Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2002, 8:14 PM EDT for Jackson County, West Virginia; Meigs County, Ohio. It was in force for 46 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, 8:14 PM EDT (00:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2002, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Meigs County, OH, Jackson County, WV
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 8:50 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Hemlock, WV | Large trees and branches 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 1660 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1420 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KRLX 050014
SVRRLX
OHC105-WVC035-050100-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
815 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MEIGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT...
* AT 813 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RACINE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...RAVENSWOOD AND RIPLEY.
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 3902 8200 3886 8190 3878 8157 3893 8153
3907 8165The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wirt, Wood | 45 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 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.