Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2000, 7:23 PM EDT for Lincoln County, Wayne County, West Virginia. It was in force for 37 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 2000, 7:23 PM EDT (23:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2000, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Lincoln County, WV, Wayne County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Midkiff, WV | Trees were blown down along Nine Mile Creek. |
| Jun 14, 7:51 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Branchland, WV | Large tree branches were broken off. |
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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 438 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1296 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KRLX 142324
SVRCRW
WVC043-099-150000-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
723 PM EDT WED JUN 14 2000
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
LINCOLN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
WAYNE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT...
* AT 715 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTH OF EAST LYNN LAKE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES
NORTHEAST OF INEZ...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...WEST HAMLIN.
<<CALL TO ACTION>>IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE
A STURDY SHELTER AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY
HEAVY RAIN.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TLO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.
LAT...LON 3803 8245 3796 8226 3826 8202 3831 8206
3834 8213 3833 8219 3829 8221 3823 8226
3824 8231 3829 8231 3820 8238The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 37 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.