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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 123, NWS Charleston, WV

May 10, 2011Fayette County, Kanawha County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2011, 5:19 PM EDT for Fayette County, Kanawha County, West Virginia. It was in force for 56 min. 3 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 10, 2011, 5:19 PM EDT (21:19 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2011, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Fayette County, WV, Kanawha County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 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
May 10, 5:28 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Charleston, WV
May 10, 6:08 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	Pratt, WV
May 10, 6:08 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Hugheston, WV

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 9 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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 10, 1:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 193 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1326 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 229 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

072 
WUUS51 KRLX 102119
SVRRLX
WVC019-039-102215-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0123.110510T2119Z-110510T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
519 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  KANAWHA COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHARLESTON...

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 517 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHARLESTON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  PINCH...COAL FORK...MARMET...BELLE...CHESAPEAKE...EAST BANK...CEDAR
  GROVE...GLASGOW...PRATT...MONTGOMERY...SMITHERS...BURNWELL...
  POWELLTON AND GAULEY BRIDGE.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 55 AND 57 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND
108 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 8...THE WEST
VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 60 AND 95.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO FALL FROM THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...AND
WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES
AND SMALL STREAMS.

PLEASE REPORT 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 800 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL
WEST VIRGINIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1100 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND CENTRAL
WEST VIRGINIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3796 8130 3830 8176 3848 8158 3829 8123
      3827 8123 3823 8118 3823 8113 3821 8111
      3820 8106
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 309DEG 17KT 3831 8160

$$

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1 follow-up statement

092 
WWUS51 KRLX 102151
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
551 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

WVC019-039-102215-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0123.000000T0000Z-110510T2215Z/
KANAWHA WV-FAYETTE WV-
551 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE AND KANAWHA COUNTIES...

AT 545 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EAST
BANK...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20
MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CEDAR
GROVE...GLASGOW...SHARON...PRATT...DAWES...POND GAP...HANDLEY...
ESKDALE...MONTGOMERY...SMITHERS...BURNWELL...POWELLTON AND GAULEY
BRIDGE

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 55 AND 57 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND
108 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 8...THE WEST
VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 60 AND 95.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL
WEST VIRGINIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1100 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND CENTRAL
WEST VIRGINIA.

IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING HAIL...HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL AND CAN 
CAUSE LOCALIZED WATER PROBLEMS.

&&

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 3830 8176 3848 8158 3830 8124 3827 8123
      3823 8118 3823 8113 3819 8108 3820 8106
      3796 8130
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 309DEG 17KT 3822 8145

$$

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 10, 2:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 2:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
244 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
EAST OF FRONT DEW POINTS AND INSTABILITY INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THIS EVENING.  THIS COMBINED WITH UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS KEEP THE
THREAT OF STORM TSTMS INTO THE EVENING.  WINDS THE PRIMARY ISSUE.
POPS LOWER TONIGHT AS SUNS ENERGY REMOVED.  SIMILAR PATTERN SETS UP
FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON EXCEPT THE PRESENCE OF STRONG DYNAMICS WILL
BE LESSENED.  AS A RESULT HAVE GONE WITH CHANCE POPS THEN.  KEPT
CLOSE TO GUIDANCE TEMPS RAISING MINS A BIT TONIGHT WITH HIGH DEW
POINTS AND CLOUD REMNANTS.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
FOCUS OF NEW MODEL RUNS CONTINUES TO BE OVER THE SW PORTION OF
FORECAST AREA. MADE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO HOURLY POP FORECAST
BUT KEPT THE SAME PATTERN.

&&

.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
QUASI-STATIONARY COLD FRONT REMAINS TO OUR SOUTHWEST AS WEAK WAVES
RIPPLE THROUGH BAROCLINIC ZONE THROUGH THE PERIOD. EXPECT SHOWER
DEVELOPMENT TO CONTINUE ALONG THE BOUNDARY...WITH DIURNAL
ENHANCEMENT. MODELS EACH HAVE THEIR OWN TAKE ON HOW THEY HANDLE
FRONT JUXTAPOSITION OF THE FRONT OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
HOWEVER...WHETHER FRONT WAGGLES NORTH OR SOUTH NEAR OUR FORECAST
AREA WILL PRIMARILY BE DRIVEN BY MESOSCALE PROCESS WHICH MODELS
MAY NOT BE HANDLING ALL THAT WELL. SO..BEST FORECAST APPROACH WAS
TO KEEP CHC POPS TRENDING HIGHER DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH
HIGHER CHANCES IN VICINITY OF THE FRONT.

