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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Charleston, WV

April 5, 2025Morgan County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2025, 1:30 AM EDT for Morgan County, Ohio. It was in force for 15 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 5, 2025, 1:30 AM EDT (05:30 UTC)
Expired: Apr 5, 2025, 1:45 AM EDT
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Morgan County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:31 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, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 168 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 609 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 211 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 290 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 4, 7:00 PM EDT, 6 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 7:00 PM EDT, 6 hours 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 4, 9:04 AM EDT, 16 hours 26 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Charleston WV
904 AM EDT Fri Apr 4 2025

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-013>020-024>032-
039-040-517-519>522-525-526-051315-
Greenup-Carter-Boyd-Lawrence-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-Taylor-Upshur-Barbour-Northwest Fayette-
Northwest Nicholas-Southeast Nicholas-Northwest Webster-
Southeast Webster-Northwest Randolph-Southeast Randolph-
904 AM EDT Fri Apr 4 2025

...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky, southeast
Ohio and much of West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flood Watch.

In addition, showers and thunderstorms are possible today and
tonight, some of which could be strong to severe.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flood Watch.

Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms continue through the
weekend. Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible again Saturday
and Sunday.

.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.

VAZ003-004-WVZ033-034-515-516-518-523-524-051315-
Dickenson-Buchanan-McDowell-Wyoming-Northwest Raleigh-
Southeast Raleigh-Southeast Fayette-Northwest Pocahontas-
Southeast Pocahontas-
904 AM EDT Fri Apr 4 2025

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Showers and thunderstorms are possible today and tonight, some of
which could be strong to severe.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms Saturday through Sunday
may lead to minor flooding issues.

Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible again Saturday and
Sunday.

.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

Local storm report, Apr 4, 7:32 PM EDT, 5 hours 58 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 4, 7:53 PM EDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 4, 7:56 PM EDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 4, 7:59 PM EDT, 5 hours 31 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 5, 3:56 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Mason	43 hr
Apr 5, 7:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone, Lincoln	24 min
Apr 5, 12:37 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Jackson, Wood	32 hr
Apr 5, 12:38 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Cabell, Wayne	24 hr
Apr 5, 12:38 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Wood	24 hr
Apr 5, 12:39 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Jackson, Mason	32 hr
Apr 5, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lincoln	30 min
Apr 5, 4:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Lincoln, Wayne	24 min
Apr 5, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln	34 min
Apr 5, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Kanawha	31 min
Apr 5, 5:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas	34 min
Apr 5, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Clay, Nicholas, Webster	34 min
Apr 5, 6:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster	32 min
Apr 5, 6:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster	33 min
Apr 5, 7:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph	33 min
Apr 5, 1:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Morgan	29 min
Apr 5, 11:50 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Morgan	33 hr
Apr 5, 12:35 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Lawrence	55 hr
Apr 5, 12:39 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Scioto	67 hr
Apr 5, 3:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lawrence	31 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.