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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Charleston, WV

July 10, 2000Kanawha County, Roane County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2000, 6:00 PM EDT for Kanawha County, Roane County, West Virginia. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued: Jul 10, 2000, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2000, 6:30 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Kanawha County, WV, Roane County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 10, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 227 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1291 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 819 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KRLX 102200
SVRCRW
WVC039-087-102230-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
600 PM EDT MON JUL 10 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN KANAWHA COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  SOUTHERN ROANE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT...

* AT 555 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 18 MILES NORTH OF CLENDENIN TO 27 MILES
  WEST OF CLENDENIN...OR FROM 4 MILES SOUTH OF SPENCER TO 2 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF WINFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 35 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 R7EPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.

LAT...LON 3852 8174 3844 8129 3858 8111 3863 8111
          3866 8117 3882 8124 3883 8136 3865 8146
          3855 8163 3861 8170

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 10, 4:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 4:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

WVZ005>011-013>020-024>040-046-047-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-
KYZ101>103-105-VAZ003-004-110831-

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
431 PM EDT MON JUL 10 2000

WAY BEHIND SCHEDULE FOR THIS PACKAGE DUE TO WEATHER AND COMPUTER
PROBLEMS.  FLASH FLOOD WATCH EXTENDED FOR NORTHERN AREAS UNTIL
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND FOR SOUTHERN AREAS UNTIL 4AM TUESDAY.  SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 6 PM FOR NORTHERN AREAS TONIGHT AND UNTIL 8
PM FOR SOUTHERN REGION.  WILL BE SHORT WITH DISCUSSION.
LIKELY/CHANCE POPS TONIGHT WITH SEVERE WEATHER AND THEN DECREASING
POPS TUESDAY MORNING FROM NORTHERN AREAS TO SOUTHERN.  WILL LINGER
POPS IN SOUTH INTO THE DAY ON TUESDAY.  HAVE GONE NEAR MOS TEMPS.

.RLX...
WV...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 600 PM EDT MONDAY FOR ZONES
WVZ010>011...WVZ017>020...WVZ028>032...WVZ038>040...WVZ046>047.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 800 PM EDT MONDAY FOR ZONES
WVZ005>008...WVZ013>016...WVZ024>027...WVZ034>037.

FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1200 AM EDT TUESDAY FOR ZONES
WVZ007>011...WVZ014>020...WVZ027>032...WVZ036>040...WVZ046>047.

FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 400 AM EDT TUESDAY FOR ZONES
WVZ005>008-013-016-024>027-034>037-110409.

VA...NONE.
KY...NONE.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 400 AM EDT TUESDAY FOR ZONES KYZ101>103-105.

OH...NONE.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 400 AM EDT TUESDAY FOR ZONES OHZ086-087.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 10, 3:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

ZCZC CRWLSRCRW DEF
TTAA00 KCRW DDHHMM
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0359 PM EDT MON JUL 10 2000

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

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

0358 PM    WELLSTON                  OH   .50 INCH HAIL
07/10/00   JACKSON                        EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0343 PM  AND  0358 PM

0404 PM    NITRO                     WV   FUNNEL CLOUD
07/10/00   KANAWHA                        EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0349 PM  AND  0404 PM

Local storm report, Jul 10, 4:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0408 PM EDT MON JUL 10 2000

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

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

0406 PM    WELLSTON                  OH   .50 INCH HAIL
07/10/00   JACKSON                        EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                    N                      0351 PM  AND  0406 PM

0410 PM    WELLSTON                  OH   1.00 INCH HAIL
07/10/00   JACKSON                        EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0355 PM  AND  0410 PM

Local storm report, Jul 10, 4:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0425 PM EDT MON JUL 10 2000

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

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

0424 PM    POINT PLEASANT            WV   WIND DAMAGE
07/10/00   MASON                          STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
                                          EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0409 PM  AND  0424 PM

0426 PM    BRANCHLAND                WV   PEA SIZE HAIL
07/10/00   LINCOLN                        EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0411 PM  AND  0426 PM

Local storm report, Jul 10, 4:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0436 PM EDT MON JUL 10 2000

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

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

0433 PM    GLASGOW                   WV   WIND DAMAGE
07/10/00   KANAWHA                        LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN.
                                          EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0418 PM  AND  0433 PM

0428 PM    WELLSTON                  OH   1.25 INCH HAIL
07/10/00   JACKSON                        EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
            /                              0413 PM  AND  0428 PM

Local storm report, Jul 10, 4:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0450 PM EDT MON JUL 10 2000

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

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

0447 PM    ASHFORD                   WV   FUNNEL CLOUD
07/10/00   BOONE                          EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0432 PM  AND  0447 PM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 10, 1:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Ritchie	18 min
Jul 10, 1:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Gilmer	23 min
Jul 10, 2:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson	40 min
Jul 10, 2:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Taylor	31 min
Jul 10, 2:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Roane	38 min
Jul 10, 2:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lewis	25 min
Jul 10, 3:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Putnam	42 min
Jul 10, 3:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Putnam	15 min
Jul 10, 3:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Kanawha	35 min
Jul 10, 4:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lincoln	39 min
Jul 10, 5:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone	32 min
Jul 10, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Raleigh	45 min
Jul 10, 6:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Mingo	41 min
Jul 10, 7:10 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Pleasants	20 min
Jul 10, 7:11 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Pleasants	2 hr
Jul 10, 7:19 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Mingo	26 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2000 Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.