Alert archive / West Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2002, 1:55 PM EDT for Mingo County, West Virginia. It was in force for 35 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
- Apr 28, 2002, 1:55 PM EDT (17:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2002, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mingo County, WV
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2:15 PM EDT | Hail 1.5 | 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 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 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
- 113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -214 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1297 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 101 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS51 KRLX 281755 TORRLX WVC059-281830- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 155 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... MINGO COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... * UNTIL 230 PM EDT... * AT 153 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES WEST OF CHATTAROY...OR ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILLIAMSON...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE WILLIAMSON. --CALL TO ACTION--IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. $$
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, 1:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan | 42 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
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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.