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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Charleston, WV

May 30, 2009Lincoln County, Mingo County, Wayne County, West Virginia; Lawrence County, Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2009, 11:26 PM EDT for Lincoln County, Mingo County, Wayne County, West Virginia; Lawrence County, Kentucky. It was in force for 94 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 30, 2009, 11:26 PM EDT (03:26 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2009, 1:00 AM EDT
In force: 94 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Lawrence County, KY, Lincoln County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Wayne County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:25 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 30, 11:41 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Charley, KY

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 15 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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 30, 4:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 199 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: 500 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1374 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 246 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 4.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KRLX 310326
SVRRLX
KYC127-WVC043-059-099-310500-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0049.090531T0326Z-090531T0500Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1126 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BLAINE...
  SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  NORTHWESTERN MINGO COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 100 AM EDT

* AT 1116 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  MARTHA...OR 8 MILES WEST OF BLAINE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  CHARLEY...ULYSSES...DUNLOW AND KIAHSVILLE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 MIDNIGHT EDT
SUNDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL
VIRGINIA AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3812 8219 3797 8219 3786 8217 3781 8235
      3787 8243 3789 8244 3793 8250 3795 8251
      3795 8256 3792 8260 3796 8283 3800 8296
      3806 8298
TIME...MOT...LOC 0327Z 268DEG 23KT 3800 8292

$$

08

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KRLX 310359
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1159 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2009

KYC127-WVC043-059-099-310500-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-090531T0500Z/
LAWRENCE KY-WAYNE WV-LINCOLN WV-MINGO WV-
1159 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...AND NORTHWESTERN MINGO...
SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN AND SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA...

AT 1157 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR CLIFFORD...OR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF INEZ...MOVING EAST AT
30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DUNLOW...CRUM...HODE...KIAHSVILLE...WILSONDALE...BREEDEN AND DINGESS

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT SUNDAY
MORNING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA
AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.

&&

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 3812 8219 3797 8219 3786 8217 3781 8235
      3787 8243 3789 8244 3793 8250 3795 8251
      3795 8256 3792 8260 3796 8283 3800 8296
      3806 8298
TIME...MOT...LOC 0359Z 289DEG 25KT 3794 8256

$$

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000 
WWUS51 KRLX 310451
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1251 AM EDT SUN MAY 31 2009

KYC127-WVC043-059-099-310501-
/O.EXP.KRLX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-090531T0500Z/
LAWRENCE KY-WAYNE WV-LINCOLN WV-MINGO WV-
1251 AM EDT SUN MAY 31 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN
KENTUCKY...AND NORTHWESTERN MINGO...SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN AND SOUTHERN
WAYNE COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA HAS EXPIRED...

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT SUNDAY
MORNING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA
AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.

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 3812 8219 3797 8219 3786 8217 3781 8235
      3787 8243 3789 8244 3793 8250 3795 8251
      3795 8256 3792 8260 3796 8283 3800 8296
      3806 8298
TIME...MOT...LOC 0451Z 289DEG 25KT 3781 8213

$$

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 30, 7:35 PM EDT, 3 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 7:35 PM EDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
735 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2009

.SYNOPSIS...
A LOW PRESSURE CENTER MOVES ACROSS TONIGHT.  A COLD FRONT CROSSES
SUNDAY MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
NEXT COLD MOVES IN TUESDAY NIGHT OR WEDNESDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/...
SHOWERS ALONG FRONT THAT WASHED OUT ACROSS CNTRL WV TODAY HAVE NOT
COMPLETELY GONE AWAY...WITH NEW SHOWERS ALREADY FORMING ALONG THIS
AXIS IN THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE CWA.  EXPECT ACTIVITY WILL
CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN THE AFTERNOON HEATING AND IN ADVANCE OF WEAK
LOW PRESSURE APPROACHING FROM W KY...ACROSS THE SW PORTION OF THE
CWA...THEN WORKING E THIS EVENING.

MODELS HAVE BACKED OFF ON PW VALUES AND INSTABILITY...WITH THE
JUICIEST AIR TO THE W.  FREEZING LEVEL AND STRENGTH OF FLOW CAN
STILL SUPPORT MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL AND WIND IN AND NEAR NE KY
WHERE SLT RISK IS.  USED NEWLY WRITTEN EDIT AREA FROM MODEL
PARAMETER TOOL TO HELP WITH PLACEMENT AND TIMING OF HIGHEST POPS AND
BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS.  MODELS SHOW PRECIPITATION HANGING ON
A LITTLE LONGER IN THE MOUNTAINS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS A COLD
FRONT MOVES IN FROM THE N.

HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO BUILD INTO THE AREA BEHIND THE FRONT SUNDAY
AFTERNOON BRINGING ABOUT CLEARING.

GUIDANCE LOOKS REASONABLE FOR TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...WITH A BLEND
WHERE DIFFERENCES SHOW UP IN A HTS-CRW-EKN AXIS SUNDAY.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...
FIRST PART OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD WILL REMAIN DRY AS UPPER LEVEL
RIDGING OVER THE SE U.S. REMAINS IN CONTROL. THIS WILL CREATE MOSTLY
SUNNY SKIES...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME AFTERNOON CU...AND WARMER
TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE WORK WEEK.
HUMIDITY WILL ALSO BE ON THE INCREASE EARLY IN THE EXTENDED AS THE
SURFACE HIGH SHIFTS TO THE EAST...AND FLOW BECOMES MORE
SOUTHWESTERLY.

