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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Charleston, WV

June 16, 20084 counties in West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2008, 7:46 PM EDT for 4 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 44 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 16, 2008, 7:46 PM EDT (23:46 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2008, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Braxton County, WV, Clay County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Webster County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 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 16, 8:00 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	6 Ne Ivydale, WV
Jun 16, 8:02 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Cowen, WV	TREES DOWN IN ROAD.

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 one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 16 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 16, 9:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	12 hr
Jun 16, 4:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 198 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: 20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -368 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1663 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KRLX 162347
SVRRLX
WVC007-015-067-101-170030-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0148.080616T2346Z-080617T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
746 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN BRAXTON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  NORTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  NORTHEASTERN NICHOLAS COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  WEST CENTRAL WEBSTER COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 743 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  BIG OTTER...OR ABOUT 36 MILES NORTHWEST OF RICHWOOD...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 29 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BIRCH RIVER BY 815 PM EDT...
  CAMDEN ON GAULEY AND 7 MILES NORTH OF CRAIGSVILLE BY 830 PM EDT...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL
VIRGINIA AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.

LAT...LON 3853 8116 3858 8113 3859 8111 3860 8111
      3866 8103 3868 8103 3848 8043 3826 8057
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 296DEG 25KT 3857 8101

$$

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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 16, 5:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 5:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
518 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008

.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. IN ITS WAKE...MUCH COOLER WEATHER CAN BE EXPECTED FOR MID
WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING/...
UPDATED ZONES TO MENTION NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE
ENTIRE CWA BUT PERRY AND MORGAN COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST OH.

ADDITIONAL SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE COLD
FRONT LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHEAST OH...DROPPING SOUTHEAST ACROSS WEST
VIRGINIA THRU THIS EVENING. KEPT POPS AND WEATHER AS THEY LOOK
REPRESENTATIVE OF EXPECTED CONDITIONS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...
BEHIND THE FRONT ON TUESDAY...MUCH DRIER AIR BUILDS INTO THE REGION
AND WITH THE DEVELOPING UPPER LOW STILL FAR ENOUGH NORTH...NORTH OF
THE GREAT LAKES STILL...SHOULD SEE VERY TRANQUIL CONDITIONS WITH
ONLY SOME DAY TIME CU FORMING.  SO HAVE REMOVED THE MENTION OF ANY
SHOWERS ON TUESDAY.  BUT BY TUESDAY NIGHT...THE FIRST OF SEVERAL
SHORTWAVE ROTATES UNDERNEATH THE CLOSED LOW AND SWEEP ACROSS THE
OHIO VALLEY.  THE 00Z NAM AND THE 00Z GFS BOTH HAD THIS SHORTWAVE
MOVING THROUGH...BUT COMING AT NIGHT AND WITH THE MOISTURE BEING
LIMITED HAVE JUST ADDED SOME SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS AS THIS WAVE MOVES THROUGH.

ON WEDNESDAY...THE NEXT SHORTWAVE HAS A BIT BETTER TIMING COMING IN
THE AFTERNOON AND WITH THE DAY TIME HEATING CONTRIBUTING TO THE LIFT
AND THE CU FIELD...COULD AGAIN SEE SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS POP UP SO
HAVE ADDED MORE POPS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.  THIS PATTERN LOOKS
TO REPEAT ON THURSDAY AS WELL AS THE TROUGH AXIS WITH THE UPPER LOW
FINALLY PASSES THE REGION.

FOR TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE PERIOD...HAVE LEANED FOR TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY TOWARD THE COOLER MET NUMBERS AS THE MAV HAS BEEN RUNNING
TOO WARM AND WITH THE 850 TEMPERATURES IT IS FORECASTING CAN NOT
SUPPORT THE MAV NUMBERS.  FOR LOWS AT NIGHT...THE SLIGHTLY WARMER
MET LOOKED A LITTLE BETTER AS THE RADIATIVE CONDITIONS WILL NOT BE
IDEAL...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT AS CLOUDS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH
THE AREA.  ON THURSDAY...LOWERED THE PREVIOUS FCST TOWARD THE LATEST
MEX NUMBERS WHICH ARE WELL BELOW NORMAL AND IT SHOULD BE COOLER
BASED ON THE 850 TEMP FCST.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
SYSTEM FINALLY MOVES OUT OF THE GREAT LAKES ON THURSDAY...WITH RIDGE
BUILDING IN LATE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.  MODELS SHOWING WEAK ENERGY
COMING OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST.  THIS WILL ARRIVE FOR SATURDAY AND PUSH
THROUGH BY SUNDAY.  INTRODUCED POPS WITH THIS FEATURE.

