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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Charleston, WV

February 28, 20117 counties in West Virginia; 8 counties in Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 28, 2011, 6:42 AM EST for 7 counties in West Virginia; 8 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 63 min. 10 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, 6:42 AM EST (11:42 UTC)
Expired
Feb 28, 2011, 7:45 AM EST
In force
63 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, Vinton County, OH, Washington County, OH, Jackson County, WV, Mason County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:45 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, 7:00 AM ESTTSTM WND DMG4 Ne Radcliffe, OHA SMALL BARN... SEVERAL TREES AND MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO 2 HOMES SOUTH OF STATE ROUTE 50 ON COUNTY ROAD 12
Feb 28, 7:15 AM ESTTSTM WND DMG3 Wsw Fleming, OHTREE DOWN ON DAZELL ROAD ON RT 821 TOWN OF VINCENT
Feb 28, 7:15 AM ESTTSTM WND DMG3 Wsw Lower Salem, OHTREE DOWN ON RT 821 AT DAZELL ROAD IN TOWN OF WHIPPLE
Feb 28, 7:15 AM ESTTSTM WND DMGJackson, OHSEVERAL TREES DOWN INCLUDING A TREE DOWN OVER POWER LINES
Feb 28, 7:15 AM ESTTSTM WND DMGMarietta, OHTREE DOWN ON DAZELL RD ON RT 821
Feb 28, 7:20 AM ESTTSTM WND DMGAthens, OHMULTIPLE TREES DOWN. SOME POWER OUTAGES.
Feb 28, 7:25 AM ESTTSTM WND DMG8 Se Lower Salem, OHTREE DOWN IN TOWN OF DART
Feb 28, 7:30 AM ESTTSTM WND DMG10 E Athens, OHPOWER LINES DOWN NEAR GUYSVILLE. TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT COUNTY
Feb 28, 7:30 AM ESTTSTM WND DMGMineral Wells, WVTREE DOWN. ROOF ON BARN DAMAGED.
Feb 28, 7:30 AM ESTTSTM WND DMGMineralwells, WVBARN ROOF DAMAGED.

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
Feb 28, 1:40 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 174 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.

422 
WUUS51 KRLX 281142
SVRRLX
OHC009-053-079-087-105-115-163-167-WVC035-053-073-085-095-105-107-
281245-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0003.110228T1142Z-110228T1245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
642 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  MASON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  PLEASANTS COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  RITCHIE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  TYLER COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  WIRT COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  WOOD COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PARKERSBURG...
  ATHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ATHENS...
  GALLIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
  NORTH CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...  
  MEIGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
  MORGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
  VINTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...

* UNTIL 745 AM EST

* AT 636 AM EST...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 21 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  MCCONNELSVILLE TO LAKE HOPE STATE PARK TO 14 MILES WEST OF
  JACKSON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 21 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  MCCONNELSVILLE TO LAKE HOPE STATE PARK TO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  WAVERLY...AND MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  TUPPERS PLAINS...WILLIAMSTOWN...BOAZ...WASHINGTON...VIENNA...
  MASON...LUBECK...NEW HAVEN...PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE...BELMONT...
  MINERALWELLS...RAVENSWOOD...SANDYVILLE...NORTH BEND STATE PARK AND
  PENNSBORO.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-77 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 1 AND 16 IN OHIO...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 138 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 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 3974 8164 3967 8164 3966 8158 3959 8158
      3958 8148 3964 8147 3960 8138 3956 8103
      3961 8095 3960 8085 3947 8067 3916 8106
      3862 8212 3875 8267 3884 8266 3885 8277
      3893 8277 3894 8282 3904 8280 3976 8171
TIME...MOT...LOC 1141Z 281DEG 61KT 3987 8149 3938 8221
          3902 8279

$$

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1 follow-up statement
675 
WWUS51 KRLX 281223
SVSRLX

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

OHC115-281232-
/O.CAN.KRLX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110228T1245Z/
MORGAN OH-
723 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MORGAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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.

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 3960 8138 3956 8103 3961 8095 3959 8090
      3960 8085 3949 8072 3947 8067 3916 8106
      3862 8212 3875 8267 3884 8266 3888 8277
      3892 8277 3958 8148 3964 8147
TIME...MOT...LOC 1222Z 281DEG 61KT 3970 8065 3922 8168
          3889 8234

$$

OHC009-053-079-087-105-163-167-WVC035-053-073-085-095-105-107-281245-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110228T1245Z/
VINTON OH-LAWRENCE OH-ATHENS OH-WASHINGTON OH-MEIGS OH-GALLIA OH-
JACKSON OH-MASON WV-JACKSON WV-WIRT WV-WOOD WV-PLEASANTS WV-TYLER WV-
RITCHIE WV-
723 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM EST
FOR SOUTHERN JACKSON...GALLIA...MEIGS...WASHINGTON...SOUTHEASTERN
ATHENS...NORTH CENTRAL LAWRENCE AND SOUTHEASTERN VINTON COUNTIES IN
SOUTHEAST OHIO...AND RITCHIE...TYLER...PLEASANTS...WOOD...WIRT...
NORTHERN JACKSON AND MASON COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA...

AT 717 AM EST...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 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF PADEN
CITY TO COOLVILLE TO RIO GRANDE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7
MILES NORTHEAST OF NEW MARTINSVILLE TO COOLVILLE TO RIO 
GRANDE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-77 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 1 AND 16 IN OHIO...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 139 AND 186 IN
WEST VIRGINIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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.

&&

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 3960 8138 3956 8103 3961 8095 3959 8090
      3960 8085 3949 8072 3947 8067 3916 8106
      3862 8212 3875 8267 3884 8266 3888 8277
      3892 8277 3958 8148 3964 8147
TIME...MOT...LOC 1222Z 281DEG 61KT 3970 8065 3922 8168
          3889 8234

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 27, 9:14 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXClay31 min
Feb 28, 6:19 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWayne56 min
Feb 28, 7:13 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCabell, Lincoln, Mason, Wayne62 min
Feb 28, 7:14 AM ESTTornado WarningRLXWood32 min
Feb 28, 7:36 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne54 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, 12:13 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXWayne3 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

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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.