Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 14, 2011, 11:58 PM EDT for 5 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 14, 2011, 11:58 PM EDT (03:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 15, 2011, 12:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Calhoun County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Wirt County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 888 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
600
WUUS51 KRLX 150358
SVRRLX
WVC013-017-021-085-105-150430-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0252.110915T0358Z-110915T0430Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1158 PM EDT WED SEP 14 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN DODDRIDGE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN GILMER COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN RITCHIE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
EASTERN WIRT COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT
* AT 1154 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
MUNDAY...OR 9 MILES EAST OF ELIZABETH...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MACFARLAN...BROHARD...SMITHVILLE...BIG SPRINGS...BURNT HOUSE...
TANNER...BEREA...NEWBERNE...AUBURN...COXS MILLS...BALDWIN...TROY...
LINN...LEOPOLD AND GROVE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL. SEEK
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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 3921 8074 3910 8072 3909 8073 3895 8070
3891 8129 3910 8136
TIME...MOT...LOC 0357Z 259DEG 33KT 3902 8121
$$
191 follow-up statement
843
WWUS51 KRLX 150421
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1221 AM EDT THU SEP 15 2011
WVC105-150431-
/O.CAN.KRLX.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-110915T0430Z/
WIRT WV-
1221 AM EDT THU SEP 15 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN WIRT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF WIRT
COUNTY...SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR
STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL
FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3910 8072 3907 8073 3895 8070 3893 8101
3897 8111 3914 8114 3921 8074
TIME...MOT...LOC 0421Z 259DEG 33KT 3906 8093
$$
WVC013-017-021-085-150430-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-110915T0430Z/
GILMER WV-DODDRIDGE WV-CALHOUN WV-RITCHIE WV-
1221 AM EDT THU SEP 15 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN RITCHIE...NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN...SOUTHWESTERN
DODDRIDGE AND NORTHERN GILMER COUNTIES...
AT 1213 AM 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 BURNT HOUSE...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRANTSVILLE...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BEREA...NEWBERNE...AUBURN...COXS MILLS...BALDWIN...TROY...LINN...
LEOPOLD AND GROVE
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 3910 8072 3907 8073 3895 8070 3893 8101
3897 8111 3914 8114 3921 8074
TIME...MOT...LOC 0421Z 259DEG 33KT 3906 8093
$$
19The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 10:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mason | 59 min |
| Sep 14, 11:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Jackson, Ritchie, Wirt | 36 min |
| Sep 15, 12:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour | 31 min |
| Sep 15, 12:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison | 26 min |
| Sep 15, 12:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Doddridge, Harrison, Taylor, Tyler | 49 min |
| Sep 15, 12:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Ritchie, Upshur | 43 min |
| Sep 15, 1:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Lewis, Randolph, Upshur | 50 min |
| Sep 15, 1:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Taylor | 33 min |
| Sep 15, 1:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Taylor | 17 min |
| Sep 15, 3:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Kanawha, Nicholas | 43 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.