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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 106, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2024, 2:00 PM EDT for Wayne County, West Virginia; Lawrence County, Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 75 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 26, 2024, 2:00 PM EDT (18:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2024, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 75 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lawrence County, OH, Wayne County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 1:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 253 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1185 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
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 26, 12:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 12:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 1:48 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Charleston WV 148 PM EDT Sun May 26 2024 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-083>087-WVZ005>008-271800- Greenup-Carter-Boyd-Lawrence KY-Perry-Morgan-Athens-Jackson OH- Vinton-Meigs-Gallia-Lawrence OH-Wayne-Cabell-Mason-Jackson WV- 148 PM EDT Sun May 26 2024 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 316 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky, portions of southeast Ohio, and portions of central 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. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. Localized flash flooding is possible within showers and thunderstorms this afternoon into tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Isolated severe storms and localized flash flooding may occur on Monday. .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. OHZ076-VAZ003-004-WVZ009-010-015>019-024>029-033-034-515>520-271800- Washington-Dickenson-Buchanan-Wood-Pleasants-Kanawha-Roane-Wirt- Calhoun-Ritchie-Mingo-Logan-Boone-Clay-Braxton-Gilmer-McDowell- Wyoming-Northwest Raleigh-Southeast Raleigh-Northwest Fayette- Southeast Fayette-Northwest Nicholas-Southeast Nicholas- 148 PM EDT Sun May 26 2024 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 317 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southeast Ohio, southwest Virginia, and portions of central, northern, southeast and southern 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. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. Localized flash flooding is possible within showers and thunderstorms this afternoon into tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Isolated severe storms and localized flash flooding may occur on Monday. .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. WVZ011-020-030-521-522-271800- Tyler-Doddridge-Lewis-Northwest Webster-Southeast Webster- 148 PM EDT Sun May 26 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northeast and northern West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Scattered severe storms could produce damaging winds, hail or tornadoes today into tonight. Localized flash flooding is also possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Isolated severe storms and localized flash flooding may occur on Monday. .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. WVZ013-014-271800- Lincoln-Putnam- 148 PM EDT Sun May 26 2024 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 316 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southern 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. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. Localized flash flooding is possible within showers and thunderstorms this afternoon into tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Isolated severe storms and localized flash flooding may occur on Monday. .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. WVZ031-032-039-040-523>526-271800- Harrison-Taylor-Upshur-Barbour-Northwest Pocahontas- Southeast Pocahontas-Northwest Randolph-Southeast Randolph- 148 PM EDT Sun May 26 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central, northeast and northern West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Isolated severe storms could produce damaging winds today into tonight. Localized flash flooding is also possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Scattered severe storms and localized flash flooding may occur on Monday. .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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 10:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Tyler | 20 min |
| May 25, 11:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Taylor | 30 min |
| May 25, 11:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Taylor | 7 hr |
| May 26, 3:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis | 3 hr |
| May 26, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne | 77 min |
| May 26, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 71 min |
| May 26, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne | 80 min |
| May 26, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Mason, Putnam | 56 min |
| May 26, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Putnam | 45 min |
| May 26, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming | 49 min |
| May 26, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam | 47 min |
| May 26, 4:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Cabell, Mason, Putnam | 30 min |
| May 26, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Raleigh, Wyoming | 53 min |
| May 26, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Roane, Wirt, Wood | 58 min |
| May 26, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas, Raleigh, Roane and 1 more | 54 min |
| May 26, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Putnam | 27 min |
| May 26, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Calhoun, Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt, Wood | 24 min |
| May 26, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas, Raleigh, Roane and 1 more | 36 min |
| May 26, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Nicholas, Pocahontas and 1 more | 45 min |
| May 26, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Randolph, Upshur and 1 more | 52 min |
| May 26, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 38 min |
| May 26, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 50 min |
| May 26, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Lewis, Pocahontas, Randolph, Taylor and 1 more | 51 min |
| May 25, 9:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Athens | 28 min |
| May 26, 10:33 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Washington | 3 hr |
| May 26, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Vinton | 81 min |
| May 26, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Morgan, Perry, Washington | 41 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.