Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2011, 9:36 PM EDT for 9 counties in Ohio; 11 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 54 min. 4 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 23, 2011, 9:36 PM EDT (01:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2011, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Athens County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Perry County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Washington County, OH, Cabell County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Mason County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:40 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 23, 9:51 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mcconnelsville, OH | TREE DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 9 NEAR MCCONNELSVILLE |
| May 23, 9:52 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Malta, OH | TREE DOWN ON STATE ROUTE 37 NEAR MALTA |
| May 23, 10:16 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Davisville, WV | POWER LINE DOWN ON WOODSTONE ROAD |
| May 23, 10:16 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ona, WV | POWER LINES DOWN |
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 23, 8:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 729 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1494 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 5.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS51 KRLX 240136
SVRRLX
OHC009-053-079-087-105-115-127-163-167-WVC011-035-039-043-053-073-
079-085-087-105-107-240230-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0166.110524T0136Z-110524T0230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
936 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CABELL COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON...
JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF RIPLEY...
NORTHWESTERN KANAWHA COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NITRO...
NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HAMLIN...
MASON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF POINT PLEASANT...
PLEASANTS COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WINFIELD...
EXTREME WEST CENTRAL RITCHIE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN ROANE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
WESTERN WIRT COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ELIZABETH...
WOOD COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PARKERSBURG...
ATHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NELSONVILLE...GLOUSTER...COOLVILLE...
ATHENS...ALBANY...
GALLIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RIO GRANDE...GALLIPOLIS...
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PROCTORVILLE...LAKE VESUVIUS...
IRONTON...COAL GROVE...CHESAPEAKE...
MEIGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RUTLAND...RACINE...POMEROY...FORKED
RUN STATE PARK...
MORGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MCCONNELSVILLE...CHESTERHILL...
PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SOMERSET...SHAWNEE...PERRY STATE
FOREST...NEW LEXINGTON...
SOUTHEASTERN VINTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MARIETTA...BEVERLY...BELPRE...
* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
* AT 935 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTH OF PERRY STATE
FOREST TO GLOUSTER TO ALBANY TO COAL GROVE...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES WEST OF ZANESVILLE TO GLOUSTER TO ALBANY TO
ASHLAND...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MASON...NEW HAVEN...BARBOURSVILLE...TUPPERS PLAINS...ONA...
MILTON...WASHINGTON...BUFFALO...RAVENSWOOD...CULLODEN...LUBECK...
HURRICANE...ELEANOR...VIENNA...SANDYVILLE...BOAZ...MINERALWELLS...
TEAYS VALLEY...WILLIAMSTOWN...TORNADO...POCA...KENNA AND BELMONT.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 7 AND 47 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND
17 IN OHIO...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 123 AND 186 IN WEST VIRGINIA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 200 AM EDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL
WEST VIRGINIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3991 8217 3983 8216 3982 8208 3978 8207
3976 8164 3959 8158 3959 8149 3965 8145
3961 8127 3957 8122 3918 8127 3816 8197
3846 8261 3855 8272 3915 8231 3948 8224
3948 8217 3955 8217 3956 8225 3992 8234
TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 270DEG 40KT 3992 8214 3950 8209
3915 8217 3844 8258
$$
263 follow-up statements
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WWUS51 KRLX 240200
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1000 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011
OHC009-053-079-087-105-115-127-163-167-WVC011-035-039-043-053-073-
079-085-087-105-107-240230-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-110524T0230Z/
ATHENS OH-GALLIA OH-JACKSON OH-LAWRENCE OH-MEIGS OH-MORGAN OH-
PERRY OH-VINTON OH-WASHINGTON OH-PUTNAM WV-PLEASANTS WV-MASON WV-
LINCOLN WV-KANAWHA WV-JACKSON WV-CABELL WV-WIRT WV-WOOD WV-ROANE WV-
RITCHIE WV-
1000 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
FOR WASHINGTON...SOUTHEASTERN VINTON...PERRY...MORGAN...MEIGS...
LAWRENCE...SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON...GALLIA AND ATHENS COUNTIES IN
SOUTHEAST OHIO...AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL RITCHIE...NORTHWESTERN
ROANE...WOOD...WESTERN WIRT...CABELL...JACKSON...NORTHWESTERN
KANAWHA...NORTHERN LINCOLN...MASON...PLEASANTS AND PUTNAM COUNTIES IN
WEST VIRGINIA...
AT 953 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTH OF EAGLEPORT
TO CHESTERHILL TO TUPPERS PLAINS TO PEA RIDGE MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ONA...REEDSVILLE...BEVERLY...SOUTHSIDE...WASHINGTON...FRAZIERS
BOTTOM...RAVENSWOOD...BELPRE...HURRICANE...PARKERSBURG...SANDYVILLE..
