Alert archive / West Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Charleston, WV
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.
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 14, 4:35 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | Fairplain, 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 14, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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
$$
121 follow-up statement
896
WWUS51 KRLX 142046
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
446 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010
WVC035-087-142100-
/O.CON.KRLX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100514T2100Z/
ROANE WV-JACKSON WV-
446 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
JACKSON AND CENTRAL ROANE COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA...
AT 441 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR STATTS MILLS...OR
9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RIPLEY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GAY...
HARMONY...LOONEYVILLE...GANDEEVILLE...WALTON AND SPENCER
THIS WILL IMPACT
I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 122 AND 137 IN WEST VIRGINIA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3882 8124 3859 8126 3862 8170 3869 8175
3868 8178 3871 8181 3872 8181 3873 8180
3875 8181 3881 8181
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 272DEG 28KT 3871 8157
$$
21The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan, Mingo, Wyoming | 39 min |
| May 14, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan, Mingo, Wyoming | 35 min |
| May 14, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Lewis, Upshur | 39 min |
| May 14, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Raleigh, Wyoming | 32 min |
| May 14, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell | 43 min |
| May 14, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 56 min |
| May 14, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Putnam, Roane | 63 min |
| May 14, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 85 min |
| May 14, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason, Putnam | 43 min |
| May 14, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell | 31 min |
| May 14, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Taylor, Tyler | 55 min |
| May 14, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Nicholas, Roane, Webster | 61 min |
| May 14, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell | 24 min |
| May 14, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam, Wayne | 81 min |
| May 14, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell | 40 min |
| May 14, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam, Roane | 45 min |
| May 14, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Logan, Wayne | 72 min |
| May 14, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell | 46 min |
| May 14, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln | 73 min |
| May 14, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Roane, Webster | 31 min |
| May 14, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 62 min |
| May 14, 6:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone | 116 min |
| May 14, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Tyler | 17 min |
| May 14, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 68 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.