Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Charleston, WV

April 28, 2002Boone County, Logan County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 2002, 1:33 PM EDT for Boone County, Logan County, West Virginia. It was in force for 42 min. 3 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: Apr 28, 2002, 1:33 PM EDT (17:33 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2002, 2:15 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Whole counties

Counties Boone County, WV, Logan County, WV

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Apr 28, 1:40 PM EDT	Hail 0.75	Chapmanville, WV
Apr 28, 1:45 PM EDT	Hail 1.5	Madison, WV
Apr 28, 1:50 PM EDT	Hail 1.25	Logan, 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, 1:30 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 220 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: 17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -448 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 642 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 370 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 435 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.

502 
WUUS51 KRLX 281733
SVRRLX
WVC005-045-281815-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
132 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  NORHTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 215 PM EDT...

* AT 128 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES WEST OF MITCHELL HEIGHTS...MOVING EAST AT 40
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE CHAPMANVILLE...VAN...WHITESVILLE

--CALL TO ACTION--THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

--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.

$$

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 Apr 28, 1:22 PM EDT, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 1:22 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
122 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2002

THIS IS COMBINED LATE MORNING/AFTERNOON AFD.

MIDDAY UPDATE REFELCTS EXTENSION OF FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 8 PM THIS
EVENING AS WELL AS TORNADO WATCHES.  ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS
COULD EASILY AGGRAVATE FLOODING PROBLEMS INITIATED BY HEAVY RAINFALL
OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH IS BASICALLY THE NORTHERN
TWO THIRDS OF THE AREA.  ALSO EXPANDED POPS WESTWARD THIS EVENING
AND UPPED HEM A LITTLE BIT EAST.

WILL REISSUE SHORTLY TO REFLECT WATCH 168.

AFTERNOON UPDATE MAY UP POPS THIS EVENING AND ADD CLOUDS MON AS
MODELS CONTINUE TO TREND TOWARD MORE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE BEHIND
SYSTEM.  WILL REVISIT HIGHS MONDAY AS WELL.  OTHERWISE NO MAJOR
CHANGES APPEAR WARRANTED OTHER THAN UPDATING HEADLINES AT THAT TIME.

.RLX...
WV...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING FOR ZONES
WVZ005>011..WVZ013>020...WVZ026>032...WVZ037>040...WVZ046>047.

WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING FOR ZONES WVZ005>011...
WVZ013>020...WVZ024>040...WVZ046>047.

VA...WIND ADVISORY FOR UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING FOR ZONES
VAZ003>004.

KY...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING FOR ZONES
KYZ101>103...KYZ105.

WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING FOR ZONES KYZ101>103...KYZ105.

OH...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING FOR ZONES
OHZ066>067...OHZ075>076...OHZ083>087.

WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING FOR ZONES
OHZ066>067...OHZ075>076...OHZ083>087.

.END/TRM

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 28, 8:52 AM EDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-
013>020-024>040-046-047-281830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
852 AM EDT SUN APR 28 2002

...POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND LOCALIZED FLOODING SUNDAY
MORNING...

THE SEVERE STORMS PREDICTION CENTER HAS MUCH OF THE REGION IN A
MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS SUNDAY.  THIS INCLUDES
MUCH OF THE AREA.  HOWEVER...THERE IS SLIGHTLY LESS OF A RISK IN THE
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.

FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/RLX

Local storm report, Apr 28, 1:28 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON, WV
128 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2002

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

0120 PM    CRUM                      WV   .75 INCH HAIL
04/28/02   WAYNE                          REPORTED BY
SPOTTERS

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, 1:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lincoln, Wayne	53 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, 2002 Every 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.