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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Charleston, WV

April 17, 20248 counties in West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 2024, 11:43 PM EDT for 8 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 32 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, 11:43 PM EDT (03:43 UTC)
Expired: Apr 18, 2024, 12:15 AM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Braxton County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Roane County, WV, Webster County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:42 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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 253 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, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 9:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 17, 10:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 17, 11:27 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 17, 11:34 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 17, 11:35 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 17, 11:37 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 17, 11:38 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 17, 11:40 PM EDT, 3 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, 10:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Jackson, Mason, Roane, Wirt	26 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, 11:45 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

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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.