TEMPS THROUGH THE PERIOD BLEND OF MOS/HPC AND CURRENT GRIDS.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
18Z MONDAY THRU 18Z TUESDAY...
ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS...ASSOCIATED WITH AN IMPULSE CROSSING WEST
VIRGINIA...ARE SHIFTING INTO NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE AREA EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...SCATTERED CONVECTION ELSEWHERE. A LINE
OF THUNDERSTORMS IS LIKELY TO FORM ALONG A COLD FRONT ACROSS
SOUTHEASTERN OHIO BY MID AFTERNOON...THEN TRACK RAPIDLY
SOUTHEASTWARD WITH THE FRONT THROUGH EARLY EVENING...POSSIBLY SEVERE
STORMS. THUS...ALTHOUGH VFR OUTSIDE OF STORMS...HAVE INCLUDED TEMPO
GROUPS FOR THUNDER ALL TERMINALS THIS AFTERNOON. VFR BEHIND THE
FRONT TONIGHT...EXCEPT FOR LOCALLY IFR FOG AT EKN AS WINDS DIMINISH
IN THE SHELTERED VALLEY.

AVIATION OUTLOOK /AFTER 18Z TUESDAY/...NO IFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...26/JMV
NEAR TERM...ARJ
SHORT TERM...26
LONG TERM...26
AVIATION...JMV

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 4:19 AM EDT, 15 hours 27 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
419 AM EDT MON JUN 16 2008

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-
013>020-024>040-046-047-170830-
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-
419 AM EDT MON JUN 16 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE A POSSIBILITY
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 16, 7:30 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
730 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008

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

0720 PM     HAIL             COLCORD                 37.94N 81.46W
06/16/2008  U0.75 INCH       RALEIGH            WV   PUBLIC

&&

NNNN

Local storm report, Jun 16, 7:32 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
732 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008

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

0720 PM     HAIL             HUNTINGTON              38.34N 82.51W
06/16/2008  U1.00 INCH       WAYNE              WV   PUBLIC

&&

NNNN

Local storm report, Jun 16, 7:34 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
734 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008

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

0725 PM     HAIL             LAVALETTE               38.31N 82.43W
06/16/2008  U1.00 INCH       WAYNE              WV   PUBLIC

&&

NNNN

Local storm report, Jun 16, 7:36 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
736 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008

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

0728 PM     HAIL             WAYNE                   38.22N 82.43W
06/16/2008  U1.00 INCH       WAYNE              WV   PUBLIC

&&

NNNN

Local storm report, Jun 16, 7:41 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
741 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008

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

0715 PM     HAIL             CATLETTSBURG            38.34N 82.64W
06/16/2008  U1.25 INCH       BOYD               KY   PUBLIC

&&

NNNN

Local storm report, Jun 16, 7:46 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
746 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008

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

0745 PM     HAIL             6 NE WINFIELD           38.59N 81.80W
06/16/2008  E1.25 INCH       PUTNAM             WV   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

ABEAVERS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 1:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour	36 min
Jun 16, 1:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lewis	36 min
Jun 16, 2:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wayne	23 min
Jun 16, 2:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Mingo, Wayne	34 min
Jun 16, 2:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Logan	28 min
Jun 16, 3:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Logan	28 min
Jun 16, 3:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	McDowell, Mingo, Raleigh, Wyoming	58 min
Jun 16, 4:24 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	McDowell, Wyoming	21 min
Jun 16, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	McDowell	26 min
Jun 16, 5:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Logan, Mingo	47 min
Jun 16, 5:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Mason	55 min
Jun 16, 6:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Logan, Raleigh	42 min
Jun 16, 6:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Wood	36 min
Jun 16, 6:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Jackson, Kanawha, Roane	67 min
Jun 16, 6:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Logan, Mingo, Wyoming	49 min
Jun 16, 6:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Raleigh	59 min
Jun 16, 7:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne	23 min
Jun 16, 7:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Kanawha, Putnam, Roane	44 min
Jun 16, 7:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Wayne	42 min
Jun 16, 7:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Fayette, Nicholas	52 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.