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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 181, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 31, 2024, 3:29 PM EDT for Pleasants County, Wood County, West Virginia; Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 46 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 31, 2024, 3:29 PM EDT (19:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2024, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Washington County, OH, Pleasants County, WV, Wood County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 446 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1142 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 31, 2:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 2:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Charleston WV 133 PM EDT Sat Aug 31 2024 WVZ005-008-010-011-013>020-024>034-039-040-515>526-011745- Wayne-Jackson WV-Pleasants-Tyler-Lincoln-Putnam-Kanawha-Roane-Wirt- Calhoun-Ritchie-Doddridge-Mingo-Logan-Boone-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- 133 PM EDT Sat Aug 31 2024 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 666 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for much of 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. 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>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ006-007-009- 011745- Greenup-Carter-Boyd-Lawrence KY-Perry-Morgan-Athens-Washington- Jackson OH-Vinton-Meigs-Gallia-Lawrence OH-Dickenson-Buchanan-Cabell- Mason-Wood- 133 PM EDT Sat Aug 31 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky, southeast Ohio, southwest Virginia, and portions of northern and western West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Stronger thunderstorms this afternoon and evening could produce locally gusty to damaging wind gusts and locally heavy rain. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. 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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 31, 1:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
318 PM EDT Sat Aug 31 2024
OHZ075-076-311945-
Washington OH-Athens OH-
318 PM EDT Sat Aug 31 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN WASHINGTON AND
SOUTHEASTERN ATHENS COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT...
At 317 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Athens, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Athens, Coolville, and Stroud Run State Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3934 8174 3918 8180 3920 8212 3937 8208
TIME...MOT...LOC 1917Z 281DEG 12KT 3927 8204
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
12The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 8:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Logan | 46 min |
| Aug 31, 12:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mason | 30 min |
| Aug 31, 12:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Mason, Putnam | 23 min |
| Aug 31, 12:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason | 33 min |
| Aug 31, 1:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler | 37 min |
| Aug 31, 1:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Wood | 36 min |
| Aug 31, 1:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Roane, Wirt | 29 min |
| Aug 31, 1:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 24 min |
| Aug 31, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Tyler | 30 min |
| Aug 31, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Roane, Wirt | 32 min |
| Aug 31, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Taylor | 36 min |
| Aug 31, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer | 34 min |
| Aug 31, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Ritchie, Wood | 30 min |
| Aug 31, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Lewis, Upshur, Webster | 37 min |
| Aug 31, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants | 32 min |
| Aug 31, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Upshur | 55 min |
| Aug 31, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Tucker | 36 min |
| Aug 31, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas | 57 min |
| Aug 31, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Tyler | 43 min |
| Aug 31, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 47 min |
| Aug 31, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson, Mason | 54 min |
| Aug 31, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason | 23 min |
| Aug 31, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mason | 31 min |
| Aug 31, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Calhoun, Wirt | 48 min |
| Aug 31, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Roane | 51 min |
| Aug 31, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 50 min |
| Aug 31, 12:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lawrence | 30 min |
| Aug 31, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Athens | 27 min |
| Aug 31, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Meigs | 37 min |
| Aug 31, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 38 min |
| Aug 31, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Gallia | 42 min |
| Aug 31, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lawrence | 52 min |
| Aug 31, 10:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Greenup | 25 min |
| Aug 31, 11:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Greenup | 17 min |
| Aug 31, 11:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Greenup | 31 min |
| Aug 31, 2:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lawrence | 23 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.