Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Charleston, WV

May 16, 2009Doddridge County, Ritchie County, West Virginia

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.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 16, 3:10 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Se Macfarlan, WVTREES DOWN IN DUTCHMAN
May 16, 3:15 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGHarrisville, WVTREES DOWN
May 16, 3:15 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGWest Union, WVSOME TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN NEAR HWY 18.
May 16, 3:25 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGPennsboro, WVTREES 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2009-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 88 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2009-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 190 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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

$$

05
2 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

$$

15
000 
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

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 9:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMingo25 min
May 16, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXHarrison, Taylor37 min
May 16, 3:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXDoddridge, Harrison, Ritchie48 min
May 16, 4:12 PM EDTFreeze WatchRLX12 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.