FOR TEMPS...USED RAW CONSENSUS MOS VALUES WITH A FEW TWEAKS...
WHICH RESULTED IN LITTLE CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS FCSTED VALUES. MAIN
TWEAKS WERE TO KEEP OVERNIGHT MINS ON THE WARM SIDE OF MOS
VALUES...DUE TO THE LACK OF RADIATIONAL COOLING...AS RAGGED
SKIES DURING THE MORNING HOURS SHOULD HELP KEEP MORNING LOWS FROM
DIPPING MUCH. THIS TREND WAS ALSO FEATURED IN THE PREVIOUS
FORECAST PACKAGE.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
OVERALL PATTERN SHOWS LITTLE CHANGE. HOWEVER...MODELS DO PUSH
FRONTAL BOUNDARY EAST OF THE AREA BY SATURDAY MORNING AS AN AREA
OF LOW PRESSURE WORKS ITS WAY TO THE EAST. THE ECMWF CONTS TO BE
THE SLOWER OF THE MODELS IN PUSHING LOW PRESSURE AREA TO THE
EAST...AND BASED ON THE STAGNANT NATURE OF THE WX PATTERN...THE
MODEL OF CHOICE IS THE ECMWF IN HOW IT HANDLES OVERALL SYNOPTIC
PATTERN. USED HPC VALUES WITH MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO POPULATE
GRIDDED FCST.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS OVER SW PORTION OF FORECAST AREA INTO THIS
EVENING WITH STRONG GUSTS MOST LIKELY THE GREATEST THREAT.  CLOUD
BASES EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE 3000 FT EXCEPT MVFR IN THE CLOSE
VICINITY TO STORMS.  CLOUD REMNANTS EXPECTED TONIGHT SO HAVE
MINIMIZED FOG THREAT TO MVFR IN RIVER VALLEYS WITH SOME IFR TOWARDS
DAWN OVER SOUTHERN PORTION OF FORECAST AREA WHERE MOST PRECIPITATION
WILL OCCUR.  EVERYTHING IMPROVING TO VFR WEDNESDAY MORNING.

FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY...

FORECAST CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM.

ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: TIMING AND LOCATION OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS COULD VARY...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.

EXPERIMENTAL TABLE OF FLIGHT CATEGORY OBJECTIVELY SHOWS CONSISTENCY
OF WFO FORECAST TO AVAILABLE MODEL INFORMATION:
H = HIGH:   TAF CONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL.
M = MEDIUM: TAF HAS VARYING LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY WITH MODELS.
L = LOW:    TAF INCONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL.

UTC 1HRLY       18   19   20   21   22   23   00   01   02   03   04   05
EDT 1HRLY       14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   00   01
CRW CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    M
HTS CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
BKW CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    M    M    H    H
EKN CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    M
PKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
CKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H

AFTER 18Z WEDNESDAY...
NO WIDESPREAD IFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED ATTM.

&&

.RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WV...NONE.
OH...NONE.
KY...NONE.
VA...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...AAR
NEAR TERM...AAR
SHORT TERM...KMC
LONG TERM...KMC
AVIATION...AAR

Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 3:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
337 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

OHZ066-067-075-076-084-085-WVZ008>011-016>020-027>032-036>040-046-
047-111945-
PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-VINTON-MEIGS-JACKSON-WOOD-PLEASANTS-
TYLER-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-
HARRISON-TAYLOR-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-
RANDOLPH-
337 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO...CENTRAL WEST
VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ083-086-087-WVZ005>007-013>015-024>026-111945-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-GALLIA-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-
LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-
337 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 268 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN WEST
VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

VAZ003-004-WVZ033>035-111945-
DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-
337 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 269 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND
SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

TRM

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 10, 4:44 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
444 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0435 PM     HAIL             GREENUP                 38.53N 82.95W
05/10/2011  U0.75 INCH       GREENUP            KY   PUBLIC

            EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
            420 PM 05/10/2011 AND 435 PM 05/10/2011

&&

NNNN

Special weather statement, May 10, 4:49 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
449 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

WVZ007-008-014-015-102115-
JACKSON WV-KANAWHA WV-MASON WV-PUTNAM WV-
449 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN PUTNAM...NORTHWESTERN
KANAWHA...SOUTHERN JACKSON AND SOUTHERN MASON COUNTIES...

