Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 2011, 4:36 PM EDT for Buchanan County, Dickenson County, Virginia. It was in force for 54 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
- Apr 25, 2011, 4:36 PM EDT (20:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2011, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Buchanan County, VA, Dickenson County, VA
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 4:45 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Clintwood, VA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 244 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1482 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
755
WUUS51 KRLX 252036
SVRRLX
VAC027-051-252130-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0101.110425T2036Z-110425T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
436 PM EDT MON APR 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BUCHANAN COUNTY IN VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GRUNDY...
DICKENSON COUNTY IN VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...JOHN FLANNAGAN LAKE...HAYSI...
CLINTWOOD...BREAKS INTERSTATE PARK...
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 434 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
CLINTWOOD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BIG
ROCK.
.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
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 3703 8248 3714 8255 3724 8248 3727 8235
3748 8206 3741 8192 3739 8193 3736 8193
3698 8241
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 220DEG 28KT 3710 8243
$$
092 follow-up statements
899
WWUS51 KRLX 252053
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
453 PM EDT MON APR 25 2011
VAC027-051-252130-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-110425T2130Z/
DICKENSON VA-BUCHANAN VA-
453 PM EDT MON APR 25 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN BUCHANAN AND DICKENSON COUNTIES...
AT 449 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR MCCLURE...OR NEAR CLINTWOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CLINCHCO...JOHN FLANNAGAN LAKE...HAYSI...BREAKS INTERSTATE PARK...
GRUNDY...BIG ROCK...STACY...ROSEANN AND HURLEY
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3703 8248 3714 8255 3724 8248 3727 8235
3748 8206 3741 8192 3739 8193 3736 8193
3698 8241
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 220DEG 28KT 3714 8236
$$
09142
WWUS51 KRLX 252125
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
525 PM EDT MON APR 25 2011
VAC027-051-252135-
/O.EXP.KRLX.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-110425T2130Z/
DICKENSON VA-BUCHANAN VA-
525 PM EDT MON APR 25 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BUCHANAN AND
DICKENSON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM EDT...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND NO LONGER POSES A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...THUS THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER THE
THUNDERSTORM MAY STILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
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 3703 8248 3714 8255 3724 8248 3727 8235
3748 8206 3741 8192 3739 8193 3736 8193
3698 8241
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 220DEG 28KT 3732 8216
$$
09The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 2:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Dickenson | 50 min |
| Apr 25, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 27 min |
| Apr 25, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 47 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.