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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Charleston, WV

February 22, 1997Kanawha County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 22, 1997, 3:54 PM EST for Kanawha County, West Virginia. It was in force for 59 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
Feb 22, 1997, 3:54 PM EST (20:54 UTC)
Expired
Feb 22, 1997, 4:53 PM EST
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Kanawha County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 219 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 1997-02-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 44 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 1997-02-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 219 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
44 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
530 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
98 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
219 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

615 
WUUS1 KCRW 231517 RRA
SVRCRW
WVC039-222153-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
354 PM EST SAT FEB 22 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 453 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

WEST CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
         KANAWHA.

AT 354 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR XXX.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE XXX AT XX
MPH AND WILL AFFECT XXX...XXX...XXX AND XXX IN THE NEXT HOUR.

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DONT USE TELEPHONES OR
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN
A STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  STAY
INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.  STAY TUNED TO
NWS WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.

Nearby

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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.