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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 135, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 2023, 6:56 AM EDT for Boone County, Kanawha County, Lincoln County, West Virginia. It was in force for 34 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, 6:56 AM EDT (10:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2023, 7:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Boone County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 2723 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 884 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 302 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 9.7
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, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 25, 4:51 AM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
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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
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 4:45 AM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
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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, 6:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas, Webster | 48 min |
| Aug 25, 6:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Kanawha, Putnam | 43 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.