Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2001, 5:04 PM EDT for Lewis County, West Virginia. It was in force for 26 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
- May 1, 2001, 5:04 PM EDT (21:04 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2001, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lewis County, WV
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 5:10 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Weston, 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
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2411 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KRLX 012105 SVRCRW WVC041-012130- /NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0046.012104-012130/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 504 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LEWIS COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... * UNTIL 530 PM EDT... * AT 455 PM EDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR JANE LEW TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF WESTON... MOVING SLOWLY EAST. LARGE HAIL ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS. THERE MAY BE PONDING OF WATER AND SMALL STREAM RISES. PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHEtR SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772. $$
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 May 1, 2:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 1, 2:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 210 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2001 WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TRIGGERING SCATTERED TSTMS ACROSS SE OH...NE KY AND SRN HALF OF WV. MOST SHUD DIE AFTER 6 PM...BUT A FEW MAY LINGER UNTIL AFTER SUNSET. WILL GO WITH AN EARLY THIS EVENING CHANCE OF SHWRS/TSTMS WRN WV..SE OH...NE KY AND VA ZONES. OTHERWISE NO MENTION OF PCPN FOR OVERNIGHT. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW WEAK FLOW ACROSS THE CWA. RIDGE STRENGTHENS WED AND THU ACROSS AREA. MAY BE A FEW TSTMS DEVELOP IN WV MTNS INTO SW VA WED AFTN...OTHERWISE NO PCPN EXPECTED UNTIL FRI NIGHT AND/OR SAT AS COLD FRONT TRIES TO DROP INTO CWA. .RLX... WV...NONE. VA...NONE. KY...NONE. OH...NONE. .END / ZINN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 1, 11:20 AM EDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before
VAZ003-011945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV...CORRECTION TO ADD COUNTY NAME. 1120 AM EDT TUE MAY 1 2001 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SATURATED AREA IN DICKENSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA THIS MORNING. SOME OF THE SMALL STREAMS ARE BANKFULL...SOME ROADS MAY HAVE WATER FLOWING ACROSS THEM IN THE LOWLYING AREAS. AS THE AREA CONTINUE TO RECEIVE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL MONITOR THIS SITUATION AS A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY BE NEEDED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER OVERFLOWING THE ROADS. .END/ELW
Special weather statement, May 1, 3:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
OHZ066-067-075-076-083-084-012130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 337 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2001 AT 332 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED...SCATTERED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY EAST THROUGH THE AREA. RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER AND SMALL STREAM RISES. SOME SMALL STREAMS WILL BE OUT OF THEIR BANKS...CAUSING MINOR NUISANCE FLOODING. PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.
Special weather statement, May 1, 4:25 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
KYZ101>103-105-WVZ005-012215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 425 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2001 AT 419 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED...SCATTERED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY EAST THROUGH THE AREA. RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER AND SMALL STREAM RISES. SOME SMALL STREAMS COULD RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS...CAUSING MINOR NUISANCE FLOODING. PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.
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.