Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2009, 3:08 PM EDT for Doddridge County, Ritchie County, West Virginia. It was in force for 37 min. 4 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 16, 2009, 3:08 PM EDT (19:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2009, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Doddridge County, WV, Ritchie County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 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 16, 3:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Se Macfarlan, WV | TREES DOWN IN DUTCHMAN |
| May 16, 3:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Harrisville, WV | TREES DOWN |
| May 16, 3:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | West Union, WV | SOME TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN NEAR HWY 18. |
| May 16, 3:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Pennsboro, WV | TREES DOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1095 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KRLX 161908
SVRRLX
WVC017-085-161945-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0021.090516T1908Z-090516T1945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
308 PM EDT SAT MAY 16 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN DODDRIDGE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
RITCHIE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HARRISVILLE...
* UNTIL 345 PM EDT
* AT 307 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF NORTH BEND STATE PARK...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
HARRISVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PENNSBORO AND WEST UNION
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 3914 8065 3914 8066 3903 8111 3905 8112
3904 8116 3905 8122 3904 8125 3905 8124
3906 8127 3911 8126 3915 8132 3918 8131
3932 8090 3931 8089 3937 8075
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 250DEG 26KT 3911 8119
$$
052 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KRLX 161923
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
323 PM EDT SAT MAY 16 2009
WVC017-085-161945-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090516T1945Z/
DODDRIDGE WV-RITCHIE WV-
323 PM EDT SAT MAY 16 2009
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR RITCHIE AND SOUTHWESTERN DODDRIDGE COUNTIES...
AT 321 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR HARRISVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BEREA...PULLMAN...PENNSBORO...GREENWOOD...SMITHBURG...GROVE AND WEST
UNION
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...AS IT BROUGHT
DOWN TREES IN WIRT COUNTY. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
&&
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3914 8067 3905 8112 3905 8116 3921 8123
3935 8076
TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 251DEG 29KT 3916 8106
$$
15000
WWUS51 KRLX 161933
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
333 PM EDT SAT MAY 16 2009
WVC017-085-161945-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090516T1945Z/
DODDRIDGE WV-RITCHIE WV-
333 PM EDT SAT MAY 16 2009
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN RITCHIE AND WEST CENTRAL DODDRIDGE COUNTIES...
AT 331 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR PULLMAN...OR 7 MILES EAST OF HARRISVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
GREENWOOD...SMITHBURG AND WEST UNION
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3933 8075 3919 8069 3911 8098 3926 8106
3930 8093 3931 8089 3932 8086 3935 8077
TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 247DEG 34KT 3923 8090
$$
15The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 9:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mingo | 25 min |
| May 16, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Harrison, Taylor | 37 min |
| May 16, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Ritchie | 48 min |
| May 16, 4:12 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | RLX | 12 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009
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.