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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Charleston, WV

June 17, 2000Clay County, Nicholas County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2000, 8:55 PM EDT for Clay County, Nicholas County, West Virginia. It was in force for 20 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
Jun 17, 2000, 8:55 PM EDT (00:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2000, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Clay County, WV, Nicholas County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 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 nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 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 00:00Z on 2000-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1079 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Roanoke, VA at 00:00Z on 2000-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1079 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
915 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 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.

965 
WFUS51 KRLX 180055
TORCRW
WVC015-067-180115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
855 PM EDT SAT JUN 17 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CLAY COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  NICHOLAS COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT...

* AT 854 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BIRCH RIVER...OR
  ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF CLAY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

.

<<CALL TO ACTION>> THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET.

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

LAT...LON 3835 8091 3836 8066 3852 8069 3852 8074
          3855 8078 3851 8087 3852 8101 3835 8099

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.