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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Charleston, WV

April 15, 2024Randolph County, Upshur County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 2024, 3:12 PM EDT for Randolph County, Upshur County, West Virginia. It was in force for 33 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
Apr 15, 2024, 3:12 PM EDT (19:12 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 2024, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Randolph County, WV, Upshur County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:12 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 15, 1:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 230 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2024-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2024-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 137 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2144 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Apr 15, 2:59 PM EDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 2:59 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 15, 4:45 AM EDT, 10 hours 27 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 15, 12:23 PM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 15, 1:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 11:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXTaylor30 min
Apr 15, 12:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXTaylor22 min
Apr 15, 1:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXUpshur21 min
Apr 15, 2:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBarbour, Randolph, Upshur33 min
Apr 15, 2:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPocahontas, Randolph25 min
Apr 15, 2:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPocahontas, Randolph19 min
Apr 15, 2:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXUpshur17 min
Apr 15, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLewis16 min
Apr 15, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXUpshur10 min
Apr 15, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXUpshur16 min
Apr 15, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXPleasants15 min
Apr 15, 3:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXRandolph13 min
Apr 15, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXUpshur21 min
Apr 15, 3:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXCalhoun20 min
Apr 15, 3:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXRitchie17 min
Apr 15, 4:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXRandolph14 min
Apr 15, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton, Calhoun, Gilmer25 min
Apr 15, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPocahontas, Randolph17 min
Apr 15, 4:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXWood19 min
Apr 15, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXRitchie20 min
Apr 15, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton, Gilmer33 min
Apr 15, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXRandolph14 min
Apr 15, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPocahontas, Randolph36 min
Apr 15, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton, Webster25 min
Apr 15, 5:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPocahontas24 min
Apr 15, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton, Webster32 min
Apr 15, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXCalhoun15 min
Apr 15, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPocahontas, Randolph, Webster35 min
Apr 15, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXGilmer16 min
Apr 15, 5:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXHarrison22 min
Apr 15, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXGilmer18 min
Apr 15, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPocahontas26 min
Apr 15, 6:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXCalhoun36 min
Apr 15, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCalhoun, Gilmer, Roane32 min
Apr 15, 7:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLogan36 min
Apr 14, 10:04 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRLXLawrence25 hr

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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.