Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2002, 7:56 PM EDT for Pleasants County, West Virginia. It was in force for 34 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, 7:56 PM EDT (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2002, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pleasants County, WV
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 8:05 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Hebron, WV | Large trees fell across roads. |
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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KRLX 042356 SVRRLX WVC073-050030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 756 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... PLEASANTS COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... * UNTIL 830 PM EDT... * AT 753 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF ST. MARYS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. 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 3948 8123 3931 8117 3935 8102 3947 8102
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, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wood | 39 min |
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.