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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 125, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 16, 2005, 3:40 AM EST for Taylor County, West Virginia. It was in force for 20 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
- Nov 16, 2005, 3:40 AM EST (08:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2005, 4:00 AM EST
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Taylor County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1492 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 288 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 406 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Nov 16, 3:14 AM EST, 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 16, 3:14 AM EST, 26 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 435 AM EST TUE NOV 15 2005 VAZ003-004-WVZ015-016-018>020-024>040-046-047-160945- DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-KANAWHA-ROANE-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO- LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL- WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR- POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- 435 AM EST TUE NOV 15 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-013-014-017- 160945- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON- JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON- JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-WIRT- 435 AM EST TUE NOV 15 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO AND WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 16, 2:18 AM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 237 AM EST WED NOV 16 2005 WVZ019-027>029-160845- RITCHIE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISVILLE...PENNSBORO...CLAY... SUTTON...GASSAWAY...BURNSVILLE...GLENVILLE 237 AM EST WED NOV 16 2005 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN EASTERN RITCHIE...GILMER...BRAXTON... AND CLAY COUNTIES. AT 235 AM...A LINE OF SHOWERS WAS MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS EASTERN RITCHIE...GILMER...BRAXTON...AND CLAY COUNTIES. THIS LINE OF SHOWERS WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SMALL LIMBS OR DEBRIS ON ROADWAYS.
Local storm report, Nov 16, 3:35 AM EST, 5 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 2:53 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis | 52 min |
| Nov 16, 4:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh | 36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.