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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Charleston, WV

March 7, 2026Perry County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 2026, 1:22 PM EST for Perry County, Ohio. It was in force for 38 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
Mar 7, 2026, 1:22 PM EST (18:22 UTC)
Expired
Mar 7, 2026, 2:00 PM EST
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Perry County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 138 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2026-03-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 217 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2026-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 249 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
217 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
934 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
250 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 Mar 7, 12:45 PM EST, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 12:45 PM EST, 37 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 7, 5:41 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBarbour, Upshur49 min
Mar 7, 1:34 PM ESTTornado WarningRLXPerry15 min
Mar 7, 1:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPerry24 min
Mar 7, 2:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMorgan, Perry26 min
Mar 7, 2:53 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMorgan37 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.