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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Charleston, WV

April 17, 20245 counties in West Virginia; Gallia County, Meigs County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 2024, 10:19 PM EDT for 5 counties in West Virginia; Gallia County, Meigs County, Ohio. It was in force for 26 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 17, 2024, 10:19 PM EDT (02:19 UTC)
Expired: Apr 17, 2024, 10:45 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Gallia County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Calhoun County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Mason County, WV, Roane County, WV, Wirt County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:21 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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 192 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: 197 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1786 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 175 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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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 17, 9:58 PM EDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 9:58 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 17, 10:19 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 17, 8:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
803 PM EDT Wed Apr 17 2024

OHZ067-075-076-180030-
Washington OH-Athens OH-Morgan OH-
803 PM EDT Wed Apr 17 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN WASHINGTON...
SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN AND EAST CENTRAL ATHENS COUNTIES THROUGH 830 PM
EDT...

At 802 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Chesterhill, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch 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...
Marietta, Beverly, Chesterhill, Williamstown, Lowell, Stockport,
Fleming, Bartlett, and Devola.

This includes Interstate 77 in Ohio between mile markers 2 and 8.

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.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for southeastern
Ohio...and northwestern West Virginia.

&&

LAT...LON 3951 8137 3941 8144 3940 8147 3937 8151
      3935 8155 3929 8157 3944 8200 3961 8193
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 288DEG 32KT 3950 8187

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

12

Local storm report, Apr 17, 8:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Charleston WV
837 PM EDT Wed Apr 17 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0825 PM     Hail             1 NNW Beverly           39.56N 81.65W
04/17/2024  M1.00 Inch       Washington         OH   Trained Spotter

            Trained spotter reports largest hail size of
            1 inch under a severe storm.

&&

JZ

Local storm report, Apr 17, 8:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 17, 8:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 17, 9:49 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 17, 10:14 PM EDT, 5 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
Apr 17, 8:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wood	34 min
Apr 17, 8:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wood	33 min
Apr 17, 8:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wood	30 min
Apr 17, 9:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood	33 min
Apr 17, 9:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wood	30 min
Apr 17, 9:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Gilmer, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt, Wood	28 min
Apr 17, 9:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Ritchie	33 min
Apr 17, 9:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Wirt, Wood	29 min
Apr 17, 9:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Harrison, Taylor	26 min
Apr 17, 10:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt	30 min
Apr 17, 10:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour, Lewis, Taylor, Upshur	31 min
Apr 17, 10:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Ritchie	28 min
Apr 17, 10:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Jackson, Mason, Roane, Wirt	4 min
Apr 17, 10:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer	30 min
Apr 17, 10:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Jackson, Mason, Roane, Wirt	27 min
Apr 17, 10:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Randolph, Upshur	25 min
Apr 17, 11:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Lewis, Randolph, Upshur, Webster	23 min
Apr 17, 11:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Webster	31 min
Apr 17, 11:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Jackson, Kanawha and 5 more	28 min
Apr 17, 11:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Randolph	23 min
Apr 17, 11:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Nicholas and 2 more	32 min
Apr 17, 11:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Webster	30 min
Apr 18, 12:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Clay, Kanawha, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Webster	29 min
Apr 18, 12:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pocahontas	27 min
Apr 18, 12:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Nicholas	14 min
Apr 18, 1:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Nicholas	15 min
Apr 17, 8:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Washington	27 min
Apr 17, 8:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton, Washington	25 min
Apr 17, 8:51 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Vinton	3 hr
Apr 17, 9:21 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Athens, Vinton	3 hr
Apr 18, 12:09 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Vinton	9 hr

Nearby

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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.