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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2026, 5:25 PM EDT for 5 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 35 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 7, 2026, 5:25 PM EDT (21:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2026, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Athens County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Vinton County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 5:46 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 S Zaleski, OH | Tree fell on house on Madison TWP. |
| Aug 7, 5:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nnw Albany, OH | Tree on lines reported near the intersection of Baker and East Swart Roads. Time estimated from radar. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 1415 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 793 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS51 KRLX 072125
SVRRLX
OHC009-053-079-105-163-072200-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0252.260807T2125Z-260807T2200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Charleston WV
525 PM EDT Fri Aug 7 2026
The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Meigs County in southeastern Ohio...
North central Gallia County in southeastern Ohio...
Jackson County in southeastern Ohio...
Vinton County in southeastern Ohio...
Southwestern Athens County in southeastern Ohio...
* Until 600 PM EDT.
* At 524 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Jackson,
moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Jackson, Wellston, Mcarthur, Oak Hill, Rio Grande, Hamden, Coalton,
Zaleski, Vinton, Wilkesville, Adamsville, Mabee, Creola, Radcliffe,
Petersburg, Allensville, Salem Center, Byer, and Carpenter.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3898 8280 3912 8269 3931 8264 3933 8221
3885 8228 3891 8276 3894 8275 3895 8280
3895 8281
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 276DEG 18KT 3900 8264
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
261 follow-up statement
775
WWUS51 KRLX 072141
SVSRLX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
541 PM EDT Fri Aug 7 2026
OHC009-053-079-105-163-072200-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-260807T2200Z/
Meigs OH-Gallia OH-Jackson OH-Vinton OH-Athens OH-
541 PM EDT Fri Aug 7 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN MEIGS...NORTH CENTRAL GALLIA...JACKSON...EASTERN
VINTON AND SOUTHWESTERN ATHENS COUNTIES...
At 541 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Oak Hill,
moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Jackson, Wellston, Mcarthur, Oak Hill, Rio Grande, Hamden, Coalton,
Zaleski, Vinton, Wilkesville, Adamsville, Mabee, Radcliffe, Salem
Center, Carpenter, and Creola.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3913 8264 3931 8257 3933 8221 3885 8228
3891 8276 3894 8275
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 276DEG 18KT 3899 8253
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
26The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 10:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Perry | 15 min |
| Aug 7, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson, Vinton | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gallia, Lawrence | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Vinton and 1 more | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gallia, Lawrence | 38 min |
| Aug 7, 6:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Athens, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Gallia, Meigs, Morgan, Washington | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gallia, Lawrence | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Meigs, Washington | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 7:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Meigs | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lawrence | 28 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.