.WINFIELD...RIPLEY...MARIETTA...TEAYS VALLEY...TORNADO...NITRO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...WITH NUMEROUS
REPORTS COMING IN OF TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL
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 3991 8217 3983 8216 3982 8208 3978 8207
3976 8164 3959 8158 3959 8149 3965 8145
3961 8127 3957 8122 3918 8127 3816 8197
3846 8261 3855 8272 3915 8231 3948 8224
3948 8217 3955 8217 3956 8225 3992 8234
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 267DEG 59KT 3993 8178 3951 8173
3916 8181 3845 8223
$$
30444
WWUS51 KRLX 240210
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1010 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011
OHC079-127-163-240218-
/O.CAN.KRLX.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-110524T0230Z/
JACKSON OH-PERRY OH-VINTON OH-
1010 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN VINTON...PERRY
AND SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST OHIO IS CANCELLED...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL
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 3968 8164 3967 8161 3959 8158 3959 8149
3964 8145 3960 8134 3961 8127 3958 8126
3957 8122 3918 8127 3816 8197 3844 8256
3930 8190 3976 8186 3976 8164
TIME...MOT...LOC 0208Z 267DEG 59KT 3994 8154 3952 8149
3917 8157 3842 8228
$$
OHC009-053-087-105-115-167-WVC011-035-039-043-053-073-079-085-087-
105-107-240230-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-110524T0230Z/
ATHENS OH-GALLIA OH-LAWRENCE OH-MEIGS OH-MORGAN OH-WASHINGTON OH-
PUTNAM WV-PLEASANTS WV-MASON WV-LINCOLN WV-KANAWHA WV-JACKSON WV-
CABELL WV-WIRT WV-WOOD WV-ROANE WV-RITCHIE WV-
1010 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
FOR WASHINGTON...EASTERN MORGAN...EASTERN MEIGS...SOUTHEASTERN
LAWRENCE...SOUTHEASTERN GALLIA AND EASTERN ATHENS COUNTIES IN
SOUTHEAST OHIO...AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL RITCHIE...NORTHWESTERN
ROANE...WOOD...WESTERN WIRT...CABELL...JACKSON...NORTHWESTERN
KANAWHA...NORTHERN LINCOLN...MASON...PLEASANTS AND PUTNAM COUNTIES IN
WEST VIRGINIA...
AT 1003 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES NORTH OF BRISTOL TO
BEVERLY TO BELLEVILLE TO PROCTORVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PARKERSBURG...RAVENSWOOD...SOUTHSIDE...MINERALWELLS...ONA...MARIETTA.
..MILTON...HAMLIN...SANDYVILLE...RIPLEY..BELMONT...HURRICANE...TEAYS
VALLEY...TORNADO...POCA AND NITRO
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 8 AND 47 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND
16 IN OHIO...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 123 AND 186 IN WEST VIRGINIA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL
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 3968 8164 3967 8161 3959 8158 3959 8149
3964 8145 3960 8134 3961 8127 3958 8126
3957 8122 3918 8127 3816 8197 3844 8256
3930 8190 3976 8186 3976 8164
TIME...MOT...LOC 0208Z 267DEG 59KT 3994 8154 3952 8149
3917 8157 3842 8228
$$
30507
WWUS51 KRLX 240223
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1023 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011
OHC009-053-087-105-115-167-WVC011-035-039-043-053-073-079-085-087-
105-107-240233-
/O.EXP.KRLX.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-110524T0230Z/
ATHENS OH-GALLIA OH-LAWRENCE OH-MEIGS OH-MORGAN OH-WASHINGTON OH-
PUTNAM WV-PLEASANTS WV-MASON WV-LINCOLN WV-KANAWHA WV-JACKSON WV-
CABELL WV-WIRT WV-WOOD WV-ROANE WV-RITCHIE WV-
1023 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WASHINGTON...EASTERN MORGAN...
EASTERN MEIGS...SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE...SOUTHEASTERN GALLIA AND
EASTERN ATHENS COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL
RITCHIE...NORTHWESTERN ROANE...WOOD...WESTERN WIRT...CABELL...
JACKSON...NORTHWESTERN KANAWHA...NORTHERN LINCOLN...MASON...PLEASANTS
AND PUTNAM COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA WILL EXPIRE AT 1030 PM EDT...
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 8 AND 47 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND
16 IN OHIO...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 123 AND 186 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. HOWEVER...WINDS
COULD STILL GUST TO 40 MPH AS THE LINE MOVES EAST OF THE OHIO RIVER.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL
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 3968 8164 3967 8161 3959 8158 3959 8149
3964 8145 3960 8134 3961 8127 3958 8126
3957 8122 3918 8127 3816 8197 3844 8256
3930 8190 3976 8186 3976 8164
TIME...MOT...LOC 0223Z 267DEG 59KT 3995 8122 3953 8117
3918 8125 3844 8197
$$
30The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 8:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Perry and 1 more | 64 min |
| May 23, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Perry | 55 min |
| May 23, 9:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Gallia, Lawrence | 5 hr |
| May 23, 9:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne | 58 min |
| May 23, 10:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell | 56 min |
| May 23, 10:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell | 114 min |
| May 23, 11:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Gilmer and 6 more | 83 min |
| May 23, 11:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha, Lincoln | 41 min |
| May 24, 12:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur, Webster | 42 min |
| May 24, 12:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lincoln, Wayne | 40 min |
| May 24, 5:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton | 23 min |
| May 24, 8:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell | 34 min |
| May 24, 9:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell | 32 min |
| May 24, 9:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell | 50 min |
| May 24, 12:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Webster | 37 min |
| May 24, 1:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | McDowell | 6 hr |
| May 24, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell | 75 min |
| May 24, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour | 61 min |
| May 24, 6:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Lewis, Randolph, Upshur | 2 hr |
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.