Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2008, 8:27 PM EDT for Logan County, Mingo County, West Virginia. It was in force for 63 min. 5 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
- May 9, 2008, 8:27 PM EDT (00:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2008, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Logan County, WV, Mingo County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 8:39 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Kermit, WV | EVENT OCCURRED 8:39PM 05/09/2008 |
| May 9, 8:45 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Williamson, WV | EVENT OCCURRED 845 PM 05/09/2008 |
| May 9, 8:54 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Williamson, WV | EVENT OCCURRED 845 PM 05/09/2008 |
| May 9, 9:00 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Varney, WV | EVENT OCCURRED 9:00 PM 05/09/2008 |
| May 9, 9:11 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Varney, WV | EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN 856 PM 05/09/2008 AND 911 PM 05/09/2008 |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 234 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
- 191 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 974 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KRLX 100029
SVRRLX
WVC045-059-100130-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0021.080510T0027Z-080510T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
827 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
MINGO COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 930 PM EDT
* AT 823 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CHATTAROY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INEZ...AND MOVING EAST
AT 32 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
CHATTAROY AND 6 MILES NORTH OF WILLIAMSON BY 840 PM EDT...
DELBARTON BY 850 PM EDT...
HOLDEN AND 6 MILES NORTH OF RED JACKET BY 855 PM EDT...
7 MILES NORTH OF HINCH BY 905 PM EDT...
MAN AND 9 MILES NORTH OF GILBERT CREEK BY 920 PM EDT...
MALLORY BY 925 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.
LAT...LON 3753 8195 3753 8199 3766 8230 3777 8234
3782 8242 3787 8244 3786 8240 3788 8238
3780 8166 3777 8170 3776 8176 3772 8173
3751 8195
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 281DEG 28KT 3778 8237
$$
261 follow-up statement
000
WWUS51 KRLX 100049
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
848 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008
WVC045-059-100130-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080510T0130Z/
LOGAN WV-MINGO WV-
848 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT
FOR MINGO AND SOUTHERN LOGAN COUNTIES...
AT 841 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR MYRTLE AND DELBARTON...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
INEZ...MOVING EAST AT 32 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
VARNEY AND RED JACKET BY 855 PM EDT...
SARAH ANN...PIE AND CHAUNCEY BY 905 PM EDT...
HAMPDEN BY 915 PM EDT...
BRUNO...MAN AND GILBERT BY 920 PM EDT...
MALLORY BY 925 PM EDT...
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3753 8195 3753 8199 3766 8230 3777 8234
3782 8242 3787 8244 3786 8240 3788 8238
3780 8166 3777 8170 3776 8176 3772 8173
3751 8195
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 281DEG 28KT 3773 8217
$$
08The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 8:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam | 54 min |
| May 9, 9:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming | 38 min |
| May 9, 9:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln | 56 min |
| May 9, 10:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RLX | Boone, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas | 3 hr |
| May 9, 11:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison and 10 more | 6 hr |
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.