Alert archive / West Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 2008, 4:24 PM EDT for McDowell County, Wyoming County, West Virginia. It was in force for 21 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
- Jun 16, 2008, 4:24 PM EDT (20:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2008, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties McDowell County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS51 KRLX 162025 TORRLX WVC047-109-162045- /O.NEW.KRLX.TO.W.0004.080616T2024Z-080616T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 424 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... * UNTIL 445 PM EDT * AT 419 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR NORTHFORK...OR ABOUT 17 MILES WEST OF CAMP CREEK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 33 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MAYBEURY BY 430 PM EDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS PAST 70 MPH. 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. LAT...LON 3745 8153 3756 8141 3748 8126 3735 8136 TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 310DEG 28KT 3744 8136 $$ 12
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS51 KRLX 162039 SVSRLX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 439 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008 WVC047-109-162049- /O.EXP.KRLX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080616T2045Z/ MCDOWELL WV-WYOMING WV- 439 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING AND EAST CENTRAL MCDOWELL COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 445 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. LAT...LON 3745 8153 3756 8141 3748 8126 3735 8136 TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 310DEG 28KT 3736 8125 $$ 30
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, 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, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Clay, Nicholas, Webster | 44 min |
| Jun 16, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas | 52 min |
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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.