Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2008, 3:44 PM EDT for McDowell County, Wyoming County, West Virginia. It was in force for 31 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
- Aug 2, 2008, 3:44 PM EDT (19:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2008, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties McDowell County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 1265 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 651 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KRLX 021944
SVRRLX
WVC047-109-022015-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0252.080802T1944Z-080802T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
344 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WELCH...
SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PINEVILLE...
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT
* AT 337 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
WELCH...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 37 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
NORTHFORK BY 350 PM EDT...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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 3749 8167 3763 8156 3746 8126 3744 8129
3743 8128 3742 8128 3739 8132 3733 8135
3731 8139
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 311DEG 32KT 3746 8148
$$
102 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KRLX 021956
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
356 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008
WVC047-109-022015-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-080802T2015Z/
MCDOWELL WV-WYOMING WV-
356 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING AND NORTHEASTERN MCDOWELL COUNTIES...
AT 350 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR KEYSTONE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF WELCH...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 33 MPH.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3749 8167 3763 8156 3746 8126 3744 8129
3743 8128 3742 8128 3739 8132 3733 8135
3731 8139
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 318DEG 29KT 3738 8143
$$
10000
WWUS51 KRLX 022014
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
414 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008
WVC047-109-022024-
/O.EXP.KRLX.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-080802T2015Z/
MCDOWELL WV-WYOMING WV-
414 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING AND
NORTHEASTERN MCDOWELL COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 415 PM EDT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM WHICH
PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. OTHER
STORMS IN THE AREA COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
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 3749 8167 3763 8156 3746 8126 3744 8129
3743 8128 3742 8128 3739 8132 3733 8135
3731 8139
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 318DEG 29KT 3727 8131
$$
10The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 4:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam, Roane | 32 min |
| Aug 2, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Raleigh | 23 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.