Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 2001, 3:32 PM EDT for Raleigh County, West Virginia. It was in force for 43 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
- Aug 23, 2001, 3:32 PM EDT (19:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2001, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Raleigh County, WV
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 3:47 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Beckley, WV |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -205 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1083 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
708 WUUS51 KRLX 231933 SVRRLX WVC081-232015- /NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0159.231932-232015/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 332 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... RALEIGH COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... * UNTIL 415 PM EDT... * AT 321 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL RALEIGH COUNTY AT AROUND 20 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...BECKLEY. STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF HAZARDOUS WEATHER APPROACHES. PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. $$ LAT...LON 3775 8141 3754 8125 3776 8093 3789 8128
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 Aug 23, 3:25 PM EDT, 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 3:25 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
325 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2001
ACTIVE EVENING ON TAP AS S/W MOVES ACROSS REGION TONIGHT. THIS S/W
HAS PLENTY OF MOISTURE TO WORK WITH ALONG WITH HEATING THIS
AFTERNOON. MODELS IN AGREEMENT ON FRONT PUSHING SOUTH OF FORECAST
AREA TONIGHT. AS S/W PASSES OVER REGION AND TURNS UPPER FLOW
TOWARDS NORTHWEST. WHILE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE WITH SOME
THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING THE SOUTHWARD PUSH AND CELL MOVEMENT
SHOULD PREVENT TRAINING. HIGH BUILDS IN DURING FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
BUT NEXT SYSTEM TO PUSH ACROSS REGION BY SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY.
REST OF EXTENDED LOOKS DRY AND COOL THROUGH THURSDAY.
.RLX...
WV...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9PM FOR
WVZ005>008-013>016-024>028-033>038-046-047.
VA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9PM FOR VAZ003-004.
KY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9PM FOR KYZ101>103-105.
OH...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9PM FOR OHZ086-087.
.END/SIKORAIn the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 23, 3:15 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0315 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2001
THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0313 PM CLENDENIN WV WIND DAMAGE
08/23/01 KANAWHA LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN.
EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
0258 PM AND 0313 PMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay | 31 min |
| Aug 23, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Raleigh | 40 min |
| Aug 23, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Nicholas | 41 min |
| Aug 23, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan | 35 min |
| Aug 23, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mingo | 35 min |
| Aug 23, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Nicholas | 29 min |
| Aug 23, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wyoming | 32 min |
| Aug 23, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wyoming | 30 min |
| Aug 23, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Putnam | 31 min |
| Aug 23, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Kanawha | 36 min |
| Aug 23, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton | 31 min |
| Aug 23, 6:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Randolph | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 6:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Calhoun | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 34 min |
| Aug 23, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh | 34 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.