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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Charleston, WV

May 30, 20094 counties in West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2009, 8:20 PM EDT for 4 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 40 min. 2 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 30, 2009, 8:20 PM EDT (00:20 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2009, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cabell County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Wayne County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 30, 8:21 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	East Lynn, WV
May 30, 8:40 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	Midkiff, WV

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

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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 207 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

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The text

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

000 
WWUS51 KRLX 310100
SVSRLX

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

WVC011-043-045-099-310108-
/O.CAN.KRLX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090531T0100Z/
LOGAN WV-CABELL WV-WAYNE WV-LINCOLN WV-
800 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LINCOLN...EAST CENTRAL 
WAYNE...EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL CABELL AND NORTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTIES 
IS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO
LONGER POSES A TORNADIC THREAT...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS 
BEEN CANCELED. HOWEVER OTHER WEAKER THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM OR MOVE 
INTO THE AREA MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND PEA SIZE HAIL...AND COULD 
INTENSIFY INTO SEVERE OR TORNADIC STORMS.

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.

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 3828 8232 3820 8189 3815 8192 3814 8194
      3811 8194 3808 8197 3805 8197 3794 8203
      3815 8245
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 297DEG 21KT 3811 8205

$$

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1 follow-up statement

000 
WFUS51 KRLX 310020
TORRLX
WVC011-043-045-099-310100-
/O.NEW.KRLX.TO.W.0005.090531T0020Z-090531T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
820 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL CABELL COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  NORTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  EAST CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 820 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF EAST LYNN LAKE...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BEECH FORK
  STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  KIAHSVILLE...RANGER...GILL...SPURLOCKVILLE...HARTS AND CHAPMANVILLE

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 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 3828 8232 3820 8189 3815 8192 3814 8194
      3811 8194 3808 8197 3805 8197 3794 8203
      3815 8245
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 292DEG 18KT 3824 8230

$$

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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, 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, 2:02 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

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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.