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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2025, 7:42 PM EDT for 4 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 33 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, 2025, 7:42 PM EDT (23:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2025, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Boone County, WV, Logan County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1148 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, 7:15 PM EDT, 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 8, 7:15 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Charleston WV 337 PM EDT Thu May 8 2025 VAZ003-004-091945- Dickenson-Buchanan- 337 PM EDT Thu May 8 2025 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 240 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Virginia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. Severe thunderstorms this afternoon and evening could produce large hail and damaging winds. An isolated tornado or two can not be ruled out. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions by calling the toll-free spotter hotline, or by other methods detailed at www.weather.gov/rlx/reports. KYZ101>103-105-OHZ087-WVZ005-006-013>015-024>027-033-034-515>524-526- 091945- Greenup-Carter-Boyd-Lawrence-Lawrence OH-Wayne-Cabell-Lincoln-Putnam- Kanawha-Mingo-Logan-Boone-Clay-McDowell-Wyoming-Northwest Raleigh- Southeast Raleigh-Northwest Fayette-Southeast Fayette- Northwest Nicholas-Southeast Nicholas-Northwest Webster- Southeast Webster-Northwest Pocahontas-Southeast Pocahontas- Southeast Randolph- 337 PM EDT Thu May 8 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky, portions of southeast Ohio, and portions of central, northeast, southeast, southern and western West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Severe thunderstorms this afternoon and evening could produce large hail and damaging winds. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions by calling the toll-free spotter hotline, or by other methods detailed at www.weather.gov/rlx/reports. OHZ066-067-075-076-083>086-WVZ007>011-016>020-028>032-039-040-525- 091945- Perry-Morgan-Athens-Washington-Jackson OH-Vinton-Meigs-Gallia-Mason- Jackson WV-Wood-Pleasants-Tyler-Roane-Wirt-Calhoun-Ritchie-Doddridge- Braxton-Gilmer-Lewis-Harrison-Taylor-Upshur-Barbour- Northwest Randolph- 337 PM EDT Thu May 8 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southeast Ohio, and portions of central, northeast, northern and western West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions by calling the toll-free spotter hotline, or by other methods detailed at www.weather.gov/rlx/reports.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 8, 6:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
639 PM EDT Thu May 8 2025
WVZ015-026-082315-
Boone WV-Kanawha WV-
639 PM EDT Thu May 8 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL KANAWHA AND
NORTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM EDT...
At 638 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Julian, or near Madison, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 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...
Madison, Chesapeake, Julian, Danville, Seth, Foster, Ashford, and
Racine.
This includes the following highways...
West Virginia Turnpike between mile markers 83 and 87.
Route 119 between mile markers 51 and 59.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3803 8185 3817 8185 3823 8148 3801 8145
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 266DEG 14KT 3814 8174
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
12Local storm report, May 8, 6:55 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Charleston WV
655 PM EDT Thu May 8 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 PM Hail 6 SE East Lynn Lake 38.08N 82.32W
05/08/2025 M0.50 Inch Wayne WV Public
Heavy downpour of rain and hail at East Lynn
lake campground in the passing storm. 643
report time adjusted to 630 based on radar.
&&Special weather statement, May 8, 7:09 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 31 min |
| May 8, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 23 min |
| May 8, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Wayne | 33 min |
| May 8, 6:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone | 36 min |
| May 8, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Wayne | 33 min |
| May 8, 7:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette | 36 min |
| May 8, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan | 33 min |
| May 8, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Kanawha | 35 min |
| May 8, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 27 min |
| May 8, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 29 min |
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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.