Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 2001, 5:26 PM EDT for Mingo County, West Virginia. It was in force for 34 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 10, 2001, 5:26 PM EDT (21:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2001, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mingo County, WV
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 5:35 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Newtown, 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 nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 238 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -485 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1211 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KRLX 102127
SVRCRW
WVC059-102200-
/NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0031.102126-102200/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
526 PM EDT TUE APR 10 2001
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MINGO COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT...
* AT 516 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RED JACKET...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...
MATEWAN...
MEDOR...
<<CALL TO ACTION>>IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE
WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY
RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.
$$
LAT...LON 3755 8211 3763 8200 3776 8212 3779 8211
3781 8214 3767 8229The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Harrison | 46 min |
| Apr 10, 8:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton | 26 min |
| Apr 10, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wyoming | 24 min |
| Apr 10, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wyoming | 35 min |
| Apr 10, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mingo | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wood | 34 min |
| Apr 10, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas | 57 min |
| Apr 10, 7:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mingo | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lewis, Upshur | 36 min |
| Apr 10, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Randolph | 41 min |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.