Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Charleston, WV

May 28, 2003Clay County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2003, 9:15 PM EDT for Clay County, West Virginia. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 2003, 9:15 PM EDT (01:15 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2003, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Clay County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:17 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 201 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, Roanoke, VA at 00:00Z on 2003-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 25 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Roanoke, VA at 00:00Z on 2003-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
25 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1577 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 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.

875 
WUUS51 KRLX 290115
SVRRLX
WVC015-290145-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
914 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CLAY COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT...

* AT 907 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GLEN...OR ABOUT 12 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF CLAY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3848 8128 3831 8137 3827 8122 3837 8103

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXDoddridge25 min
May 29, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWirt30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.