Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Charleston, WV

May 18, 2001Jackson County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2001, 6:30 PM EDT for Jackson County, West Virginia. It was in force for 45 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: May 18, 2001, 6:30 PM EDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2001, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Whole counties

County Jackson County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 195 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1152 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 479 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 30 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.

000 
WUUS51 KRLX 182231
SVRRLX

WVC035-182315-
/NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0068.182230-182315/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
630 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT...

* AT 627 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RIPLEY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE KENNA.

<<CALL TO ACTION>>IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE
A STURDY SHELTER AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY
HEAVY RAIN.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.

$$

LAT...LON 3871 8181 3866 8173 3866 8155 3884 8154
          3883 8183 3877 8183 3874 8180

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 18, 3:06 PM EDT, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 18, 3:06 PM EDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
306 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001

SIMILAR FCST TO YDY WITH MAIN CONCERN BEING FLOODING POTENTIAL.
TSTM DVLPMENT XPCTD TO MV IN LATER THIS AFTN FM THE W.  ACTIVITY
PRESENTLY OVR OH SHUD SKIRT NWRN ZNS...LUCKILY THEY HV BEEN DRY
COMPARED TO SRN AREAS.  MAIN DILEMMA IS WHAT TO DUE WITH PRESENT
FLASH FLOOD WATCH.  GVN CLDFRNT SAGGING S AND HI PWATS...11KFT WRM
CLD DEPTH AND H8-H5 OMEGA THRU 18Z SAT...+RA PSBL TIL THEN.  ENUF SO
TO MAKE ME XTNDD THE FFW TIL SAT MIDDAY.  WK BNDRY NOTED IN THE H7
AND H8 WND FIELD TIL THEN AND WITH ISENTROPIC LIFT FEEL A GOOD
SOAKING CUD BE IN STORE FOR AREAS WHICH DONT NEED IT.  AS
CONVECTIVE PARAMETERS GO...SBCAPES APPROACHING 2.0 KJ/KG...LI/S -4
AND K-INDEX ABV 30 INDICATE A LIKELIHOOD OF PLUGGED IN TSTMS FOR PD1.

SAT FRONTAL BNDRY SLOWLY MVS S...TEND TO BELIEVE A LESS AGGRESSIVE
SLTN WITH A WK UPR WND FIELD N...WHICH WONT PUSH THIS THING A GREAT
DEAL.  LUKS LIKE THE PRECIP WL TAPER OFF BY AFTN N TO S.  MUGGY AIR
WITH HI DWPTS STILL ARND IN ADDITION TO A DECENT AMNT OF CLDS DURING
THE DAY.

NEXT FCST CHALLENGE IS HOW FAST TO CLR THINGS OUT SUNDAY.  NCEP
SUITE HV RESOLVED A GUD DEAL OF MSTR IN THE LOWEST 10KFT.   WITHOUT
A STG WAA PUSH IN THIS LAYER TAKING THE PESSIMISTIC ROUTE OF MCLDY.
EVEN WITH A TRANSITORY H5 RDG.  AT LEAST DRY WX RETURNS.

.RLX...
WV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TIL NOON SATURDAY FOR ZONES
WVZ005>010...WVZ013>019...WVZ024>027...WVZ033>037.

VA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TIL NOON SATURDAY FOR ZONES VAZ003>004.

KY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TIL NOON SATURDAY FOR ZONES
KYZ101>103...KYZ105.

OH...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TIL NOON SATURDAY FOR ZONES
OHZ066>067...OHZ075>076...OHZ083>087.

.END/

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 18, 5:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0527 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0525 PM    HAMDEN                    OH   1.50 INCH HAIL
05/18/01   VINTON                         EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0510 PM  AND  0525 PM

Local storm report, May 18, 5:35 PM EDT, 55 minutes before

ZCZC CRWLSRRLX DEF
TTAA00 KCRW DDHHMM
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0535 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0536 PM    WELLSTON                  OH   .50 INCH HAIL
05/18/01   JACKSON                        EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0520 PM  AND  0531 PM

0536 PM    GALLIPOLIS                OH   .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/01   GALLIA                         EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0520 PM  AND  0534 PM

Local storm report, May 18, 5:38 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

ZCZC CRWLSRRLX DEF
TTAA00 KCRW DDHHMM
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0538 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0538 PM    GALLIPOLIS                OH   .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/01   GALLIA                         EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0531 PM  AND  0538 PM

Local storm report, May 18, 5:44 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0544 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0541 PM    WELLSTON                  OH   .50 INCH HAIL
05/18/01   JACKSON                        EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0526 PM  AND  0541 PM

0544 PM    GALLIPOLIS                OH   .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/01   GALLIA                         EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0529 PM  AND  0544 PM

Local storm report, May 18, 5:50 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0550 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0546 PM    GALLIPOLIS                OH   .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/01   GALLIA                         EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0531 PM  AND  0546 PM

@RUKWBCe&KDENNWUS51 KRLX 182137
LSRRLX
ZCZC CRWLSRRLX DEF
TTAA00 KCRW DDHHMM
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0538 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0538 PM    GALLIPOLIS                OH   .75 INCH HAIL
05/18/01   GALLIA                         EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0531 PM  AND  0538 PM

Local storm report, May 18, 6:24 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

ZCZC CRWLSRRLX DEF
TTAA00 KCRW DDHHMM
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
624 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

622 PM     GALLIPOLIS                OH   .50 INCH HAIL
05/18/01   GALLIA                         EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0607 PM  AND  0622 PM

624 PM     GALLIPOLIS                OH   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/18/01   GALLIA                         EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                    D      0609 PM  AND  0624 PM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 3:35 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Boone	3 hr
May 18, 6:29 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Boone	3 hr
May 18, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Mason	37 min
May 18, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Mason	38 min
May 18, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Roane	33 min
May 18, 7:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Roane	30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2001 Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.