Alert archive / West Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2009, 9:35 PM EDT for McDowell County, Wyoming County, West Virginia. It was in force for 10 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
- May 8, 2009, 9:35 PM EDT (01:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2009, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties McDowell County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 6:32 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS51 KRLX 090135
TORRLX
WVC047-109-090145-
/O.NEW.KRLX.TO.W.0004.090509T0135Z-090509T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
935 PM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT
* AT 934 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
NORTHFORK...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WELCH...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MAYBEURY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3728 8156 3746 8154 3745 8129 3741 8128
3741 8129 3740 8131 3734 8135 3731 8139
3729 8139 3727 8141
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 275DEG 34KT 3736 8143
$$
101 follow-up statement
000
WWUS51 KRLX 090146
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
946 PM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009
WVC047-109-090156-
/O.EXP.KRLX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090509T0145Z/
MCDOWELL WV-WYOMING WV-
946 PM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING AND EASTERN
MCDOWELL COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM WHICH
PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3728 8156 3746 8154 3745 8129 3741 8128
3741 8129 3740 8131 3734 8135 3731 8139
3729 8139 3727 8141
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 275DEG 34KT 3735 8143
$$
10The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 9:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 28 min |
| May 8, 9:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 4 hr |
| May 9, 1:24 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RLX | Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| May 9, 2:02 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Logan, Mingo, Wyoming | 9 hr |
| May 9, 4:04 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | McDowell | 7 hr |
| May 9, 6:36 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Raleigh | 9 hr |
| May 9, 7:11 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Mingo | 32 hr |
| May 9, 8:18 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Logan | 6 hr |
| May 9, 8:18 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Logan | 5 hr |
| May 9, 9:38 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Wyoming | 5 hr |
| May 9, 9:38 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| May 9, 9:38 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Mingo, Wayne | 36 hr |
| May 9, 9:43 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | McDowell | 4 hr |
| May 9, 10:58 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming | 5 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.