&&

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
NAM CONTINUES TO BE FASTER WITH THE FRONT NEXT WEEK. HOWEVER...HAVE
CONTINUED TO TREND THE FORECAST MORE TOWARDS THE GFS WHICH IS SLOWER
WITH THE BREAK DOWN OF THE RIDGE...BRINGING THE FRONT INTO THE
REGION TUESDAY NIGHT/EARLY WEDNESDAY...AND THEN SLOWLY SAGGING SOUTH
OF THE REGION.  THIS WILL BRING A RETURN OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION ONCE AGAIN. MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA
WILL BEGIN TO DRY OUT TOWARDS THE END OF THE WORK WEEK...ALTHOUGH
HAVE CONTINUED TO MAINTAIN AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF POPS IN THE
FORECAST...MAINLY IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CWA AND OVER THE
HIGHER TERRAIN...AS DISTURBANCES CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE FLOW.
MODELS INDICATE ANOTHER FRONT MOVING INTO THE REGION AT THE END OF
THE EXTENDED PERIOD.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
COLD FRONT TO SAG DOWN ACROSS SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA TONIGHT AND
SUNDAY. SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH MVFR TO IFR CONDTIONS
WILL BE COMMON THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. MVFR OR WORSE LOW CLOUDS
ARE LIKELY TO FORM ESPECIALLY IN PLACES WHERE IT RAINS THIS
EVENING. FOG IS ALSO POSSIBLE...HAVE CONTINUED MVFR AT EKN. THE COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH AND OUT OF THE REGION ON SUNDAY
POSSIBLY KEEPING PRECIPITATION IN THE MOUNTAINS FOR A LITTLE
LONGER. MORNING LOW STRATUS IS LIKELY TO AFFECT MOUNTAINS SUNDAY
MORNING BUT...BY MIDDAY...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL WITH HIGH
PRESSURE MOVING IN.

AVIATION OUTLOOK /BEYOND 00Z SUNDAY/...
NO SIGNIFICANT WX EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

&&

.RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WV...NONE.
OH...NONE.
KY...NONE.
VA...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...TRM/SL/ESS/RPY
NEAR TERM...TRM
SHORT TERM...ESS
LONG TERM...SL
AVIATION...JS

Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 9:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
936 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2009

OHZ066-067-075-076-WVZ009>011-017>020-028>032-038>040-046-047-010145-
PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-WIRT-CALHOUN-
RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-WEBSTER-
UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
936 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO AND MUCH OF
NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>008-013>016-024>027-
033>037-010145-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-
LAWRENCE OH-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-LINCOLN-
PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-
FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-
936 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2009

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 316 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST
OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

TRM

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 30, 10:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
1006 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0952 PM     HAIL             HUNTINGTON              38.40N 82.36W
05/30/2009  U1.00 INCH       CABELL             WV   PUBLIC

&&

NNNN

Local storm report, May 30, 10:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
1015 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0954 PM     HAIL             BARBOURSVILLE           38.39N 82.24W
05/30/2009  U1.75 INCH       CABELL             WV   PUBLIC

&&

NNNN

Local storm report, May 30, 10:27 PM EDT, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
1027 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0824 PM     HAIL             HERNSHAW                38.19N 81.60W
05/30/2009  U0.75 INCH       KANAWHA            WV   PUBLIC

&&

NNNN

Local storm report, May 30, 11:03 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
1103 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0936 PM     HAIL             CHESAPEAKE              38.49N 82.45W
05/30/2009  U1.00 INCH       LAWRENCE           OH   PUBLIC

&&

NNNN

Local storm report, May 30, 11:11 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
1111 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1055 PM     HAIL             VIENNA                  39.33N 81.54W
05/30/2009  U0.25 INCH       WOOD               WV   PUBLIC

            EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
            1040 PM 05/30/2009 AND 1055 PM 05/30/2009

&&

NNNN

Local storm report, May 30, 11:25 PM EDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
1125 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1058 PM     HAIL             RAVENSWOOD              38.94N 81.72W
05/30/2009  U0.25 INCH       JACKSON            WV   PUBLIC

&&

NNNN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 8:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Mason	90 min
May 30, 8:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Cabell, Lincoln, Logan, Wayne	83 min
May 30, 8:20 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Cabell, Lincoln, Logan, Wayne	40 min
May 30, 9:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell	58 min
May 30, 9:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam, Wayne	73 min
May 30, 10:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Gilmer, Roane, Wirt	37 min
May 30, 10:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln	84 min
May 30, 10:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wirt, Wood	38 min
May 30, 11:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis, Ritchie	31 min
May 30, 11:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Clay, Jackson, Roane	62 min
May 31, 12:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Roane, Wirt, Wood	32 min
May 31, 12:40 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Clay, Kanawha, Putnam, Roane	65 min
May 31, 1:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wayne	48 min
May 31, 1:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Logan, Mingo	56 min
May 31, 1:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Raleigh, Wyoming	55 min
May 31, 2:02 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	McDowell, Wyoming	43 min
May 31, 2:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming	59 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2009 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2009 Every 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.