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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

July 23, 2024Washington County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Jul 23, 2024, 5:29 PM EDT for Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 16 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 23, 2024, 5:29 PM EDT (21:29 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2024, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
40

County Washington County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 322 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2024-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 73 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2024-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 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
73 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
740 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 23, 2:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 2:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 3:29 AM EDT, 14 hours before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Charleston WV
329 AM EDT Tue Jul 23 2024

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-013>020-024>031-
240730-
Greenup-Carter-Boyd-Lawrence KY-Perry-Morgan-Athens-Washington-
Jackson OH-Vinton-Meigs-Gallia-Lawrence OH-Wayne-Cabell-Mason-
Jackson WV-Wood-Pleasants-Tyler-Lincoln-Putnam-Kanawha-Roane-Wirt-
Calhoun-Ritchie-Doddridge-Mingo-Logan-Boone-Clay-Braxton-Gilmer-
Lewis-Harrison-
329 AM EDT Tue Jul 23 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky, southeast
Ohio, and portions of central, northern, southern and western West
Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms could contain heavy downpours
today. Although the risk of flash flooding is lower across this area,
any locations that receive repeated rounds of heavy rainfall could
see localized flash flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected each afternoon through
Thursday with a stationary boundary lingering overhead. Daily heavy
rainfall could lead to flash flooding concerns, particularly later in
the week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

VAZ003-004-WVZ032>034-039-040-515>526-240730-
Dickenson-Buchanan-Taylor-McDowell-Wyoming-Upshur-Barbour-
Northwest Raleigh-Southeast Raleigh-Northwest Fayette-
Southeast Fayette-Northwest Nicholas-Southeast Nicholas-
Northwest Webster-Southeast Webster-Northwest Pocahontas-
Southeast Pocahontas-Northwest Randolph-Southeast Randolph-
329 AM EDT Tue Jul 23 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Virginia, and
portions of central, northeast, northern, southeast and southern
West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms could contain heavy downpours
today. Localized flash flooding is possible for locations that
receive repeated rounds of heavy rainfall.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected each afternoon through
Thursday with a stationary boundary lingering overhead. Daily rounds
of heavy rainfall could lead to flash flooding concerns.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 23, 3:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 3:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXPerry28 min
Jul 23, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMorgan63 min
Jul 23, 6:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXWashington55 min
Jul 23, 7:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXWashington54 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.