Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 2002, 1:07 PM EDT for Lawrence County, Kentucky; Lincoln County, Wayne County, West Virginia. It was in force for 53 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 28, 2002, 1:07 PM EDT (17:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2002, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lawrence County, KY, Lincoln County, WV, Wayne County, WV
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 1:20 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Crum, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 12:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -214 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1297 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 101 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
170 WUUS51 KRLX 281707 SVRRLX KYC127-WVC043-099-281800- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 106 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LAWRENCE COUNTY IN KENTUCKY... WAYNE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... LINCOLN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... * UNTIL 200 PM EDT... * AT 103 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 28 MILES WEST OF HARTS...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDED IN THE WARNING ARE LOUISA --CALL TO ACTION--SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED. PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 6:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun | 25 min |
| Apr 28, 1:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan | 42 min |
| Apr 28, 1:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Mingo | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh | 55 min |
| Apr 28, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wyoming | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Harrison | 33 min |
| Apr 28, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Gilmer | 50 min |
| Apr 28, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lewis, Upshur | 31 min |
| Apr 28, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Randolph | 65 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 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.