Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Charleston, WV

April 17, 2000Jackson County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 2000, 12:11 PM EDT for Jackson County, West Virginia. It was in force for 19 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
Apr 17, 2000, 12:11 PM EDT (16:11 UTC)
Expired
Apr 17, 2000, 12:30 PM EDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Jackson County, WV

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 17, 12:15 PM EDTThunderstorm WindKenna, WVLarge tree branches were blown down.

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, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 2000-04-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2000-04-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
629 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-7 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.

393 
WUUS51 KRLX 171613
SVRCRW
WVC035-171630-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1211 PM EDT MON APR 17 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 1230 PM EDT...

* AT 1211 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE   THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF KENNA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 
MPH.  LARGE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  KENNA...

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.

NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 8:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWebster118 min
Apr 17, 12:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWood27 min
Apr 17, 12:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCalhoun, Roane17 min
Apr 17, 1:37 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXFayette3 hr
Apr 17, 2:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLewis23 min
Apr 17, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMingo19 min
Apr 17, 3:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBarbour13 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.