Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Charleston, WV

November 10, 2002Gallia County, Ohio; Mason County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 2002, 8:51 PM EST for Gallia County, Ohio; Mason County, West Virginia. It was in force for 39 min. 2 reports 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
Nov 10, 2002, 8:51 PM EST (01:51 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 2002, 9:30 PM EST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Gallia County, OH, Mason County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 10, 9:00 PM ESTThunderstorm WindGallipolis, OHLarge tree branches were snapped off.
Nov 10, 9:18 PM ESTThunderstorm WindPoint Pleasant, WVSeveral trees were blown down.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 10, 5:50 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 252 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2002-11-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 356 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2002-11-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 451 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
356 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-147 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1132 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
451 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
474 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

201 
WUUS51 KRLX 110151
SVRRLX
OHC053-WVC053-110230-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
850 PM EST SUN NOV 10 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GALLIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
  MASON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 930 PM EST...

* AT 847 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GALLIPOLIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  55 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...POINT PLEASANT.

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

$$

HC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 8:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLawrence33 min
Nov 10, 8:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPerry14 min
Nov 10, 9:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Vinton24 min
Nov 10, 9:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson31 min
Nov 10, 9:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXAthens, Morgan38 min
Nov 10, 9:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGallia, Lawrence37 min
Nov 10, 9:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMeigs20 min
Nov 10, 10:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXAthens, Meigs26 min
Nov 10, 8:04 PM ESTTornado WarningRLXWayne26 min
Nov 10, 8:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLincoln, Putnam32 min
Nov 10, 8:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXKanawha, Putnam30 min
Nov 10, 10:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMason34 min
Nov 10, 10:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWayne44 min
Nov 10, 10:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Wood40 min
Nov 10, 10:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPutnam39 min
Nov 10, 10:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPutnam36 min
Nov 10, 10:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRoane, Wirt33 min
Nov 10, 11:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCalhoun21 min
Nov 11, 12:00 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLewis30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.