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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Charleston, WV

May 11, 2008Mingo County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2008, 11:26 AM EDT for Mingo County, West Virginia. It was in force for 24 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: May 11, 2008, 11:26 AM EDT (15:26 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2008, 11:50 AM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Mingo County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:28 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 11, 9:52 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 231 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: 19 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -136 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 652 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 68 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 
WFUS51 KRLX 111525
TORRLX
WVC059-111600-
/O.NEW.KRLX.TO.W.0002.080511T1526Z-080511T1600Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1126 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN MINGO COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL NOON EDT

* AT 1124 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  WILLIAMSON...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INEZ...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 56 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MYRTLE BY 1135 AM EDT...
  DINGESS BY 1140 AM 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT SUNDAY AFTERNOON
FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND
CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.

LAT...LON 3768 8231 3777 8234 3780 8236 3796 8219
      3785 8213 3782 8213 3778 8210 3775 8211
      3773 8209 3763 8223
TIME...MOT...LOC 1526Z 222DEG 49KT 3771 8230

$$

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1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS51 KRLX 111550
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1149 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008

WVC059-111559-
/O.CAN.KRLX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080511T1600Z/
MINGO WV-
1149 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN MINGO COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM WHICH
PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. 
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

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 3768 8231 3777 8234 3780 8236 3796 8219
      3785 8213 3782 8213 3778 8210 3775 8211
      3773 8209 3763 8223
TIME...MOT...LOC 1549Z 222DEG 49KT 3793 8201

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 11, 4:38 AM EDT	Flood Watch	RLX	Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Harrison and 4 more	18 hr
May 11, 10:23 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	RLX	Barbour, Upshur	11 hr
May 11, 10:36 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wayne	54 min
May 11, 11:04 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne	56 min
May 11, 11:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Lincoln, Putnam, Wayne	60 min
May 11, 11:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mason and 4 more	55 min
May 11, 11:55 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha and 2 more	65 min
May 11, 1:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Mingo, Wayne	29 min
May 11, 1:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wayne	39 min
May 11, 1:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo	35 min
May 11, 2:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Logan	36 min
May 11, 2:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	McDowell, Wyoming	32 min
May 11, 3:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	McDowell, Wyoming	27 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.