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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Charleston, WV

July 27, 2005Jackson County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2005, 2:04 PM EDT for Jackson County, West Virginia. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 27, 2005, 2:04 PM EDT (18:04 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 2005, 2:30 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jackson County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:03 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

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 nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 203 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: 156 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -145 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 820 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KRLX 271804
SVRRLX
WVC035-271830-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0094.050727T1804Z-050727T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
204 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 230 PM EDT

* AT 157 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER
  CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY...OR NEAR RIPLEY...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 30
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...RIPLEY.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT 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 3889 8154 3888 8153 3877 8153 3877 8154
      3871 8154 3871 8155 3873 8169 3874 8168
      3889 8165 3890 8164

$$

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1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS51 KRLX 271828
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
227 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005

WVC035-271837-
/O.EXP.KRLX.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-050727T1830Z/
JACKSON WV-
227 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST JACKSON COUNTY EXPIRES 
AT 230 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  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND PEA SIZE HAIL.

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 3889 8154 3888 8153 3877 8153 3877 8154
      3871 8154 3871 8155 3873 8169 3874 8168
      3889 8165 3890 8164

$$

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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 27, 1:38 PM EDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 1:38 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
138 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005

.AVIATION...

FAST MOVING THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF COLD FRONT FOR 18-21Z. MOVEMENT
ABOUT 26035. IFR AND LIFR IN LOW STRATUS AND FOG LIKELY 00 TO 12Z.
LOW CLOUDS MAY LINGER OVER SRN WV MTNS BKW VCNTY 12-18Z.

&&

.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
(ISSUED 1244 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005)

LONG TERM (SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...

06Z GFS DISPLACES BAROCLINIC ZONE FARTHER EAST ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE
SATURDAY THEN RETROGRADES IT EASTWARD SUNDAY.  PLAYED HIGHEST POPS
SUNDAY IN THE CNTRL AND SRN MTNS WITH HIGH CHANCE TO LKLY...WITH A
SHARP GRADIENT TO DRY IN THE ADJACENT LOWLAND COUNTIES.  FRONT THEN
MOVES EAST BY NEXT WEEK AS TRANSITORY RIDGE BUILDS IN FM THE WEST
ALLOWING FOR MORE DIURNAL TYPE PRECIP.

CONT WITH TEMPS WARMER THAN GUID ALONG AND WEST OF THE OHIO RIVER
PER A DECENT AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE FCST...WHILE SLIGHTLY BELOW IN THE
MTNS WHERE CLOUDS AND RW WILL BE AROUND.  ALSO JACKED UP LOWS IN THE
EKN VCNTY AS SKY CVR WILL NOT BE CONDUCIVE FOR TEMPS IN THE MID AND
UPR 50S.  NUMBERS RETURN TO SEASONAL BENCHMARKS BY DAY 5 AND CONT
THRU DAY7.

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
(ISSUED 1048 AM EDT WED JUL 27 2005)

SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)...

TRIED TO ADJUST HOURLY TEMPERATURES IN GRAPHICS TO DEPICT FALLING
TEMPS IN SE OHIO DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND AN EARLY MAX IN WESTERN
WV.

SEE PKB HAVING NW WIND...BUT THINK SURFACE BOUNDARY STILL NW OF PKB
AT 15Z.  HAVE FRONT SINKING SE AROUND 10-15 KNOTS. 30 KNOT FLOW AT 3
THSD FT RESULTING IN GOOD BREEZE IN THE MUGGY AIR AHEAD OF THE
FRONT.  LOW LEVEL CLOUDS SHOULD BE FORMING RAPIDLY AT MIDDAY.

DESPITE TEMPS WARMING RAPIDLY AND CAPE REACHING 3000 AHEAD OF
FRONT...NOT TOO EXCITED FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN OUR
CWA...CONVERGENCE IS MINIMAL. THINKING MORE TO OUR EAST.

WILL BE TOUGH AVIATION FORECAST WITH LOW STRATUS BEHIND FRONTAL ZONE
TONIGHT...BUT THATS FOR ANOTHER SECTION.

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
(ISSUED 617 AM EDT WED JUL 27 2005)

AVIATION...

STRONG COLD FRONT AT 10Z FROM NORTH CENTRAL OHIO THROUGH SOUTHERN
INDIANA WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. EXPECT CONVECTION WITH
THE FRONT TO REDEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT OVER FAR
SOUTHEASTERN OHIO BY LATE MORNING WITH HEATING AND INSTABILITY. THE
CONVECTION WILL INCREASE AND SHIFT SOUTH AND EAST WITH THE FRONT
DURING THE AFTERNOON. VFR AHEAD OF THE FRONT...EXCEPT IN SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. BEHIND THE FRONT...GENERAL MVFR WITH
OCCASIONAL RAIN SHOWERS...TENDING TO DIMINISH WEST OF PKB-HTS LINE
BY 02Z...CKB-CRW LINE BY 04Z...AND EKN-BKW LINE BY 08Z TONIGHT.

&&

.RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WV...NONE.
OH...NONE.
KY...NONE.
VA...NONE.
&&

AVIATION...KTB

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 4:34 AM EDT, 9 hours 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
434 AM EDT WED JUL 27 2005

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-
013>020-024>040-046-047-280845-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-
JACKSON-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-
WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-
RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-
HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-
UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
434 AM EDT WED JUL 27 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEAST OHIO...VIRGINIA...OH AND KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 27, 12:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1219 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005

WVZ019-020-271700-
DODDRIDGE-RITCHIE-
1219 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005

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

AT 1219 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF HARRISVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE AVON...
  SMITHBURG...GREENWOOD...BLANDVILLE...GROVE AND WEST UNION.

WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM. A BRIEF DOWNPOUR WILL ALSO OCCUR.

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Special weather statement, Jul 27, 12:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1246 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005

WVZ006-013>015-271730-
CABELL-KANAWHA-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-
1246 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005

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

AT 1246 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM HURRICANE TO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BARBOURSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE WEST
  HAMLIN...TORNADO...ST. ALBANS...SOUTH CHARLESTON...SISSONVILLE AND
  POCA.

WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM. A QUICK HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN MAY ALSO BE
SEEN.

10

Local storm report, Jul 27, 1:56 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
156 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005

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

0116 PM     HAIL             GALLIPOLIS              38.82N 82.19W
07/27/2005  0.88 INCH        GALLIA             OH   UNKNOWN

&&

KF

Local storm report, Jul 27, 2:02 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
202 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005

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

0153 PM     HAIL             RIPLEY                  38.82N 81.71W
07/27/2005  0.75 INCH        JACKSON            WV   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&

KF

Local storm report, Jul 27, 2:03 PM EDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
203 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005

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

0131 PM     HAIL             LOUISA                  38.11N 82.60W
07/27/2005  0.75 INCH        LAWRENCE           KY   UNKNOWN

&&

KF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 27, 1:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Mason	33 min
Jul 27, 1:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson	30 min
Jul 27, 1:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell	23 min
Jul 27, 1:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Clay, Kanawha	25 min
Jul 27, 2:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Putnam	31 min
Jul 27, 3:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone	36 min
Jul 27, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson	31 min
Jul 27, 4:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Mingo	26 min
Jul 27, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Putnam	19 min
Jul 27, 5:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Kanawha, Putnam	36 min
Jul 27, 6:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Roane	17 min
Jul 27, 6:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell	22 min
Jul 27, 6:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Lincoln	25 min
Jul 27, 7:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Putnam	31 min
Jul 27, 7:02 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Putnam	118 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.