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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Charleston, WV

May 8, 2002Jackson County, West Virginia; Meigs County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2002, 6:39 PM EDT for Jackson County, West Virginia; Meigs County, Ohio. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 2002, 6:39 PM EDT (22:39 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2002, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Meigs County, OH, Jackson County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 220 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2002-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2002-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KRLX 082239
TORRLX
OHC105-WVC035-082315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
638 PM EDT WED MAY 8 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  SOUTHERN MEIGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT...

* AT 636 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR RACINE...OR
  ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF RAVENSWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE RAVENSWOOD.



--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 8207 3890 8194 3887 8153 3906 8164

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 6:06 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXMason24 min
May 8, 7:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCalhoun32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.