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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

August 7, 2023Athens County, Vinton County, Washington County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2023, 6:50 PM EDT for Athens County, Vinton County, Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 7, 2023, 6:50 PM EDT (22:50 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2023, 7:30 PM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 30

Counties Athens County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Washington County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:51 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 173 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: 409 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 510 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.6

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 7, 6:38 PM EDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 6:38 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 6:05 PM EDT, 45 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 7, 6:01 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 7, 6:06 PM EDT, 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 7, 6:10 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 7, 6:19 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 7, 6:23 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 6:50 PM EDT, 0 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 7, 5:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pleasants, Wood	34 min
Aug 7, 6:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler	28 min
Aug 7, 6:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison	25 min
Aug 7, 7:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Harrison, Lewis	32 min
Aug 7, 7:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Harrison, Taylor	32 min
Aug 7, 8:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Harrison, Taylor	31 min
Aug 7, 10:58 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wood	47 min
Aug 7, 11:30 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wood	45 min
Aug 7, 11:34 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Putnam	26 min
Aug 7, 11:53 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler	37 min
Aug 7, 11:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson	34 min
Aug 7, 12:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Wood	14 min
Aug 7, 12:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Roane	29 min
Aug 7, 12:29 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Wood	4 hr
Aug 7, 12:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Clay, Roane	45 min
Aug 7, 12:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Kanawha	38 min
Aug 7, 12:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Wood	34 min
Aug 7, 12:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Kanawha, Putnam, Roane	33 min
Aug 7, 12:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Mason	27 min
Aug 7, 12:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison, Ritchie, Tyler	38 min
Aug 7, 1:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood	40 min
Aug 7, 1:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer	36 min
Aug 7, 1:11 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Jackson, Mason, Wood	3 hr
Aug 7, 1:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler	32 min
Aug 7, 1:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Lewis, Webster	13 min
Aug 7, 1:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster	47 min
Aug 7, 1:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Lewis, Randolph, Upshur, Webster	29 min
Aug 7, 1:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Cabell	27 min
Aug 7, 1:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Doddridge	24 min
Aug 7, 1:54 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler	3 hr
Aug 7, 2:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson	15 min
Aug 7, 2:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur	30 min
Aug 7, 2:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam	25 min
Aug 7, 2:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Roane, Wirt, Wood	29 min
Aug 7, 2:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pocahontas	24 min
Aug 7, 2:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Kanawha, Putnam	20 min
Aug 7, 2:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Mason	36 min
Aug 7, 2:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wayne	36 min
Aug 7, 2:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Kanawha, Putnam	20 min
Aug 7, 2:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Wayne	16 min
Aug 7, 2:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wirt	26 min
Aug 7, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Randolph	34 min
Aug 7, 2:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Kanawha, Roane	34 min
Aug 7, 3:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Doddridge, Ritchie	34 min
Aug 7, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne	30 min
Aug 7, 3:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Kanawha, Roane	26 min
Aug 7, 3:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam	28 min
Aug 7, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne	27 min
Aug 7, 3:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Kanawha	37 min
Aug 7, 4:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Braxton	41 min
Aug 7, 4:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Clay	36 min
Aug 7, 4:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Upshur	38 min
Aug 7, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Randolph, Upshur, Webster	35 min
Aug 7, 5:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Randolph	28 min
Aug 7, 5:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	McDowell	18 min
Aug 7, 5:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Raleigh	25 min
Aug 7, 7:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pleasants, Tyler, Wood	52 min
Aug 7, 4:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson, Vinton	30 min
Aug 7, 4:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens, Jackson, Vinton	33 min
Aug 7, 5:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens, Meigs, Morgan	31 min
Aug 7, 10:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Washington	13 min
Aug 7, 12:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson	42 min
Aug 7, 12:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Gallia	25 min
Aug 7, 1:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Gallia, Jackson, Vinton	41 min
Aug 7, 2:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lawrence	25 min
Aug 7, 2:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Boyd, Carter, Greenup	36 min
Aug 7, 3:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lawrence	28 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.