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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Charleston, WV

August 30, 2001Boyd County, Greenup County, Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 30, 2001, 5:40 PM EDT for Boyd County, Greenup County, Kentucky. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 30, 2001, 5:40 PM EDT (21:40 UTC)
Expired
Aug 30, 2001, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Boyd County, KY, Greenup County, KY

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 139 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2001-08-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1069 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2001-08-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 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
1069 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
801 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 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.

112 
WUUS51 KRLX 302141
SVRRLX
KYC019-089-302215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
ISSUED BY NWS JACKSON KY
540 PM EDT THU AUG 30 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GREENUP COUNTY
  BOYD COUNTY

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 540 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF WESTWOOD...OR ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WESTWOOD...
  MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RUSSELL AROUND 545 PM EDT
  WESTWOOD AROUND 555 PM EDT
  ASHLAND AROUND 600 PM EDT
  CATLETTSBURG AROUND 610 PM EDT

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH 
AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS.

IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE JACKSON WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST 
OFFICE.
$$

HEINLEIN

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 30, 3:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 3:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
ISSUED BY NWS BLACKSBURG VA
305 PM EDT THU AUG 30 2001

...HARDWARE PROBLEMS CONTINUE AT WFO RLX...THIS AFTERNOON FCST
PACKAGE PROVIDED BY WFO RNK...

BNDRY HAS LIFTED TO THE NORTH OF RLX CWA BUT CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY SO
FAR LIMITED ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF FROM LINGERING MORNING
STRATUS.  ALSO S/WV LIFTING OUT OF TN HELPING TO DESTABLIZE AMS
ACROSS SRN PORTIONS.  MDLS KEEP THE S/WV TO THE SOUTH THIS EVE...AND
ASSOC BETTER RH FIELDS...SO WILL KEEP A LOW CHC FOR THIS EVE ACROSS
SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS...SLIGHT CHC ELSEWHERE. MEANWHILE...SIGNIFICANT
FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST AND MAY GET SOME HIGH CLOUDS TOWARD
MORNING FROM CONVECTION TO THE WEST...AND BY AFTERNOON CONVECTION
ALONG AND AHEAD OF FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE IN FROM THE WEST..AS WELL
AS SCT DEVELOPMENT WELL OUT AHEAD.  GOES SOUNDER SHOWING PWS OVR 1.5
INCHES STARTING TO MOVE IN ALREADY...AND GOOD LOW LVL JET AHEAD OF
FRNT STARTING TO HINT OF HVY RAIN AND BACK BLDG PRBLMS POTENTIALL ON
FRIDAY. SAVING GRACE IS THAT FRONT SHOULD BE MVG FAIRLY QUICKLY.
WILL LET WFO RLX MAKE ANY DECISIONS ABOUT WATCHES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT
THOUGH. FOR FRIDAY...POPS CATEGORICAL IN WEST AND LIKELY IN
EAST...DOWN TO GOOD CHC OVERNIGHT AND ENDING IN THE WEST...WITH
LIKELY IN THE EAST...BUT STILL ENDING LATE. OVERALL..MDLS TRENDING
FASTER WITH FRONT NOW...BUT PREFER SLIGHTLY SLOWER AVN THROUGH SAT
MORNING. RIGHT NOW...LOOKS LIKE ALL SHOWERS WILL BE EAST OF THE CWA
BY SATURDAY MORNING...BUT MAY KEEP A SILENT 20 IN THE MTNS FOR THE
CCF IN CASE FRONT SLOWS.

WONT STRAY TOO FAR FROM MOS GUIDANCE ON TEMPS...LEANING TO SLIGHTLY
COOLER MAV NUMBERS.

EXTENDED...DRY SFC HIGH BUILDS IN FOR WEEKEND...WITH COOL OVERNIGHT
LOWS.  WILL KEEP PRECIP OUT THROUGH TUES AS TRENDS SEEMS TO BE TO
KEEP MOISTURE SUPRESSED FURTHER TO THE SOUTH...BUT RETURN FLOW AND
POSSIBLY SOME OVERUNNING BY WED...AND THEN BACK INTO DEEPER MSTR FOR
THURS.

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

.END/SK

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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.