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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 222, NWS Charleston, WV

October 12, 2022Lawrence County, Ohio; Boyd County, Greenup County, Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 12, 2022, 5:00 PM EDT for Lawrence County, Ohio; Boyd County, Greenup County, Kentucky. It was in force for 30 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
Oct 12, 2022, 5:00 PM EDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Oct 12, 2022, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Boyd County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Lawrence County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 139 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2022-10-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2022-10-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 188 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1126 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 12, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWayne36 min
Oct 12, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMason33 min
Oct 12, 5:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLawrence36 min
Oct 12, 7:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXJackson44 min
Oct 12, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLawrence37 min
Oct 12, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXCarter30 min
Oct 12, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoyd, Carter, Greenup32 min
Oct 12, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXCarter33 min

Nearby

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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.