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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Charleston, WV

May 22, 2011Lawrence County, Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky; Wayne County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2011, 3:01 PM EDT for Lawrence County, Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky; Wayne County, West Virginia. It was in force for 59 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 22, 2011, 3:01 PM EDT (19:01 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2011, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lawrence County, OH, Wayne County, WV

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 22, 3:12 PM EDT	HAIL 0.5	6 Ese Bruin, KY

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

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 156 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: 460 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 720 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

423 
WUUS51 KRLX 221901
SVRRLX
KYC019-043-089-127-OHC087-WVC099-222000-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0149.110522T1901Z-110522T2000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
301 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BOYD COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CANNONSBURG...ASHLAND...
  EASTERN CARTER COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...GRAYSON LAKE STATE PARK...GRAYSON...
  SOUTHEASTERN GREENUP COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...
  NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF YATESVILLE LAKE STATE PARK...
  NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BEECH FORK STATE PARK...
  SOUTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...IRONTON...COAL GROVE...

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 254 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
  GRAYSON LAKE STATE PARK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  WEBBVILLE...DENTON...OLDTOWN...RUSH...GARNER...COALTON...
  PRINCESS...NAPLES...DURBIN...BURNAUGH...CENTERVILLE...
  CATLETTSBURG...KENOVA AND CEREDO.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 164 AND 191 IN KENTUCKY...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 5 IN
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 3859 8267 3842 8249 3841 8250 3837 8244
      3831 8237 3799 8295 3804 8300 3806 8296
      3811 8290 3817 8292 3817 8298 3819 8302
      3818 8306 3827 8317
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 239DEG 19KT 3819 8295

$$

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2 follow-up statements

034 
WWUS51 KRLX 221928
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
328 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

KYC019-043-089-127-OHC087-WVC099-222000-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0149.000000T0000Z-110522T2000Z/
LAWRENCE KY-BOYD KY-CARTER KY-GREENUP KY-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE WV-
328 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENUP...EASTERN CARTER...BOYD AND NORTH CENTRAL
LAWRENCE COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN
SOUTHEAST OHIO...AND NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

AT 324 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 RUSH...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CANNONSBURG...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PRINCESS...NAPLES...MAVITY...BUCHANAN...DURBIN...BURNAUGH...SUMMIT...
LOCKWOOD...CENTERVILLE...RACELAND...FLATWOODS...RUSSELL...WESTWOOD...
BELLEFONTE...ASHLAND...CATLETTSBURG...KENOVA...IRONTON...COAL
GROVE...SOUTH POINT...CEREDO...LAVALETTE...BURLINGTON AND BEECH FORK
STATE PARK

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 168 AND 191 IN KENTUCKY...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 5 IN
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 3835 8303 3859 8267 3842 8249 3841 8250
      3837 8244 3831 8238 3807 8282
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 239DEG 19KT 3834 8275

$$

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641 
WWUS51 KRLX 221956
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
356 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

KYC019-043-089-127-OHC087-WVC099-222006-
/O.EXP.KRLX.SV.W.0149.000000T0000Z-110522T2000Z/
LAWRENCE KY-BOYD KY-CARTER KY-GREENUP KY-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE WV-
356 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENUP...EASTERN
CARTER...BOYD AND NORTH CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY...AND
SOUTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...AND NORTHWESTERN
WAYNE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA WILL EXPIRE AT 400 PM EDT...

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 168 AND 191 IN KENTUCKY...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 5 IN
WEST VIRGINIA.

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. 

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 3835 8303 3859 8267 3842 8249 3841 8250
      3837 8244 3831 8238 3807 8282
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 239DEG 19KT 3842 8259

$$

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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 22, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lawrence	64 min
May 22, 5:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Vinton	24 min
May 22, 5:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton, Washington	53 min
May 22, 6:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lawrence	57 min
May 22, 7:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Vinton	37 min
May 22, 7:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Jackson, Vinton	31 min
May 22, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boyd, Carter	27 min
May 22, 4:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boyd, Carter, Lawrence	63 min
May 22, 5:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lawrence	56 min
May 22, 6:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lawrence	26 min
May 22, 4:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam, Wayne	54 min
May 22, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	McDowell, Wyoming	65 min
May 22, 4:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Lincoln, Putnam, Wayne	53 min
May 22, 6:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Wayne	35 min
May 22, 7:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Raleigh and 2 more	56 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2011 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2011 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2011 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.