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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 11, 2026, 2:47 PM EDT for Athens County, Morgan County, Perry County, Ohio. It was in force for 28 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 11, 2026, 2:47 PM EDT (18:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2026, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Athens County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Perry County, OH
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 10:35 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 522 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 709 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 376 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 372 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 6.2
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 11, 2:25 PM EDT, 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 2:25 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 11, 12:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Charleston WV 1209 PM EDT Wed Mar 11 2026 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-013>020- 024>032-034-039-040-515>526-112100- 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-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- Including the cities of Flatwoods, Russell, Raceland, Grayson, Grayson Lake State Park, Carter Caves State Park, Olive Hill, Ashland, Cannonsburg, Louisa, Yatesville Lake State Park, New Lexington, Crooksville, Somerset, McConnelsville, Stockport, Athens, Marietta, Belpre, Jackson, Wellston, Oak Hill, McArthur, Hamden, Pomeroy, Gallipolis, Ironton, Lake Vesuvius, South Point, Kenova, Ceredo, Wayne, Huntington, Point Pleasant, New Haven, Ravenswood, Ripley, Parkersburg, Vienna, St. Marys, Belmont, Paden City, Sistersville, Middlebourne, Harts, Alum Creek, Hamlin, Teays Valley, Hurricane, Charleston, South Charleston, Saint Albans, Spencer, Elizabeth, Grantsville, Harrisville, Pennsboro, West Union, Williamson, Logan, Chapmanville, Man, Madison, Clay, Sutton, Gassaway, Burnsville, Glenville, Weston, Clarksburg, Bridgeport, Grafton, Mullens, Oceana, Pineville, Buckhannon, Philippi, Belington, Bradley, Prosperity, Sophia, Beckley, Fayetteville, Montgomery, Meadow Bridge, Summersville, Craigsville, Birch River, Richwood, Holly River State Park, Webster Springs, Cowen, Snowshoe, Marlinton, Elkins, and Harman 1209 PM EDT Wed Mar 11 2026 ...GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON... Gusty winds of 35 to 40 mph are expected this afternoon, with isolated gusts in excess of 45 mph possible. Higher wind gusts could occur within thunderstorms. These gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Use extra caution when driving this afternoon, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. GW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 5:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Tyler | 21 min |
| Mar 11, 5:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Harrison | 16 min |
| Mar 11, 7:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Logan, Mingo | 31 min |
| Mar 11, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Morgan | 9 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.