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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Charleston, WV

July 25, 2005Nicholas County, Webster County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2005, 6:20 PM EDT for Nicholas County, Webster County, West Virginia. It was in force for 42 min. 2 reports 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: Jul 25, 2005, 6:20 PM EDT (22:20 UTC)
Expired: Jul 25, 2005, 7:02 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Nicholas County, WV, Webster County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 25, 6:40 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Summersville, WV	TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
Jul 25, 6:40 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Webster Springs, WV	POWER LIES DOWN ON RT 15 WEST OF FISHERS CROSSING.

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 20 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 25, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 167 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 310 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -204 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1178 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 168 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 252220
SVRRLX
WVC067-101-252300-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0085.050725T2220Z-050725T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
620 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NICHOLAS COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA
  WEBSTER COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 616 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES WEST OF HOLLY RIVER
  STATE PARK TO BIRCH RIVER TO 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF SUMMERSVILLE...
  AND WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WEBSTER SPRINGS...
  CAMDEN ON GAULEY...
  CRAIGSVILLE...
  SUMMERSVILLE...
  RICHWOOD...

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.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS. SEEK 
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

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 3811 8088 3820 8095 3822 8106 3830 8115
      3845 8085 3848 8081 3851 8088 3856 8079
      3853 8075 3853 8065 3873 8045 3873 8039
      3852 8018 3839 8025 3834 8036 3823 8037
      3827 8045 3808 8071

$$

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2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KRLX 252254
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
653 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005

WVC067-101-252300-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-050725T2300Z/
WEBSTER WV-NICHOLAS WV-
653 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR
NICHOLAS AND WEBSTER COUNTIES...

AT 647 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTH OF WEBSTER SPRINGS TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF
CRAIGSVILLE TO 10 MILES WEST OF MOUNT NEBO...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF RICHWOOD TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF
CRAIGSVILLE TO 12 MILES NORTH OF FAYETTEVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 35
MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
RICHWOOD.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS 
MUCH OF NORTHERN NICHOLAS COUNTY. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS 
SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY 
FROM WINDOWS

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO 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 3811 8088 3820 8095 3822 8106 3830 8115
      3845 8085 3848 8081 3851 8088 3856 8079
      3853 8075 3853 8065 3873 8045 3873 8039
      3852 8018 3839 8025 3834 8036 3823 8037
      3827 8045 3808 8071

$$

15

000 
WWUS51 KRLX 252302
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
702 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005

WVC067-101-252312-
/O.EXP.KRLX.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-050725T2300Z/
WEBSTER WV-NICHOLAS WV-
702 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NICHOLAS AND WEBSTER COUNTIES
EXPIRES AT 700 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 ALLLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER OTHER 
WEAKER THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF 
HEAVY RAIN.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO 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 3811 8088 3820 8095 3822 8106 3830 8115
      3845 8085 3848 8081 3851 8088 3856 8079
      3853 8075 3853 8065 3873 8045 3873 8039
      3852 8018 3839 8025 3834 8036 3823 8037
      3827 8045 3808 8071

$$

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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 Jul 25, 4:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 4:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
407 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT)...

HOW FAR SOUTH WILL THE CONVECTION GET TONIGHT?  THAT IS THE QUESTION
IN THE HAZY AND HUMIDITY.  LEFT COUNTIES FROM HTS-CRW-BKW ON SOUTH
DRY. OF COURSE...ANY COOLING STORM ACROSS EASTERN OHIO AND NORTHERN
AND CENTRAL WV THROUGH THIS EVENING WOULD BE TALL WITH A LOCALIZED
DOWNPOUR AND LOTS OF LIGHTNING.  WITH DEW POINTS IN THE MID 70S THIS
AFTERNOON...GENERALLY STAYED ABOVE MOST MIN TEMPERATURE GUIANCE FOR
TONIGHT.

WILL LET THE CURRENT HEAT ADVISORY FOR THE TRI STATE AROUND HTS DIE
A SILENT DEATH AND WILL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE LATE AFTERNOON ZONES.
THIS WAY...THE NEW HEAT ADVISORY WILL BE HEADLINED FOR SOME
COUNTIES ON TUESDAY.

&&

.LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)...

WILL ISSUE A NEW HEAT ADVISORY FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON FOR SAME AREA
AS TODAY PLUS A FEW MORE COUNTIES IN OHIO.  WHILE H850 TEMPERATURES
WILL BE A BIT HIGHER TOMORROW (23C-24C)...DEWPOINTS MAY COME IN 2-3
DEGREES LOWER...WHICH WOULD HINDER HEAT INDICIES A BIT.  IF
OVERNIGHT SHIFT DETERMINES THAT DEWPOINTS COULD BE HIGHER...ADVISORY
AREA MAY NEED TO BE EXPANDED.

ISSUE FOR NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER THAT IS APPROACHING FRONTAL
BOUNDARY.  A BIT OF DISAGREEMENT ON SPEED BETWEEN THE MODELS...BUT
ALL SEEM TO AGREE THAT BEST FORCING FOR PRECIP WILL LIE ALONG AND
BEHIND OF FRONT.  THINK ONLY SOUTHEAST OHIO STANDS MUCH CHANCE OF
SEEING SHRA/TSRA BEFORE 00Z WED.  AREAS TO THE SOUTHEAST MAY NOT BE
ABLE TO GET RID OF THEIR CAP.

