Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Charleston, WV

June 15, 2000Braxton County, Webster County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2000, 3:39 PM EDT for Braxton County, Webster County, West Virginia. It was in force for 21 min. 2 reports 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
Jun 15, 2000, 3:39 PM EDT (19:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2000, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Braxton County, WV, Webster County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 15, 3:50 PM EDTThunderstorm WindWebster Spgs, WVLarge tree branches were broken off.
Jun 15, 3:55 PM EDTThunderstorm WindChapel, WVLarge tree branches fell across area roads.

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 15, 12:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 15, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 2000-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 177 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2000-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 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
177 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-142 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
987 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 Jun 15, 3:30 PM EDT, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 3:30 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
WVZ005>011-013>020-024>040-046-047-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-
KYZ101>103-105-VAZ003-004-161000-

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
330 PM EDT THU JUN 15 2000

LINE OF STORMS BEING ENHANCED BY GOOD UPPER DYNAMICS ATTM. EXPECT
THAT AS BEST UPPER DIVERGENCE/LIFT PULLS OUT THIS EVENING AND EARLY
TONIGHT WELL SEE A QUICK LESSENING OF ACTIVITY. WITH FRONT FALLING
APART AND SOUTHWEST WIND PERSISTING THERE WILL BE NO REAL BREAK IN
THE SUMMERY CONDTIONS.

NEXT SHORTWAVE TO IMPACT FA FRIDAY NIGHT...BUT WITH DEEP MOISTURE
AND MODERATE INSTABILITY EXPECTING TO SEE ANOTHER ROUND OF TSRA WITH
HEATING FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY.

WITH TIMING ON NEXT BEST LIFT BEING FRI NIGHT HAVE GONE GOOD CHANCE
IN ZONES RATHER THAN LIKELY FOR THE TIME PERIOD.

HAVE GONE WITH A BLEND OF MOS/AVN TEMPS ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS.

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

NOGUEIRA

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 15, 2:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
ZCZC CRWLSRCRW DEF
TTAA00 KCRW DDHHMM
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0132 PM EDT THU JUN 15 2000

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0131 PM    HUNTINGTON                WV   .50 INCH HAIL
06/15/00   CABELL                         EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0116 PM  AND  0131 PM
Local storm report, Jun 15, 2:48 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
ZCZC CRWLSRCRW DEF
TTAA00 KCRW DDHHMM
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0248 PM EDT THU JUN 15 2000

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0245 PM    WESTON                    WV   1.50 INCH HAIL
06/15/00   LEWIS                          EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0231 PM  AND  0246 PM
Local storm report, Jun 15, 3:00 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
300 PM EDT THU JUN 15 2000

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0125 PM    HOGSETT                   WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/00   MASON                          TWO TREES DOWN

0130 PM    PLINY                     WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/00   PUTNAM                         TREES DOWN IN PLINY AREA.

0200 PM    GLENVILLE                 WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/00   GILMER                         TWO TREES DOWN GLENVILLE
                                          AREA...ON US RT 33 RT 5
                                          WEST
Local storm report, Jun 15, 3:04 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
ZCZC CRWLSRCRW DEF
TTAA00 KCRW DDHHMM
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0304 PM EDT THU JUN 15 2000

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0250 PM    GLENVILLE                 WV   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/15/00   GILMER                         EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0235 PM  AND  0250 PM

0252 PM    LAKE                      WV   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/15/00   LOGAN                          EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0237 PM  AND  0252 PM
Local storm report, Jun 15, 3:13 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
ZCZC CRWLSRCRW DEF
TTAA00 KCRW DDHHMM
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0313 PM EDT THU JUN 15 2000

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0309 PM    BUCKHANNON                WV   .50 INCH HAIL
06/15/00   UPSHUR                         EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0254 PM  AND  0309 PM

0311 PM    VOLGA                     WV   .50 INCH HAIL
06/15/00   BARBOUR                        EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0256 PM  AND  0311 PM
Local storm report, Jun 15, 3:18 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
ZCZC CRWLSRCRW DEF
TTAA00 KCRW DDHHMM
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0318 PM EDT THU JUN 15 2000

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0316 PM    BUCKHANNON                WV   .75 INCH HAIL
06/15/00   UPSHUR                         EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0301 PM  AND  0316 PM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 8:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPutnam19 min
Jun 14, 9:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXClay, Roane26 min
Jun 15, 1:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMason, Putnam17 min
Jun 15, 1:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGilmer20 min
Jun 15, 2:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRoane28 min
Jun 15, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLewis30 min
Jun 15, 2:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Lincoln, Logan28 min
Jun 15, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXUpshur22 min
Jun 15, 2:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXKanawha28 min
Jun 15, 2:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBarbour38 min
Jun 15, 2:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton, Gilmer34 min
Jun 15, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone28 min
Jun 15, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXClay38 min
Jun 15, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXKanawha33 min
Jun 15, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRandolph25 min
Jun 15, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXNicholas31 min
Jun 15, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFayette27 min
Jun 15, 3:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXUpshur33 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.