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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Charleston, WV

February 22, 2003Logan County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Feb 22, 2003, 7:41 PM EST for Logan County, West Virginia. It was in force for 34 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
Feb 22, 2003, 7:41 PM EST (00:41 UTC)
Expired
Feb 22, 2003, 8:15 PM EST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Logan County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 22, 4:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 226 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 2003-02-23Temperature 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, Roanoke, VA at 00:00Z on 2003-02-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 348 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
463 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
109 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
348 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
418 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 230041
TORRLX
WVC045-230115-
/NEW.KRLX.TO.W.ETN#.230040-230115/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
740 PM EST SAT FEB 22 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS UPGRADED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING TO A...

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 815 PM EST...

* AT 738 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MALLORY...OR
  ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF GILBERT CREEK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE MAN AND ECHART.

--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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 22, 7:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMingo26 min
Feb 22, 7:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLogan47 min
Feb 22, 8:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Raleigh30 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in West Virginia, 2003Every tornado warning in 2003Tornadoes 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.