ALLOW POPS TO BLEED INTO AREA TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST TUESDAY
NIGHT...BUT COVERAGE SHOULD BE DIURNALLY DECREASING AS IT DOES SO.
WEDNESDAY MAY FEATURE THE BEST COVERAGE AS FRONT MOVES ACROSS CWA
AND SHORTWAVE ROTATES THROUGH BEHIND IT.  WENT WITH 50ISH POPS
HERE...LIKELY MAY BE MORE APPROPRIATE DOWN THE ROAD.

ALLOW POPS TO CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS TILL THURSDAY...AS SUPPORT
IS SLOW TO LEAVE CWA.  MOST ACTIVITY SHOULD WANE BY THURSDAY EVENING.

GENERALLY LIKED MAV TEMPERATURES FOR TUESDAY AND THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...AND MEX LOOKED REASONABLE THEREAFTER.

RAN WITH HPC GRIDS FROM FRIDAY ON...LOOKS LIKE A GENERALLY DRY
PERIOD WITH A WELCOME RUN OF BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES.

&&

.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
(ISSUED 139 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005)

AVIATION...

STILL CONCERNED CONVECTION MAY FORM UPSTREAM OF PKB-CKB 18-20Z AND
MOVG ESE 19-23Z AND AFFECT PKB-CKB-EKN VICINITIES.

OTHERWISE MAINLY HAZE WITH VISBILITIES AROUND 5 MILES...LOWRING
INTO THE 3 TO 5 MILE RANGE 04-13Z.  THINKING TOO WARM FOR THICK
FOG.

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
(ISSUED 1046 AM EDT MON JUL 25 2005)

SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)...

INCREASE IN 850 MOISTURE ON 12Z PIT SOUNDING IN 20 KNOT NW LOW LEVEL
FLOW THIS MORNING.  FIGURING 850 FLOW WILL BACK TOWARD WEST WITH
MIXING ALLOWING FOR MORE SUNSHINE TO BREAK THRU THE CLDS IN
CKB-EKN-BKW.  IMPRESSIVE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...WITH DEW POINTS 75 TO
80...FM CNTRL IL TO IND TO NRN AND CNTRL OH.  DESPITE GUIDANCE BEING
LOWER...KEEPING OUR SLIGHT CHC FOR CONVECTION ACROSS THE NRN THIS
AFTERNOON.

NO CHANGE ON THE HEAT ADVISORY.  HOTTEST SO FAR THIS SUMMER AT HTS
WAS 97 BACK IN JUNE.  NO RECORDS EXPECTED TODAY SINCE THE DUST BOWL
ERA IN 1934 HAD TEMPS OVER 100.

&&

.RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WV...HEAT ADVISORY FOR WVZ005>007-013-014 FROM NOON UNTIL 6 PM
TUESDAY.
OH...HEAT ADVISORY FOR OHZ075-083>087 FROM NOON UNTIL 6 PM TUESDAY.
KY...HEAT ADVISORY FOR KYZ101>103-105 FROM NOON UNTIL 6 PM TUESDAY.
VA...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...KTB
LONG TERM...CL

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 25, 4:04 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
404 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005

WVZ031-032-040-252100-
BARBOUR-HARRISON-TAYLOR-
404 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005

HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE...

AT 404 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER GRAFTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE
  GALLOWAY...NESTORVILLE...MEADLAND...WEBSTER...KNOTTSVILLE AND
  THORNTON.

WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.5
INCHES PER HOUR. THIS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND
POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS.

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

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Local storm report, Jul 25, 4:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
454 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0435 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MARIETTA                39.42N 81.45W
07/25/2005                   WASHINGTON         OH   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            SEVERAL TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN

&&

KF

Local storm report, Jul 25, 5:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA

513 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...

..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....

            ..REMARKS..

0454 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BELPRE                  39.28N 81.59W

07/25/2005                   WASHINGTON         OH   PUBLIC

            LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN.

            EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN

            454 PM 07/25/2005 AND 509 PM 07/25/2005

&&

Local storm report, Jul 25, 5:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA

516 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...

..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....

            ..REMARKS..

0457 PM     TSTM WND DMG     VIENNA                  39.32N 81.54W

07/25/2005                   WOOD               WV   PUBLIC

            LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN.

            EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN

            457 PM 07/25/2005 AND 512 PM 07/25/2005

&&

Local storm report, Jul 25, 5:23 PM EDT, 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
523 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0510 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NEW LEXINGTON           39.71N 82.21W
07/25/2005                   PERRY              OH   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY

&&

KF

Local storm report, Jul 25, 5:23 PM EDT, 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
523 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0410 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NEW LEXINGTON           39.71N 82.21W
07/25/2005                   PERRY              OH   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY

&&

KF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 25, 4:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge	23 min
Jul 25, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wood	67 min
Jul 25, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Wirt	37 min
Jul 25, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis	51 min
Jul 25, 5:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Mason, Putnam	44 min
Jul 25, 5:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Roane	42 min
Jul 25, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Braxton, Taylor, Upshur	62 min
Jul 25, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson	30 min
Jul 25, 5:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Kanawha	69 min
Jul 25, 6:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Clay	39 min
Jul 25, 6:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Fayette	51 min
Jul 25, 7:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Raleigh	35 min
Jul 25, 7:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wyoming	27 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.