Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2001, 8:05 PM EDT for 4 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report 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
- Apr 9, 2001, 8:05 PM EDT (00:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2001, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Grant County, WV, Hampshire County, WV, Hardy County, WV, Mineral County, WV
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 8:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, WV | High winds caused numerous power outages. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 616 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2415 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 248 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KLWX 100007 SVRWBC WVC023-027-031-057-100045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON 805 PM EDT MON APR 9 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... GRANT COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA HAMPSHIRE COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA HARDY COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA MINERAL COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA * UNTIL 845 PM EDT * AT 754 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. ONE INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED IN MINERAL COUNTY. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS. VERY LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. TUNE INTO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$ STRONG
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 Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 9, 7:28 PM EDT, 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 7:28 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON 728 PM EDT MON APR 9 2001 QUICK ZN UPDATE FOR SVR TSTM WATCH ISSUED THRU MIDNIGHT. FCSTID = 13...PAP .LWX... DC...SVR $TSTM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT. MD...SVR TSTM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EXCEPT ST MARYS COUNTY. VA...SVR TSTM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SOUTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES. WV...SVR TSTM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 7:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
MDZ002>004-WVZ048>052-092300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON 700 PM EDT MON APR 9 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 AM... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN MARYLAND AND THE EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN 7 AND 9:30 THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.f STRONG
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 7:49 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
MDZ005>007-009>011-VAZ028-031-042-WVZ048>050-055-090100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON 749 PM EDT MON APR 9 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN MARYLAND AND THE EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN 7:45 AND 9:30 THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STRONG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 8:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hardy | 31 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001
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.