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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Charleston, WV

April 14, 2006Raleigh County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2006, 7:52 PM EDT for Raleigh County, West Virginia. It was in force for 23 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
Apr 14, 2006, 7:52 PM EDT (23:52 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2006, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Raleigh County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 14, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2006-04-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2006-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-198 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1550 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Apr 14, 7:39 PM EDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 7:39 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
739 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006

.AVIATION...

OBVIOUSLY A BUSY EVENING...WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN PLACE
AND STRONG STORMS FIRING ACROSS NORTHERN AND EASTERN WEST
VIRGINIA. HAVE INCLUDED TEMPO TSRA AT ALL TAF SITES THROUGH AT
LEAST 05Z OR SO...AS MORE COMPLEXES ARE FORMING OFF TO THE WEST.
INCLUDED MVFR/IFR WITH THE STORMS. MAY NEED TO EXTEND TSRA LATER
INTO THE NIGHT WITH FUTURE UPDATES. QUIET PERIOD FROM SUNRISE
THROUGH 17Z OR SO WITH BRIEF WINDOW OF VFR CONDITIONS...FOLLOWED
BY THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE STORMS TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THESE MAY BE
MORE SCATTERED IN NATURE...JUST INCLUDED CB FOR NOW.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION...
 /ISSUED 349 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006/

SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING/...

THIS TIME FRAME IS DOMINATED BY A WEAK BOUNDARY MEANDERING SOUTH TO
NORTH THROUGH THE CWA...UNTIL LOW PRESSURE GETS MORE ORGANIZED IN
THE MIDWEST...AND TRAVELS EAST SOUTHEAST ALONG THE BOUNDARY INTO THE
CWA BY 12Z MONDAY MORNING. WITH H85 TEMPS IN THE 12-14C
RANGE...EXPECT WARM DAYS AND NIGHTS TO CONTINUE. SOME SLIGHTLY
COOLER AIR WILL TRY TO INVADE THE NORTH AT TIMES.

BETTER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND TSTORMS PERHAPS CRW AND SOUTH
SATURDAY...BUT HAVE AT LEAST CHC POPS EVERYWHERE...AS ANY REMNANT
BOUNDARIES FROM DEVELOPMENT FURTHER WEST MAY BE ENOUGH TO GET
SOMETHING GOING...WITH STILL SOME INSTABILITY. LAPSE RATES THOUGH
NOT AS STEEP AS FRIDAY. MODELS THEN HINT AT BOUNDARY MOVING BACK
NORTH SLIGHTLY SUNDAY...AGAIN WITH SHOWER AND TSTORM CHANCES. MORE
HIGHS TRICKY SUNDAY...WITH ENOUGH OF A NORTHERLY COMPONENT TO KEEP
THE NORTH PERHAPS SLIGHTLY COOLER THEN CENTRAL AND SOUTH.

MODELS AND SREF BEGIN TO DIFFER LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING. GFS
KEEPS H5 LOW STRONGER AND CLOSED OFF...AS THE SYSTEM ENTERS THE
CWA...WHERE NAM AND SREF TENDS TO OPEN THE WAVE MORE.
NONETHELESS...THE MORE ORGANIZED SYSTEM SHOULD HAVE A BETTER CHANCE
OF PRODUCING MORE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH COOLER
AIR IN THE MID LEVELS AND BETTER LAPSE RATES LATE SUNDAY EVENING
INTO MONDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY AFTER HIGHS AGAIN IN THE UPPER 70S
TO LOWER 80S.

LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...

SYSTEM PULLS OFF TO THE EAST ON MONDAY BRINGING AN END TO THE
PRECIPITATION. SOME MINOR DIFFERENCES EXIST BETWEEN THE NAM AND GFS
FOR MONDAY. GFS HAS BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENT FROM RUN TO RUN...SO WILL
LEAN TOWARD THE GFS. TUESDAY THEN LOOKS DRY AS HIGH PRESSURE
CONTROLS THE WEATHER. NEXT SYSTEM ON TAP FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
AS FRONT ARRIVES FROM THE WEST.

PREV DISCUSSION...
 /ISSUED 150 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006/

SHORT TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...

AREA IS IN BETWEEN CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES AT THIS TIME...WITH LAST
STORMS PUSHING THROUGH NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AT THIS TIME AND COMPLEX
UPSTREAM DEVELOPING INTO WESTERN INDIANA.  SPC HAS UPGRADED SOUTHERN
OHIO INTO A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS AND WITH GOOD HEATING AND
STRONG DESTABILIZATION OF THE ATMOSPHERE THIS AFTERNOON OVER THAT
AREA...EXPECT THE COMPLEX TO STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES INTO SOUTHERN
OHIO.  THE COMPLEX SHOULD MOVE INTO OUR CWA AROUND 00Z OR SO AND
ROLL EAST ACROSS THE AREA.  WILL CARRY LIKELY TO CATEGORICAL POPS
OVERNIGHT WITH THIS COMPLEX.  COULD CERTAINLY SEE SOME SEVERE
WEATHER THIS EVENING AS THE SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE AREA WITH GREAT
INSTABILITY FOR THE COMPLEX TO FEED ON.

TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN FAIRLY MILD WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 50S
TO LOWER 60S...AND STAYED RELATIVELY CLOSE TO MOS GUIDANCE.

AVIATION...

RAIN COOLED AIRMASS FROM MORNING CONVECTION HAS LEFT SOME LOW CLOUDS
ACROSS NORTHERN SITES.  MVFR CEILINGS SHOULD LIFT TO VFR BY 21Z AS
MIXING TAKES PLACE.  OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE ANOTHER CONVECTIVE COMPLEX DEVELOPS
UPSTREAM OVER OHIO AND SLIDES EAST INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE NUMEROUS AND WILL LIKELY BRING
CONDITIONS DOWN BRIEFLY AS THE COMPLEX MOVES THROUGH.  HOWEVER WITH
TIMING STILL BEING A BIT UNCERTAIN...GENERALLY KEPT LOW VFR
CONDITIONS.  PRECIPITATION SHOULD MOVE INTO HTS AREA AROUND 00Z AND
THEN CRW AREA AROUND 01Z AND LAST FOR A FEW HOURS.  A COOL STABLE
AIRMASS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE COMPLEX AND COULD KEEP LOW CLOUDS
AROUND THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

&&

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

AVIATION...CL
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 14, 4:52 AM EDT, 15 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
452 AM EDT FRI APR 14 2006

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-
013>020-024>040-046-047-150900-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-
JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-
WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-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-
452 AM EDT FRI APR 14 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THIS EVENING...AS A VERY WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS
SETTLES OVER THE AREA. THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER
WILL BE OVER SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...AND
WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND AND
LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS
WEEKEND...MAINLY SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. THE MAIN THREATS WILL
BE DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL.

WE WILL ALSO BE MONITORING WHERE HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURS...AS FLOOD
WATCHES MAY BE NEEDED WHERE REPEATED EPISODES OF HEAVY RAINFALL
RAISE THREAT FOR SAID RAINFALL BECOMING EXCESSIVE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

TRM / 29

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 14, 7:33 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 14, 7:41 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
741 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006

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

0725 PM     HAIL             5 E HAWKS NEST STATE PA 38.12N 81.03W
04/14/2006  E1.75 INCH       FAYETTE            WV   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

KMC
Local storm report, Apr 14, 7:42 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
742 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006

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

0739 PM     HAIL             OCEANA                  37.73N 81.55W
04/14/2006  U0.88 INCH       WYOMING            WV   PUBLIC
            EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
            724 PM 04/14/2006 AND 739 PM 04/14/2006

&&
Local storm report, Apr 14, 7:43 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
743 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006

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

0715 PM     HAIL             CENTER POINT            39.30N 80.77W
04/14/2006  U1.00 INCH       DODDRIDGE          WV   PUBLIC

&&
Local storm report, Apr 14, 7:48 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
748 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006

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

0744 PM     HAIL             CYCLONE                 37.73N 81.68W
04/14/2006  U0.88 INCH       WYOMING            WV   PUBLIC
            EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
            729 PM 04/14/2006 AND 744 PM 04/14/2006

&&
Local storm report, Apr 14, 7:50 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
750 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006

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

0746 PM     HAIL             HICO                    38.11N 81.00W
04/14/2006  U1.00 INCH       FAYETTE            WV   PUBLIC
            EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
            731 PM 04/14/2006 AND 746 PM 04/14/2006

0747 PM     HAIL             KOPPERSTON              37.75N 81.57W
04/14/2006  U0.75 INCH       WYOMING            WV   PUBLIC
            EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
            732 PM 04/14/2006 AND 747 PM 04/14/2006

&&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 12:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRandolph, Webster33 min
Apr 14, 1:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPocahontas36 min
Apr 14, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWayne36 min
Apr 14, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLogan, Mingo32 min
Apr 14, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXDoddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler31 min
Apr 14, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFayette34 min
Apr 14, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPleasants, Wood26 min
Apr 14, 7:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLogan, Wyoming39 min
Apr 14, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXHarrison37 min
Apr 14, 7:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFayette, Nicholas32 min
Apr 14, 7:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXTaylor23 min
Apr 14, 7:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBarbour, Upshur48 min
Apr 14, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPerry18 min
Apr 14, 7:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWashington42 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.