Alert archive / West Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2002, 6:06 PM EDT for Mason County, West Virginia; Gallia County, Ohio. It was in force for 24 min. 2 reports 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
- May 8, 2002, 6:06 PM EDT (22:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2002, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Gallia County, OH, Mason County, WV
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 6:07 PM EDT | Tornado F2 | Adamsville, OH | A warm frontal boundary interacted with a complex of showers and thunderstorms to form a tornado on the southern flank of the precipitation. Touchdown was along Adamsville Road near Route 35. The roof was ripped off a home, 2 mobile homes were destroyed, alo |
| May 8, 6:25 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Letart, WV | A garage was damaged. |
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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 252 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
- 1130 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS51 KRLX 082206 TORRLX OHC053-WVC053-082230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 605 PM EDT WED MAY 8 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN MASON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... GALLIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO... * UNTIL 630 PM EDT... * AT 601 PM EDT...A SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO WEST OF GALLAPOLIS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE GALLIPOLIS. --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. $$ LAT...LON 3901 8232 3883 8234 3878 8185 3899 8195
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 6:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Jackson | 36 min |
| May 8, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun | 32 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in West Virginia, 2002Tornado Warnings in Ohio, 2002Every tornado warning in 2002Tornadoes 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.