Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2002, 2:42 PM EDT for Mingo County, West Virginia. It was in force for 48 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
- Jun 1, 2002, 2:42 PM EDT (18:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2002, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mingo County, WV
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 3:05 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Williamson, 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 238 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
- 1759 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KRLX 011842 SVRRLX WVC059-011930- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 242 PM EDT SAT JUN 1 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MINGO COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... * UNTIL 330 PM EDT... * AT 240 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILLIAMSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * SOME LOCATION IN THE PATH ARE WILLIAMSON AND MATEWAN. PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. $$ LAT...LON 3781 8224 3768 8240 3748 8209 3760 8193
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 Jun 1, 10:19 AM EDT, 4 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 10:19 AM EDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1020 AM EDT SAT JUNE 1 2002 NOT TOO MANY CHANGES ANTICIPATED FOR THE MORNING UPDATE. WILL SWITCH TO AFTERNOON WORDING...WITH THE WORDING OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN ZONE GROUPING. WILL ALSO INCREASE POP IN THIS AREA SINCE PRECIP IS JUST ON THE DOORSTEP. .RLX... WV...NONE. VA...NONE. KY...NONE. OH...NONE. .END/ KS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 3:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | McDowell, Mingo | 3 hr |
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.