Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Charleston, WV

June 4, 2002Wood County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2002, 7:36 PM EDT for Wood County, West Virginia. It was in force for 39 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 4, 2002, 7:36 PM EDT (23:36 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2002, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Whole counties

County Wood County, WV

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 4, 7:37 PM EDT	Hail 0.75	Parkersburg, 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 180 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: 693 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 798 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 192 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 179 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KRLX 042336
SVRRLX
WVC107-050015-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
736 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT...

* AT 733 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VIENNA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...BLENNERHASSETT...
  PARKERSBURG AND WILLIAMSTOWN.

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WINDS 
IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

--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.

--CALL TO ACTION--INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF
OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES AND
POWER POLES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN
EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE
THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

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 3917 8176 3905 8158 3927 8127 3942 8144

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 4, 6:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 6:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
613 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2002

WILL UPDATE THE ZONES TO ADD THE WATCH ATTM THERE ARE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OVER SE OH.

.RLX...
WV...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1100 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR ZONES
WVZ031...WVZ032...WVZ040...WVZ047.

VA...NONE.
KY...NONE.
OH...NONE.

.END/

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 4, 5:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON, WV
510 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2002

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

0455 PM    SOMERSET                  OH   FLASH FLOODS
06/04/02   PERRY                          WATER RUNNING ACROSS
                                          COUNTY ROADS OVER NORTHERN
                                          PART OF COUNTY. WATER
                                          OVERFLOWING FROM CULVERTS.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT

HC/KS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 2:28 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Taylor	32 min
Jun 4, 6:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pleasants	35 min
Jun 4, 7:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pleasants	34 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.