Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2007, 11:13 PM EDT for Calhoun County, Gilmer County, Ritchie County, West Virginia. It was in force for 32 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 5, 2007, 11:13 PM EDT (03:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2007, 11:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Calhoun County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Ritchie County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:12 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 5, 11:40 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | 5 Ne Glenville, WV | ACCUMULATION OF 6 INCHES OF PEA SIZE HAIL. HAIL STILL ON THE GROUND AFTER 12 HOURS. |
| Jun 5, 11:45 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 8 Ne Glenville, WV | HAIL FELL IN THE TOWN OF LINN ON THE GILMER LEWIS COUNTY LINE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KRLX 060315 SVRRLX WVC013-021-085-060345- /O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0021.070606T0313Z-070606T0345Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1113 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CALHOUN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... GILMER COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... RITCHIE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... * UNTIL 1145 PM EDT * AT 1112 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF GLENVILLE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF HARRISVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CEDAR CREEK STATE PARK 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 3917 8108 3902 8119 3880 8076 3900 8062 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 10:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Ritchie | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 11:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lewis | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 11:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gilmer, Lewis | 45 min |
| Jun 5, 11:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Roane, Wirt | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 12:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lewis, Upshur | 30 min |
| Jun 6, 12:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Ritchie, Wood | 24 min |
| Jun 6, 12:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Ritchie, Wood | 24 min |
| Jun 6, 12:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.