Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Charleston, WV
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 3:52 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Oak 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 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.
- 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
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 $$ 10
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mingo | 44 min |
| Aug 16, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh | 24 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.