AT 445 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF POINT PLEASANT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL
FALL FROM THIS STORM...SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED A HALF INCH OF RAIN
FALLING IN 15 MINUTES. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE WATER TO POND ON
ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR GRIMMS LANDING AROUND 455 PM...FRAZIERS
BOTTOM AROUND 500 PM...ELEANOR AROUND 510 PM AND LIBERTY AROUND 515
PM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 55 AND 57 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 98 AND
125 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 13.

PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3883 8201 3862 8153 3858 8151 3855 8147
      3855 8139 3854 8138 3831 8162 3865 8216

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Local storm report, May 10, 4:55 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
455 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0449 PM     HAIL             ASHLAND                 38.42N 82.72W
05/10/2011  U1.00 INCH       BOYD               KY   PUBLIC

&&

NNNN

Local storm report, May 10, 4:57 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
457 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0436 PM     HAIL             GREENUP                 38.53N 82.95W
05/10/2011  U0.88 INCH       GREENUP            KY   PUBLIC

            EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
            421 PM 05/10/2011 AND 436 PM 05/10/2011

&&

NNNN

Special weather statement, May 10, 5:04 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
504 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

KYZ103-OHZ087-WVZ005-006-102145-
BOYD KY-CABELL WV-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE WV-
504 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT BOYD...NORTHERN WAYNE...SOUTHERN
LAWRENCE AND SOUTHWESTERN CABELL COUNTIES...

AT 459 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ASHLAND...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL
FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND
QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR CATLETTSBURG AROUND 510 PM...KENOVA...
CEREDO...AND SOUTH POINT AROUND 515 PM...BURLINGTON...BURLINGTON...
AND LOCKWOOD AROUND 520 PM...CHESAPEAKE AROUND 530 PM...HUNTINGTON
AROUND 535 PM AND LAVALETTE AROUND 540 PM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 182 AND 191 IN KENTUCKY...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 19
IN WEST VIRGINIA.

PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3845 8275 3850 8267 3854 8270 3855 8269
      3839 8219 3817 8232 3838 8279

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Local storm report, May 10, 5:17 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON, WV
517 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0424 PM     HAIL             4 NE GREENBO LAKE       38.54N  82.85W
05/10/2011  E1.75 INCH       GREENUP            KY   PUBLIC

            REPORTS OF GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL OUTSIDE OF ARGILLITE...
            KY.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1100574

ARB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 10, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wayne	47 min
May 10, 4:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Mason, Putnam	26 min
May 10, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Mason, Putnam	52 min
May 10, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Wayne	59 min
May 10, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Mason	66 min
May 10, 5:29 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Cabell, Wayne	10 hr
May 10, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Putnam	58 min
May 10, 5:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Mingo	35 min
May 10, 5:41 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Putnam	3 hr
May 10, 5:49 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Mason	10 hr
May 10, 5:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Putnam	38 min
May 10, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas, Raleigh	45 min
May 10, 6:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Wayne	39 min
May 10, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Kanawha, Mason, Putnam	36 min
May 10, 6:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell	67 min
May 10, 6:32 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas	119 min
May 10, 7:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Kanawha	29 min
May 10, 7:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Wayne	57 min
May 10, 7:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas, Roane	46 min
May 10, 7:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Mingo	36 min
May 10, 7:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Logan, Mingo, Wayne	45 min
May 10, 7:43 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne	8 hr
May 10, 7:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Fayette, Kanawha, Raleigh, Wyoming	47 min
May 10, 7:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Wayne	62 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.