Alert archive / West Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2008, 9:07 PM EDT for 4 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report 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, 9:07 PM EDT (01:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2008, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Logan County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
WFUS51 KRLX 100108
TORRLX
WVC045-047-059-109-100145-
/O.NEW.KRLX.TO.W.0001.080510T0107Z-080510T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
907 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN MINGO COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
WEST CENTRAL WYOMING COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT
* AT 900 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR RED
JACKET...OR ABOUT 26 MILES NORTH OF GRUNDY...MOVING EAST AT 24 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
GILBERT CREEK BY 930 PM EDT...
HANOVER AND R.D. BAILEY LAKE BY 940 PM EDT...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER 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 3749 8194 3753 8195 3753 8203 3756 8214
3758 8214 3760 8217 3763 8218 3775 8212
3761 8162 3751 8163 3742 8174
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 290DEG 21KT 3764 8205
$$
081 follow-up statement
000
WWUS51 KRLX 100142
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
942 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008
WVC045-047-059-109-100152-
/O.EXP.KRLX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080510T0145Z/
LOGAN WV-MCDOWELL WV-WYOMING WV-MINGO WV-
942 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MINGO...WEST CENTRAL
WYOMING...NORTHWESTERN MCDOWELL AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTIES
EXPIRES AT 945 PM EDT...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND NO LONGER POSES A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...THUS THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER OTHER WEAKER
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3749 8194 3753 8195 3753 8203 3756 8214
3758 8214 3760 8217 3763 8218 3775 8212
3761 8162 3751 8163 3742 8174
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 290DEG 21KT 3757 8181
$$
08The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 8:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan, Mingo | 63 min |
| May 9, 8:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam | 54 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.