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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Charleston, WV

August 25, 20235 counties in West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 2023, 6:27 AM EDT for 5 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 48 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: Aug 25, 2023, 6:27 AM EDT (10:27 UTC)
Expired: Aug 25, 2023, 7:15 AM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Clay County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Webster County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:29 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 nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 244 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 577 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -123 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1056 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

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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 Aug 25, 4:51 AM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 25, 4:51 AM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 25, 4:16 AM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Charleston WV
416 AM EDT Fri Aug 25 2023

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ075-083>087-WVZ005>008-013>016-024>026-260915-
Greenup-Carter-Boyd-Lawrence KY-Athens-Jackson OH-Vinton-Meigs-
Gallia-Lawrence OH-Wayne-Cabell-Mason-Jackson WV-Lincoln-Putnam-
Kanawha-Roane-Mingo-Logan-Boone-
416 AM EDT Fri Aug 25 2023

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky, portions
of southeast Ohio, and the central and southern lowlands of 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.

   Heat Advisory.

There are also marginal risks for severe thunderstorms and excessive
rainfall today. Thunderstorms may produce strong to damaging wind
gusts, and heavy rainfall that could quickly lead to localized high
water.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

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.

OHZ066-067-076-VAZ003-004-WVZ009>011-017>020-027>034-039-040-515>526-
260915-
Perry-Morgan-Washington-Dickenson-Buchanan-Wood-Pleasants-Tyler-Wirt-
Calhoun-Ritchie-Doddridge-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-
416 AM EDT Fri Aug 25 2023

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southeast Ohio,
southwest Virginia, and the mountains and much of the northern
lowlands of West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

There are marginal risks for severe thunderstorms and excessive
rainfall today. Thunderstorms may produce strong to damaging wind
gusts, and heavy rainfall that could quickly lead to localized high
water.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

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.

TRM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 25, 4:32 AM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 25, 4:40 AM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 25, 4:45 AM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 25, 5:20 AM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 25, 5:27 AM EDT, 1 hour before

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Special weather statement, Aug 25, 6:13 AM EDT, 14 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 25, 3:23 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Doddridge, Harrison, Pleasants, Ritchie, Taylor and 1 more	38 min
Aug 25, 4:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour, Doddridge, Harrison, Pleasants, Ritchie, Taylor	45 min
Aug 25, 4:40 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Lewis, Randolph, Upshur	50 min
Aug 25, 4:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wirt, Wood	45 min
Aug 25, 5:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pleasants, Ritchie	25 min
Aug 25, 5:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Roane, Webster	48 min
Aug 25, 5:48 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Clay, Kanawha, Nicholas, Roane	42 min
Aug 25, 6:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson, Mason	32 min
Aug 25, 6:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Cabell, Kanawha, Putnam	43 min
Aug 25, 6:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln	34 min
Aug 25, 7:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Fayette, Raleigh	52 min
Aug 25, 7:19 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone, Cabell, Lincoln, Logan, Wyoming	41 min
Aug 25, 7:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Logan, McDowell, Wyoming	33 min
Aug 25, 8:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lincoln, Logan, Wayne	30 min
Aug 25, 8:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Logan	30 min
Aug 25, 8:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Mingo	37 min
Aug 25, 9:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Calhoun	30 min
Aug 25, 9:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Nicholas	27 min
Aug 25, 11:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Putnam	24 min
Aug 25, 11:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Putnam	53 min
Aug 25, 11:38 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Kanawha, Mason, Putnam	3 hr
Aug 25, 12:09 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam	3 hr
Aug 25, 12:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lincoln	37 min
Aug 25, 12:56 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln	2 hr
Aug 25, 2:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson	32 min
Aug 25, 2:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson	39 min
Aug 25, 3:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Gallia, Jackson	37 min
Aug 25, 4:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lawrence	28 min
Aug 25, 2:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Carter	36 min
Aug 25, 3:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Carter, Lawrence	34 min
Aug 25, 4:36 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Carter	3 hr
Aug 25, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Greenup	31 min
Aug 25, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boyd	30 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.