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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Charleston, WV

February 28, 20114 counties in Kentucky; Wayne County, West Virginia; Lawrence County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 28, 2011, 6:19 AM EST for 4 counties in Kentucky; Wayne County, West Virginia; Lawrence County, Ohio. 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
Feb 28, 2011, 6:19 AM EST (11:19 UTC)
Expired
Feb 28, 2011, 7:15 AM EST
In force
56 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), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:22 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 28, 7:20 AM ESTTSTM WND DMG1 W Grayson, KYREPORTS OF TREES DOWN IN COUNTY
Feb 28, 7:22 AM ESTTSTM WND DMG1 Ne Ashland, KYTREES DOWN
Feb 28, 7:25 AM ESTTSTM WND DMGAshland, KYROOF OFF PART OF A HOME ON BEECH STREET. INCLUDED PHOTO ON WSAZ WEB SITE.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 28, 5:47 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 139 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2011-02-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2011-02-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 325 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
539 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
325 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
380 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

419 
WUUS51 KRLX 281119
SVRRLX
KYC019-043-089-127-OHC087-WVC099-281215-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0002.110228T1119Z-110228T1215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
619 AM EST MON FEB 28 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...
  CARTER COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OLIVE HILL...GRAYSON LAKE STATE
  PARK...GRAYSON...CARTER CAVES STATE PARK...
  GREENUP COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...YATESVILLE LAKE STATE PARK...
  LOUISA...BLAINE...
  WEST CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  WESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...IRONTON...COAL GROVE...

* UNTIL 715 AM EST

* AT 612 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 38
  MILES WEST OF OLIVE HILL...OR 26 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOREHEAD...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  GESLING...LETITIA...LOAD...MARTHA...OLDTOWN...GREENBO LAKE...
  WEBBVILLE...DENTON...GREENUP...ULYSSES...RUSH...PRINCESS...
  NAPLES...DURBIN...COALTON...CHARLEY...GARNER AND FORT GAY.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-64 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
150 AND 190 IN KENTUCKY.

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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EST MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND
CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
900 AM EST MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO.

&&

LAT...LON 3836 8324 3842 8325 3871 8304 3875 8292
      3873 8286 3858 8283 3860 8276 3868 8278
      3875 8267 3796 8253 3788 8262 3800 8295
      3798 8302 3812 8290 3818 8293 3819 8306
      3827 8316 3819 8327 3827 8333 3833 8334
TIME...MOT...LOC 1116Z 269DEG 48KT 3838 8379

$$

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1 follow-up statement
462 
WWUS51 KRLX 281152
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
652 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011

KYC019-043-089-127-OHC087-WVC099-281215-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110228T1215Z/
GREENUP KY-CARTER KY-BOYD KY-LAWRENCE KY-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE WV-
652 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM EST
FOR LAWRENCE...BOYD...CARTER AND GREENUP COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY...AND
WESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...AND WEST CENTRAL WAYNE
COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

AT 648 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF GLOBE...OR 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF OLIVE HILL...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CARTER...CARTER CAVES STATE PARK...GESLING...BRUSHART...GRAHN...
GRAYSON LAKE STATE PARK...LETITIA...WARNOCK...LOAD...SOUTH SHORE...
GRAYSON...MARTHA...HITCHINS...HOPEWELL...WILLARD...OLDTOWN...GREENBO
LAKE...GRAYS BRANCH...WEBBVILLE...DENTON...HOUCKVILLE...BLAINE...
GREENUP...SUMMIT...MAVITY...BUCHANAN...GALLUP...FALLSBURG...PEDRO...
ULYSSES...RUSH...PRINCESS...NAPLES...DURBIN...COALTON...CHARLEY...
YATESVILLE LAKE STATE PARK...WURTLAND...WORTHINGTON...WESTWOOD...
RUSSELL...RACELAND...LOUISA...GARNER...FLATWOODS...CANNONSBURG...
BELLEFONTE...ASHLAND...IRONTON...HANGING ROCK...COAL GROVE AND FORT
GAY

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-64 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
150 AND 190 IN KENTUCKY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EST MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND
CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
900 AM EST MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO.

&&

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 3836 8324 3842 8325 3871 8304 3875 8292
      3873 8286 3858 8283 3860 8276 3868 8278
      3875 8267 3796 8253 3788 8262 3800 8295
      3798 8302 3812 8290 3818 8293 3819 8306
      3827 8316 3819 8327 3827 8333 3833 8334
TIME...MOT...LOC 1152Z 269DEG 48KT 3838 8318

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 28, 7:13 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence62 min
Feb 28, 7:36 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLawrence54 min
Feb 28, 12:13 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLawrence3 hr
Feb 27, 9:14 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXClay31 min
Feb 28, 6:42 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Mason, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wirt and 1 more63 min
Feb 28, 7:14 AM ESTTornado WarningRLXWood32 min
Feb 28, 8:13 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBoone, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam and 1 more47 min
Feb 28, 8:27 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Clay, Fayette, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln and 5 more48 min
Feb 28, 8:33 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Raleigh, Wyoming57 min
Feb 28, 8:38 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBarbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Harrison and 7 more67 min
Feb 28, 9:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXClay, Fayette, Nicholas, Raleigh, Webster30 min
Feb 28, 9:20 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Fayette, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Raleigh and 1 more55 min
Feb 28, 9:25 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMcDowell35 min
Feb 28, 9:29 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXNicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur, Webster61 min
Feb 28, 9:37 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMcDowell53 min
Feb 28, 12:00 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXCalhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Upshur3 hr
Feb 28, 1:46 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMcDowell, Wyoming3 hr
Feb 28, 3:17 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningRLXKanawha6 hr
Feb 28, 5:52 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXAthens, Jackson, Morgan, Perry, Vinton53 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2011Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2011Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2011Every 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.