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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Charleston, WV

May 31, 2009McDowell County, Wyoming County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2009, 2:02 AM EDT for McDowell County, Wyoming County, West Virginia. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 31, 2009, 2:02 AM EDT (06:02 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2009, 2:45 AM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties McDowell County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:03 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 30, 4:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 189 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: 79 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1500 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 31, 1:36 AM EDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 1:36 AM EDT, 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 12:26 AM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1226 AM EDT SUN MAY 31 2009

OHZ066-067-075-076-WVZ010-011-038-046-047-010430-
PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-PLEASANTS-TYLER-WEBSTER-POCAHONTAS-
RANDOLPH-
1226 AM EDT SUN MAY 31 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>009-013>020-024>037-039-
040-010430-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-
LAWRENCE OH-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-
LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-
LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-
WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-
1226 AM EDT SUN MAY 31 2009

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 316 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT EARLY THIS
MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND 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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 31, 12:07 AM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
1207 AM EDT SUN MAY 31 2009

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

1141 PM     HAIL             CHARLEY                 37.98N 82.59W
05/30/2009  U1.00 INCH       LAWRENCE           KY   PUBLIC

&&

NNNN

Special weather statement, May 31, 12:31 AM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1231 AM EDT SUN MAY 31 2009

WVZ006>008-014>016-310530-
CABELL-JACKSON-KANAWHA-MASON-PUTNAM-ROANE-
1231 AM EDT SUN MAY 31 2009

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN CABELL...NORTHERN
KANAWHA...PUTNAM...ROANE...SOUTHERN JACKSON AND SOUTHERN MASON
COUNTIES...

AT 1230 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR BUFFALO...MOVING EAST AT
35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR ELEANOR AROUND 1240 AM...WINFIELD...AND TEAYS
VALLEY AROUND 1245 AM...BANCROFT AROUND 1250 AM...POCA...AND NITRO
AROUND 1255 AM...LIBERTY...CROSS LANES...AND INSTITUTE AROUND 100 AM
AND DUNBAR AROUND 105 AM.

PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

08

Local storm report, May 31, 12:49 AM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
1249 AM EDT SUN MAY 31 2009

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

1240 AM     TSTM WND DMG     LENORE                  37.81N 82.23W
05/31/2009                   MINGO              WV   PUBLIC

            ROUGHLY 7 INCH DIAMETER BRANCH BROKEN.

&&

NNNN

Local storm report, May 31, 12:58 AM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1258 AM EDT SUN MAY 31 2009

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

1145 PM     HAIL             8 E WEST UNION          39.30N 80.63W
05/30/2009  E0.88 INCH       DODDRIDGE          WV   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ALONG RT50 NEAR SALEM

&&

JS

Local storm report, May 31, 1:21 AM EDT, 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 31, 1:43 AM EDT, 19 minutes before

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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 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, 11:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lincoln, Mingo, Wayne	94 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, 2:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming	59 min
May 30, 10:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton	43 min
May 30, 11:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton	38 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.