Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Charleston, WV

Issued

Jun 14, 2000, 9:19 PM EDT (01:19 UTC)

Expired

Jun 14, 2000, 9:45 PM EDT

In force

26 min

Issued by

NWS Charleston, WV

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Clay County, WV, Roane County, WV

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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822 
WUUS51 KRLX 150119
SVRCRW
WVC015-087-150145-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
919 PM EDT WED JUN 14 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CLAY COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  ROANE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT...

* AT 909 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME NORTHEASTERN KANAWHA COUNTY...OR ABOUT 12
  MILES WEST OF CLAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

.

<<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 TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.

LAT...LON 3856 8137 3856 8125 3852 8117 3848 8127
          3845 8127 3843 8123 3852 8110 3864 8101
          3861 8109 3864 8110 3864 8115 3866 8117
          3872 8117 3877 8120

NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 14, 3:00 PM EDT, 6 hours 19 minutes earlier.

WVZ005>011-013>020-024>040-046-047-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-
KYZ101>103-105-VAZ003-004-151000-

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
300 PM EDT WED JUN 14 2000

TSRA A BIT MORE WIDESPREAD THIS PM THAN LAST TWO WITH DEEPER
MOISTURE AND GREATER INSTABILITY.

MODELS HANDLING NEXT 48 HOURS ABOUT THE SAME WITH JUST SOME MINOR
TIMING DIFFERENCES. UPPER TROUGH BROADENS AS SHORTWAVE DIVES DOWN
THE BACK SIDE...THEN LIFTS/SHEARS OUT ACROSS THE FA DURING THURSDAY.
GOOD DYNAMICS AND POSITION OF RRQ OF H2 JET WILL AID IN DEVELOPMENT
OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY. EXPECTING
TIMING OF SHORTWAVE AND POSITION OF SURFACE BOUNDARY TO FOCUS
HIGHEST POPS IN THE EAST.

A BRIEF INTRUSION OF MARGINALLY DRIER AIR WILL ARRIVE FOR THURSDAY
NIGHT...BUT WITH FRONT WASHING OUT AND SOUTHERLY FLOW ESTABLISHED WE
WILL SEE A RETURN TO WARM AND HUMID WITH PM TSRA...IN OTHER WORDS NO 
RESPITE.

HAVE STUCK CLOSE TO MOS TEMPS AND POPS.

.RLX...
WV...NONE.
VA...NONE.
KY...NONE.
OH...NONE.

.END/NOGUEIRA

In the hours before

WVZ008-009-013>018-026-142100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
402 PM EDT WED JUN 14 2000

AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE AREA WILL BE
CAPABVLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND
SMALL HAIL BETWEEN 4 PM AND 5 PM.  THE MOST LIKELY THREAT WILL BE
PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

.END/JMV

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

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.