Hail, Webster
- When
- April 15, 3:33 PM EST
- Where
- Webster County, Hacker Vly
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.650, -80.383
1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 15, 2:32 PM EST, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 502 AM EDT SAT APR 15 2006 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-160915- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON- JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN- 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-MCDOWELL-WYOMING- RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS- RANDOLPH- 502 AM EDT SAT APR 15 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...AS A VERY WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS REMAINS OVER THE AREA...AND A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL. WE WILL ALSO BE MONITORING HEAVY RAINFALL..IN RELATION TO WHERE HEAVY RAIN FELL OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS. AREAS THAT ALREADY GOT HIT HARD ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO FLOODING FROM ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE I64 CORRIDOR. THE MAIN THREATS WILL AGAIN BE DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL. WE WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO MONITOR WHERE THERE ARE MULTIPLE OCCURRENCES OF HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. TRM / 29
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</html>SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 402 PM EDT SAT APR 15 2006 WVZ016-018-027>030-037>040-046-047-152115- ROANE-CALHOUN-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR- BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPENCER...GRANTSVILLE...CLAY...SUTTON... GASSAWAY...BURNSVILLE...GLENVILLE...WESTON...SUMMERSVILLE... RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE...COWEN...BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI... BELINGTON...MARLINTON...ELKINS 402 PM EDT SAT APR 15 2006 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... NEAR 4 OCLOCK...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING FROM JUST EAST OF SPENCER OF ROANE COUNTY...ON THROUGH THE GRANTSVILLE AND BURNSVILLE VICINITY OF CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN BUCKHANNON AND ELKINS. THE RAIN WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT. OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME STRONGER...INCREASING THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALIZED HAIL AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE...MONITOR THE WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN HORIZON FOR STORM DEVELOPMENT. BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:32 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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