525-011415- 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- Southeast Pocahontas-Northwest Randolph- 1001 AM EDT Thu Mar 31 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Virginia and much of West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. A line of showers and thunderstorms will cross the area today ahead of a cold front. Locally strong wind gusts may occur. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. A wintry mix will occur Friday morning with possible snow accumulations less than 1 inch. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. WVZ523-526-011415- Northwest Pocahontas-Southeast Randolph- 1001 AM EDT Thu Mar 31 2022 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northeast West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. A line of showers and thunderstorms will cross the area today ahead of a cold front. Locally strong wind gusts may occur. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. A wintry mix will occur Friday morning with snow accumulations of 1 to 2 inches possible. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. DJ
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 12:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
Issued by National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
1259 PM EDT Thu Mar 31 2022
WVZ015-027-517-519-311730-
Clay WV-Kanawha WV-Northwest Nicholas WV-Northwest Fayette WV-
1259 PM EDT Thu Mar 31 2022
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL NICHOLAS...
SOUTHEASTERN KANAWHA...SOUTHWESTERN CLAY AND NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE
COUNTIES THROUGH 130 PM EDT...
At 1258 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Burnwell, or 18 miles west of Fayetteville, moving northeast at 40
mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Montgomery, Ansted, Cedar Grove, Glasgow, Smithers, Gauley Bridge,
Pratt, Burnwell, Powellton, Handley, Leewood, Dawes, Swiss, Indore,
Sharon, Eskdale, Bentree, and Pond Gap.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
&&
LAT...LON 3801 8140 3814 8153 3842 8115 3820 8095
TIME...MOT...LOC 1658Z 235DEG 35KT 3811 8144
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
KramarSpecial weather statement, Mar 31, 1:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 10:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Ritchie, Tyler | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 11:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Tyler | 22 min |
| Mar 31, 11:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Calhoun | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 11:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Roane | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 11:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge | 22 min |
| Mar 31, 11:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Lewis | 24 min |
| Mar 31, 12:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 32 min |
| Mar 31, 12:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 12:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Harrison, Taylor | 27 min |
| Mar 31, 12:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone | 24 min |
| Mar 31, 12:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Clay | 36 min |
| Mar 31, 12:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Raleigh | 27 min |
| Mar 31, 12:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Taylor | 36 min |
| Mar 31, 12:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 1:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 1:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette | 23 min |
| Mar 31, 1:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Nicholas | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 1:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Upshur | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 1:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 2:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Webster | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Webster | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 42 min |
| Mar 31, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Randolph | 36 min |
| Mar 31, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas | 27 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.