Alert archive / West Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Oct 11, 2006, 6:09 PM EDT for Logan County, Mingo County, West Virginia. It was in force for 36 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
- Oct 11, 2006, 6:09 PM EDT (22:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 11, 2006, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Logan County, WV, Mingo County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 228 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
- 46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1077 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS51 KRLX 112209 TORRLX WVC045-059-112245- /O.NEW.KRLX.TO.W.0002.061011T2209Z-061011T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 609 PM EDT WED OCT 11 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA MINGO COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA * UNTIL 645 PM EDT * AT 558 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF HOLDEN...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF WILLIAMSON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR... MOUNT GAY...CHIEF LOGAN STATE PARK...LOGAN AND 6 MILES NORTH OF SWITZER BY 615 PM EDT IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 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 3790 8225 3773 8218 3779 8194 3796 8201 $$ 13
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS51 KRLX 112230 SVSRLX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 626 PM EDT WED OCT 11 2006 WVC059-112236- /O.CAN.KRLX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061011T2245Z/ MINGO WV- 626 PM EDT WED OCT 11 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MINGO COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS MOVED INTO NORTH CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR KENTUCKY AND WEST VIRGINIA. PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. LAT...LON 3792 8216 3782 8213 3789 8185 3797 8193 $$ WVC045-112245- /O.CON.KRLX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061011T2245Z/ LOGAN WV- 626 PM EDT WED OCT 11 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR LOGAN COUNTY... AT 619 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUNT GAY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STORM WILL PASS BETWEEN LOGAN AND CHAPMANVILLE BY 645 PM MST. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THIS STORM CONTAINED PENNY SIZED HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 70 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 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 3792 8216 3782 8213 3789 8185 3797 8193 $$ 13
000 WWUS51 KRLX 112244 SVSRLX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 644 PM EDT WED OCT 11 2006 WVC045-112254- /O.EXP.KRLX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061011T2245Z/ LOGAN WV- 644 PM EDT WED OCT 11 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LOGAN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 645 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. LAT...LON 3792 8216 3782 8213 3789 8185 3797 8193 $$ 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 4:01 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | RLX | 12 hr | |
| Oct 11, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan, Mingo | 40 min |
| Oct 11, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone | 34 min |
| Oct 11, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 36 min |
| Oct 11, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh | 43 min |
| Oct 11, 7:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Nicholas | 36 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.