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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Charleston, WV

November 10, 2002Lawrence County, Kentucky; Wayne County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Nov 10, 2002, 8:04 PM EST for Lawrence County, Kentucky; Wayne County, West Virginia. It was in force for 26 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: Nov 10, 2002, 8:04 PM EST (01:04 UTC)
Expired: Nov 10, 2002, 8:30 PM EST
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Whole counties

Counties Lawrence County, KY, Wayne County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 10, 8:15 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind	East Lynn, WV	Several trees were blown down.

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
Nov 10, 5:50 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 289 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 407 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 501 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 214 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 243 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 4.6

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The text

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

908 
WFUS51 KRLX 110104
TORRLX
KYC127-WVC099-110130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
803 PM EST SUN NOV 10 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME EASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...
  WAYNE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 830 PM EST...

* AT 802 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTH OF LOUISA...OR ABOUT
  18 MILES NORTHEAST OF PAINTSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE FORT GAY AND WAYNE.

THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS STORM.

--CALL TO ACTION-- IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND
GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE
FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER 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.

$$

HC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 10, 7:52 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lawrence	38 min
Nov 10, 9:10 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Carter, Greenup	35 min
Nov 10, 9:49 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boyd, Greenup	26 min
Nov 10, 10:31 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lawrence	44 min
Nov 10, 8:28 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lincoln, Putnam	32 min
Nov 10, 8:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Kanawha, Putnam	30 min
Nov 10, 8:51 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Mason	39 min
Nov 10, 10:11 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Mason	34 min
Nov 10, 10:35 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Wood	40 min
Nov 10, 10:36 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Putnam	39 min
Nov 10, 10:39 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Putnam	36 min
Nov 10, 10:57 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Roane, Wirt	33 min
Nov 10, 11:24 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Calhoun	21 min
Nov 11, 12:00 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lewis	30 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.