Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 107, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2000, 3:10 PM EDT for Putnam County, West Virginia. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 2000, 3:10 PM EDT (19:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2000, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Putnam County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 3:45 PM EDT | Hail 0.88 | Scott Depot, WV |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 914 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1317 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
636 WUUS51 KRLX 281910 SVRCRW WVC079-281945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 310 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... * UNTIL 345 PM EDT... * AT 259 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. . <<CALL TO ACTION>>IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772. $$
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 Jul 28, 10:41 AM EDT, 4 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 10:41 AM EDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
WVZ005>011-013>020-024>040-046-047-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-KYZ101> 103-105-VAZ003-004-282030- AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED EXPIRATION TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1041 AM EDT FRI JUL 28 2000 CURRENT FORECAST LOOKS TO BE ON TRACK ONCE AGAIN. SURFACE BASED CAPES PEAK OUT IN THE 2000-300 J/KG POSSIBLE BASED OFF MODIFIED 12Z SOUNDINGS FROM RNK AND ILN. LOOKS LIKE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. CURRENT FORECAST TEMPERATURES LOOK REASONABLE...AND WILL BE LEFT ALONE. .RLX... WV...NONE. VA...NONE KY...NONE. OH...NONE. .END/BELK
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 28, 1:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
127 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1210 PM LINN WV .75 INCH HAIL
07/28/00 GILMER AUTOMOBILE DAMAGED PAINT
CHIPPED AND TOP DAMAGED
HAIL RANGED FROM PEA TO
DIME SIZE
1220 PM ALUM BRIDGE WV .75 INCH HAIL
07/28/00 LEWIS DIME SIZE HAIL AND
` MULTIPLE LIMBS DOWN FROM
TREESLocal storm report, Jul 28, 1:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
ZCZC CRWLSRCRW DEF
TTAA00 KCRW DDHHMM
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0154 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2000
THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0133 PM PORTSMOUTH OH .50 INCH HAIL
07/28/00 SCIOTO EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
0118 PM AND 0133 PM
0135 PM PORTSMOUTH OH .50 INCH HAIL
07/28/00 SCIOTO EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
0120 PM AND 0135 PM
0137 PM SOUTH SHORE KY PEA SIZE HAIL
07/28/00 GREENUP EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
0122 PM AND 0137 PM
0139 PM SOUTH SHORE KY .75 INCH HAIL
07/28/00 GREENUP EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
0124 PM AND 0139 PM
0141 PM PORTSMOUTH OH 1.00 INCH HAIL
07/28/00 SCIOTO EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
0126 PM AND 0141 PM
0143 PM PORTSMOUTH OH .50 INCH HAIL
07/28/00 SCIOTO EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
0128 PM AND 0143 PM
0202 PM PINEVILLE WV PEA SIZE HAIL
07/28/00 WYOMING EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
0147 PM AND 0202 PM
0204 PM VANSANT VA .75 INCH HAIL
07/28/00 BUCHANAN EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
0149 PM AND 0204 PMLocal storm report, Jul 28, 2:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
ZCZC CRWLSRCRW DEF
TTAA00 KCRW DDHHMM
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0209 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2000
THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0206 PM SOUTH WEBSTER OH WIND DAMAGE
07/28/00 SCIOTO TREES DOWN.
EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
0151 PM AND 0206 PMLocal storm report, Jul 28, 2:34 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
234 PM FRI JULY 28 2000
0203 PM GRUNDY VA .75 INCH HAIL
07/28/00 BUCHANAN EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
0148 PM AND 0203 PMLocal storm report, Jul 28, 2:37 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0237 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2000
THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0236 PM AVONDALE WV PEA SIZE HAIL
07/28/00 MCDOWELL EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
0221 PM AND 0236 PMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 11:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gilmer, Lewis | 46 min |
| Jul 28, 1:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 42 min |
| Jul 28, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell | 34 min |
| Jul 28, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 31 min |
| Jul 28, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln | 26 min |
| Jul 28, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 34 min |
| Jul 28, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Putnam | 42 min |
| Jul 28, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan | 41 min |
| Jul 28, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone | 37 min |
| Jul 28, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 34 min |
| Jul 28, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh | 38 min |
| Jul 28, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette | 45 min |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.