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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Charleston, WV

May 3, 2022Perry County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2022, 3:06 PM EDT for Perry 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
May 3, 2022, 3:06 PM EDT (19:06 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2022, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
70.0 mph

County Perry County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 3, 2:29 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 2022-05-03Temperature 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 2022-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 260 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1276 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
260 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
470 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 May 3, 1:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 1:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 2:35 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Charleston WV
235 PM EDT Tue May 3 2022

KYZ105-VAZ003-004-WVZ005-006-013>016-018-024>030-032>034-039-040-
515>526-041845-
Lawrence KY-Dickenson-Buchanan-Wayne-Cabell-Lincoln-Putnam-Kanawha-
Roane-Calhoun-Mingo-Logan-Boone-Clay-Braxton-Gilmer-Lewis-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-
235 PM EDT Tue May 3 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northeast
Kentucky, southwest Virginia and much of West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and evening. Storms could
contain strong wind gusts.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

Hazardous weather is not 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.

KYZ101>103-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ007>011-017-019-020-031-
041845-
Greenup-Carter-Boyd-Perry-Morgan-Athens-Washington-Jackson OH-Vinton-
Meigs-Gallia-Lawrence OH-Mason-Jackson WV-Wood-Pleasants-Tyler-Wirt-
Ritchie-Doddridge-Harrison-
235 PM EDT Tue May 3 2022

...TORNADO WATCH 175 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northeast
Kentucky, southeast Ohio, and portions of central West Virginia,
northern 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...Wednesday through Monday.

Hazardous weather is not 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXCabell28 min
May 3, 6:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXPleasants, Ritchie, Wood30 min
May 3, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXPleasants31 min
May 3, 6:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXKanawha33 min
May 3, 7:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXCalhoun, Clay, Kanawha41 min
May 3, 7:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXCalhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Taylor and 1 more57 min
May 3, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatRLXPerry18 min
May 3, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatRLXPerry17 min
May 3, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXJackson37 min
May 3, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMorgan34 min
May 3, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXScioto16 min
May 3, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXVinton27 min
May 3, 5:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXPerry26 min
May 3, 5:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXPerry33 min
May 3, 5:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMorgan28 min
May 3, 6:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXWashington29 min
May 3, 5:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXCarter37 min
May 3, 6:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLawrence23 min
May 3, 7:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXCarter32 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.