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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Charleston, WV

June 4, 2006Mingo County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2006, 6:12 PM EDT for Mingo County, West Virginia. It was in force for 33 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: Jun 4, 2006, 6:12 PM EDT (22:12 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2006, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Mingo County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 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
Jun 4, 6:15 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Gilbert, WV
Jun 4, 6:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Sw Gilbert, WV	TREES DOWN ALONG COUNTY ROUTE 15 NEAR WAR EAGLE.

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 3 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 nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 227 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: 10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1066 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KRLX 042213
SVRRLX
WVC059-042245-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0086.060604T2212Z-060604T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
612 PM EDT SUN JUN 4 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MINGO COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 610 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RED JACKET...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  WILLIAMSON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
   GILBERT CREEK...

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 3750 8195 3753 8202 3755 8204 3756 8214
      3759 8213 3764 8221 3773 8212 3765 8179
      3754 8185

$$

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1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS51 KRLX 042242
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
641 PM EDT SUN JUN 4 2006

WVC059-042251-
/O.EXP.KRLX.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-060604T2245Z/
MINGO WV-
641 PM EDT SUN JUN 4 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MINGO COUNTY EXPIRES AT 645 PM
EDT...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM WHICH
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. 
THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE.

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 3750 8195 3753 8202 3755 8204 3756 8214
      3759 8213 3764 8221 3773 8212 3765 8179
      3754 8185

$$

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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 Jun 4, 3:04 PM EDT, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 3:04 PM EDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
304 PM EDT SUN JUN 4 2006

.SHORT TERM /REST OF TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...

UPPER TROUGH EXTENDS FROM NORTHEAST STATES...SOUTHWEST INTO THE OH
AND TN VALLEY.  MODELS SHOW TWO DISTINCT VORT MAXES TO AFFECT THE
AREA TONIGHT AND MONDAY. EARLY AFTERNOON HEATING...ABUNDANT BL
MOISTURE...AIDED THIS VORT MAX AND STEEPING LAPSE RATES...TO PRODUCE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST KY...SOUTHERN WV
AND SOUTHWEST VA.

850MB MOISTURE SLIGHTLY DECREASES LATER TONIGHT...PERHAPS WITH SOME
CLEARING ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE AREA TOWARD DAWN. HOWEVER A
SECOND VORT MAX SWEEPS ACROSS THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OVERNIGHT AND
MON...AND COULD KEEP CLOUDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...
SUPPRESSING FOG FORMATION.

AS A COLDER AIR MASS ALOFT MOVE INTO THE AREA...EXPECT COOLER
TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER AREAS THAT CLEAR. MAINLY IN
THE MID TO LOWER 50S RANGING INTO THE MID 40S OVER THE NORTHERN
MOUNTAINS.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...

06Z GFS WAS HIGHLY UTILIZED IN THE DAYS 4-7 PERIOD OF THIS
FORECAST...OR THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.  IT WAS SLIGHTLY QUICKER TO
GET RID OF THE PESKY UPPER LEVEL LOW THAT WILL BE SITING OVER OUR
AREA FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

SLOWED THE COLD FRONT DOWN EVEN MORE FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD...STILL
TO OUR NORTH FRI 12Z...AND THEN WHATS LEFT OF THE ALREADY WEAK FRON
SHOULD BE OVER OR JUST TO OUR SOUTH BY SAT MORNING...BEFORE SHIFTING
NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT NEXT SUNDAY.  THE EVOLUTION OF THIS
FRONT...ORIGINALLY FIGURED FOR WEDNESDAY...BUT NOW FRIDAY.
SO...WITH THIS SORT OF VARIABILITY OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF
DAYS...THE CONFIDENCE IN THE FORECAST STILL REMAINS LOW.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION...
 /ISSUED 154 PM EDT SUN JUN 4 2006/

AVIATION...

SUNSHINE DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS AND COLD AIR ALOFT
ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER LEVEL LOW...COMBINED TO PRODUCE NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS
TO DEVELOP ANYWHERE...BUT STRONGER ALONG THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND
SOUTHER SECTIONS. MAINLY IFR/MVFR CONDITIONS ALONG THUNDERSTORMS.

CLOUDS SHOULD SLOWLY MOVE EAST OVERNIGHT...ALLOWING RADIATIONAL
COOLING AND FOG DEVELOPMENT ALONG RIVER VALLEYS...WESTERN SLOPES AND
SOUTHERN SECTIONS. SOME CLOUDINESS MAY LINGER LONGER TOWARDS DAWN
ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. FOG COULD BEGIN TO DEVELOP AROUND
07Z AT MOST PLACES.

PREV DISCUSSION...
 /ISSUED 359 AM EDT SUN JUN 4 2006/

SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT/...

UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER UPSTATE NEW YORK FORECAST TO DIG SWD INTO
CENTRAL PA TODAY...THEN BUILD S INTO VA...JUST E OF FORECAST
AREA...TONIGHT.  THIS ALLOWS DEEPER MOISTURE MOSTLY ALONG AND N OF
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS TO EVENTUALLY SINK SWD INTO THE FORECAST
AREA.  IT ALSO GIVES RISE ONCE AGAIN TO THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
APPROACHING SEVERE LIMITS...AS HAPPENED WITH A COUPLE OF CELLS
YESTERDAY (TWO REPORTS OF NEAR DIME SIZED HAIL).

