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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Charleston, WV

May 8, 2024Pocahontas County, Randolph County, Webster County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2024, 5:15 AM EDT for Pocahontas County, Randolph County, Webster County, West Virginia. It was in force for 20 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, 5:15 AM EDT (09:15 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2024, 5:35 AM EDT
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Pocahontas County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Webster County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 209 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: 122 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 900 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

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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 May 8, 3:47 AM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 3:47 AM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 4:02 AM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 8, 2:14 AM EDT, 3 hours 1 minute before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
214 AM EDT Wed May 8 2024

KYZ101-OHZ083-086-087-080700-
Greenup KY-Jackson OH-Gallia OH-Lawrence OH-
214 AM EDT Wed May 8 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL GREENUP...GALLIA...
SOUTHERN JACKSON AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES THROUGH 300 AM EDT...

At 213 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Oak Hill to 7 miles northeast of Rome.
Movement was east at 50 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...
Ashland, Portsmouth, Ironton, Point Pleasant, Gallipolis, Coal Grove,
Oak Hill, Rio Grande, Lake Vesuvius, New Boston, Greenup, Letitia,
Franklin Furnace, Gallia, Flatwoods, Russell, Vernon, Waterloo,
Raceland, and Worthington.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
office in Charleston West Virginia.

&&

LAT...LON 3873 8303 3876 8289 3858 8284 3860 8274
      3868 8276 3868 8270 3885 8265 3886 8276
      3894 8275 3899 8258 3892 8212 3884 8215
      3879 8222 3862 8217 3847 8261 3850 8267
      3848 8271 3860 8308 3862 8308
TIME...MOT...LOC 0613Z 283DEG 45KT 3895 8257 3874 8327

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

KREDENSOR

Special weather statement, May 8, 2:48 AM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
248 AM EDT Wed May 8 2024

KYZ101-080700-
Greenup KY-
248 AM EDT Wed May 8 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL GREENUP COUNTY THROUGH
300 AM EDT...

At 248 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Letitia, or 10 miles south of Portsmouth, moving east at 45 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...
Portsmouth, Greenup, Load, Greenbo Lake, Letitia, Franklin Furnace,
South Shore, Grays Branch, and Haverhill.

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.

A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect. Heavy downpours could cause
rapid rises in water. If rising water is observed, move to higher
ground. Do not drive into areas covered by water.

Do not drive your vehicle into areas where the water covers the
roadway. The water depth may be too great to allow your car to cross
safely. Move to higher ground.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM EDT for northeastern
Kentucky.

&&

LAT...LON 3873 8298 3874 8294 3875 8288 3873 8287
      3869 8288 3866 8286 3861 8285 3858 8283
      3848 8283 3854 8310
TIME...MOT...LOC 0648Z 282DEG 39KT 3861 8295

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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Special weather statement, May 8, 3:24 AM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 8, 4:47 AM EDT, 28 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
May 8, 12:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Mason	43 min
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 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

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.