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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Charleston, WV

May 14, 2010Jackson County, Roane County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at May 14, 2010, 4:34 PM EDT for Jackson County, Roane County, West Virginia. It was in force for 26 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 14, 2010, 4:34 PM EDT (20:34 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2010, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Jackson County, WV, Roane County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 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 14, 4:35 PM EDTHAIL 1.25Fairplain, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 14, 2:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 203 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2010-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1204 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2010-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1204 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
546 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

400 
WFUS51 KRLX 142034
TORRLX
WVC035-087-142100-
/O.NEW.KRLX.TO.W.0002.100514T2034Z-100514T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
434 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  CENTRAL ROANE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SPENCER...

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 432 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR KENNA...OR
  7 MILES SOUTH OF RIPLEY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  STATTS MILLS...KENTUCK...GAY...HARMONY...LOONEYVILLE...GANDEEVILLE
  AND WALTON..

THIS WILL IMPACT

I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 122 AND 136 IN WEST VIRGINIA.

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.

PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES...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 900 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3882 8124 3859 8126 3862 8170 3869 8175
      3868 8178 3871 8181 3872 8181 3873 8180
      3875 8181 3881 8181
TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 272DEG 28KT 3872 8169

$$

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1 follow-up statement
896 
WWUS51 KRLX 142046
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
446 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010

WVC035-087-142100-
/O.CON.KRLX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100514T2100Z/
ROANE WV-JACKSON WV-
446 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
JACKSON AND CENTRAL ROANE COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA...

AT 441 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR STATTS MILLS...OR
9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RIPLEY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GAY...
HARMONY...LOONEYVILLE...GANDEEVILLE...WALTON AND SPENCER

THIS WILL IMPACT

I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 122 AND 137 IN WEST VIRGINIA.

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.

&&

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 3882 8124 3859 8126 3862 8170 3869 8175
      3868 8178 3871 8181 3872 8181 3873 8180
      3875 8181 3881 8181
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 272DEG 28KT 3871 8157

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 2:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Logan, Mingo, Wyoming39 min
May 14, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLogan, Mingo, Wyoming35 min
May 14, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Lewis, Upshur39 min
May 14, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMcDowell, Raleigh, Wyoming32 min
May 14, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMcDowell43 min
May 14, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWayne56 min
May 14, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Mason, Putnam, Roane63 min
May 14, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWayne85 min
May 14, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMason, Putnam43 min
May 14, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMcDowell31 min
May 14, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXDoddridge, Harrison, Taylor, Tyler55 min
May 14, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton, Calhoun, Clay, Nicholas, Roane, Webster61 min
May 14, 5:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMcDowell24 min
May 14, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam, Wayne81 min
May 14, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMcDowell40 min
May 14, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCabell, Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam, Roane45 min
May 14, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLincoln, Logan, Wayne72 min
May 14, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMcDowell46 min
May 14, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln73 min
May 14, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Roane, Webster31 min
May 14, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPocahontas, Randolph, Webster62 min
May 14, 6:34 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBoone116 min
May 14, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXDoddridge, Harrison, Tyler17 min
May 14, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPocahontas, Randolph, Webster68 min

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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.