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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Charleston, WV

August 16, 2005Fayette County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2005, 3:42 PM EDT for Fayette County, West Virginia. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 16, 2005, 3:42 PM EDT (19:42 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 2005, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Fayette County, WV

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 16, 3:52 PM EDTHAIL 0.88Oak Hill, WV

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 16, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 12:00Z on 2005-08-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1568 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2005-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1568 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
545 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 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 
WUUS51 KRLX 161942
SVRRLX
WVC019-162015-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0113.050816T1942Z-050816T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
342 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 340 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  OAK HILL...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BABCOCK STATE PARK...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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 3809 8118 3798 8122 3792 8085 3805 8080

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KRLX 161958
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
356 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2005

WVC019-162015-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-050816T2015Z/
FAYETTE WV-
356 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY...

AT 354 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL NEAR OAK HILL. 
THIS STORM IS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE 
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR THURMOND...OR ABOUT NEAR BABCOCK STATE PARK...MOVING 
EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA.

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 3809 8118 3798 8122 3792 8085 3805 8080

$$

10
000 
WWUS51 KRLX 162013
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
413 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2005

WVC019-162023-
/O.EXP.KRLX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-050816T2015Z/
FAYETTE WV-
413 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY EXPIRES
AT 415 PM EDT...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND NO LONGER POSES A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...THUS THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER OTHER WEAKER
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND PEA SIZE HAIL.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA.

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 3809 8118 3798 8122 3792 8085 3805 8080

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 2:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMingo44 min
Aug 16, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRaleigh24 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.