WITH E-W SURFACE FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE OVER AREA THIS
MORNING...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY START FIRING BY MID
MORNING.

BEST INSTABILITY SHOWN S HALF OF AREA (S OF FRONT) AND COOLEST AIR
ALOFT N NEARLY BALANCE THE HAIL THREAT IN THE AREA TODAY.  DEEPER
MOISTURE DOES NOT REALLY ARRIVE FROM N UNTIL LATER TONIGHT SO DRY
AIR ENTRAINMENT IN THE MID LEVELS STILL A FACTOR WITH THUNDERSTORMS
TODAY AND EVEN INTO THIS EVENING.

TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL TOP OUT LOWER THAN YESTERDAY ON ACCOUNT OF
COOLER AIR MASS...TOOK HIGHS DOWN A BIT TO FAIRLY WELL CONVERGED
NUMBERS.  LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE A LITTLE LOWER THAN THIS MORNING AND
AGAIN CONVERGED NUMBERS LOOKED REASONABLE.  EVERYONE HAS MVFR FOG OR
WORSE THIS MORNING...ONLY CLOUDS KEEPING EKN FROM GOING LIFR AND
THIS WILL EVEN MORE LIKELY BE THE CASE LATER TONIGHT.

LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...

MODELS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH UPPER LOW ROTATING THROUGH THE
SPINE OF THE APPALACHIANS THROUGH TUESDAY THEN ROTATING SOUTH AND
THEN OUT OFF THE VIRGINIA COAST ON WEDNESDAY. KEPT SLTCH/CHC POPS
MAINLY IN THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY.  HIGH PRESSURE
TAKES HOLD AND KEEPS THE REGION DRY THROUGH FRIDAY...AS FRONT COMES
DOWN FROM THE NORTH...THEN SOUTH OF THE REGION ON SATURDAY.  TEMPS
FOR THE MOST PART WERE IN LINE WITH CURRENT PATTERN AND ONLY MADE A
FEW TWEAKS HERE AND THERE.

&&

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

SHORT TERM...
LONG TERM...KF

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 4:17 AM EDT, 13 hours 55 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
417 AM EDT SUN JUN 4 2006

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-
013>020-024>040-046-047-050830-
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-
417 AM EDT SUN JUN 4 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WE ARE OUTLOOKED FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT...BUT WE ARE
NOT IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER...A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING CAN CONTAIN HAIL UP TO
DIME SIZE...CLOSE TO SEVERE LEVELS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

TRM / JS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 4:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
429 PM EDT SUN JUN 4 2006

WVZ015-042115-
KANAWHA-
429 PM EDT SUN JUN 4 2006

HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE...FOR SOUTHERN KANAWHA COUNTY.

AT 429 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER DUNBAR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE SHARON...
  TORNADO...ST. ALBANS...SOUTH CHARLESTON...PRATT AND MARMET.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL...THE SIZE OF DIMES ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THIS STORM.

PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER 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, Jun 4, 4:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
439 PM EDT SUN JUN 4 2006

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

0436 PM     HAIL             BICKMORE                38.38N 81.11W
06/04/2006  U0.88 INCH       CLAY               WV   PUBLIC
            EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
            421 PM 06/04/2006 AND 436 PM 06/04/2006

&&

Local storm report, Jun 4, 4:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
441 PM EDT SUN JUN 04 2006

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

0436 PM     HAIL             WAYNE                   38.22N 82.44W
06/04/2006  E0.75 INCH       WAYNE              WV   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

PG

Local storm report, Jun 4, 4:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
450 PM EDT SUN JUN 4 2006

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

0447 PM     HAIL             CHARLESTON              38.26N 81.59W
06/04/2006  U1.00 INCH       KANAWHA            WV   PUBLIC

&&

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 5:15 PM EDT, 57 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
515 PM EDT SUN JUN 4 2006

VAZ003-042200-
DICKENSON-
515 PM EDT SUN JUN 4 2006

HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE...FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN DICKENSON COUNTY.

AT 515 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLINTWOOD...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE TRAMMEL...
  MCCLURE AND NORA.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER 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, Jun 4, 5:39 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
539 PM EDT SUN JUN 4 2006

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

0532 PM     HAIL             MOUNT LOOKOUT           38.17N 80.91W
06/04/2006  U0.25 INCH.      NICHOLAS           WV   PUBLIC
            EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
            517 PM 06/04/2006 AND 532 PM 06/04/2006

&&

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 12:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Logan	31 min
Jun 4, 1:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	McDowell	32 min
Jun 4, 1:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pleasants	42 min
Jun 4, 2:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson	41 min
Jun 4, 2:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wood	22 min
Jun 4, 2:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Mason	32 min
Jun 4, 2:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge	28 min
Jun 4, 3:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Roane	41 min
Jun 4, 3:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson	31 min
Jun 4, 3:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Kanawha	45 min
Jun 4, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Clay	39 min
Jun 4, 4:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wayne	36 min
Jun 4, 4:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Mason	40 min
Jun 4, 4:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Kanawha	44 min
Jun 4, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Nicholas	46 min
Jun 4, 6:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Mingo	13 min
Jun 4, 6:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wyoming	49 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.