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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2024, 12:16 AM EDT for Mason County, West Virginia; 5 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 43 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 8, 2024, 12:16 AM EDT (04:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2024, 12:59 AM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Mason County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 9:17 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 1297 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 774 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 8.9
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 7, 10:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 7, 10:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 7, 8:11 PM EDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Charleston WV
811 PM EDT Tue May 7 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0900 PM Flash Flood 13 S Louisa 37.92N 82.63W
05/06/2024 Lawrence KY Emergency Mngr
Nats Creek Road impassable in several spots
due to high water. Time is estimated.
&&
GWLocal storm report, May 7, 8:15 PM EDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Charleston WV
815 PM EDT Tue May 7 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0910 PM Flash Flood 14 SE Blaine 37.90N 82.64W
05/06/2024 Lawrence KY Emergency Mngr
Portions of Copper Road damaged from high
water.
&&
GWLocal storm report, May 7, 8:27 PM EDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Charleston WV
827 PM EDT Tue May 7 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 PM Flash Flood 4 N Iaeger 37.52N 81.80W
05/07/2024 Wyoming WV Emergency Mngr
Debris reported across US-52 near the
intersection with Ikes Fork Road.
&&
GWLocal storm report, May 7, 8:33 PM EDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Charleston WV
833 PM EDT Tue May 7 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 PM Flash Flood 3 NNW Iaeger 37.50N 81.84W
05/07/2024 McDowell WV 911 Call Center
Watt Branch Road washed out and impassable.
Time is estimated.
&&
GWSpecial weather statement, May 7, 9:21 PM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
921 PM EDT Tue May 7 2024
KYZ101-080145-
Greenup KY-
921 PM EDT Tue May 7 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL GREENUP COUNTY
THROUGH 945 PM EDT...
At 920 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles northwest of Letitia, or 11 miles west of Portsmouth, moving
east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny 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...
Portsmouth, New Boston, South Shore, and South Portsmouth.
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 400 AM EDT for northeastern
Kentucky.
&&
LAT...LON 3868 8303 3870 8304 3873 8303 3873 8300
3872 8298 3875 8293 3876 8290 3875 8288
3873 8287 3869 8288 3866 8286 3864 8305
3866 8305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 265DEG 35KT 3870 8315
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
04Special weather statement, May 7, 9:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
948 PM EDT Tue May 7 2024
KYZ101-080215-
Greenup KY-
948 PM EDT Tue May 7 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL GREENUP COUNTY THROUGH
1015 PM EDT...
At 947 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Letitia, or 12 miles southwest of Portsmouth, moving east at 30 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...
Letitia and Grays Branch.
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 400 AM EDT for northeastern
Kentucky.
&&
LAT...LON 3858 8309 3859 8307 3862 8308 3863 8307
3868 8287 3866 8286 3862 8286 3860 8285
3855 8309
TIME...MOT...LOC 0147Z 255DEG 26KT 3859 8306
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
04The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 3:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Putnam | 36 min |
| May 8, 4:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Webster | 28 min |
| May 8, 5:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 20 min |
| May 7, 9:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Scioto | 24 min |
| May 8, 2:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Gallia, Lawrence | 46 min |
| May 7, 9:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Greenup | 23 min |
| May 7, 9:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Greenup | 27 min |
| May 7, 9:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Greenup | 18 min |
| May 8, 2:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Greenup | 12 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.