Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2011, 5:53 PM EDT for 8 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 82 min. 7 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
- Mar 23, 2011, 5:53 PM EDT (21:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2011, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 82 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Boone County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 6:12 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 W Belle, WV | TRAILER MOVED 6 FT...2 PEOPLE STUCK INSIDE...ITEMS INSIDE BROKEN |
| Mar 23, 6:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Jeffrey, WV | TREES DOWN ON RT 17. ALSO IN CLOTHIER AND BOB WHITE. |
| Mar 23, 6:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Jeffrey, WV | TREES DOWN ON RT 17. ALSO IN CLOTHIER AND BOB WHITE. |
| Mar 23, 6:45 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Fayetteville, WV | |
| Mar 23, 6:55 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Mount Hope, WV | |
| Mar 23, 7:05 PM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | Beckley, WV | |
| Mar 23, 7:05 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Midway, WV |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 1:13 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1256 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 271 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
525
WUUS51 KRLX 232153
SVRRLX
WVC005-019-039-043-045-059-081-109-232315-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0039.110323T2153Z-110323T2315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
553 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BOONE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MADISON...
FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...FAYETTEVILLE...BABCOCK STATE PARK...
SOUTHERN KANAWHA COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
MINGO COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WILLIAMSON...
RALEIGH COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BECKLEY...
WYOMING COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PINEVILLE...
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT
* AT 550 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 MARMET TO 19 MILES NORTH OF
DELBARTON TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHATTAROY...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF CHARLESTON TO 12 MILES NORTHWEST
OF LOGAN TO INEZ...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BELLE...CHESAPEAKE...EAST BANK...CEDAR GROVE...GLASGOW...PRATT...
VAN...MONTGOMERY...SMITHERS...POWELLTON...BURNWELL...WHARTON...
GAULEY BRIDGE...RED JACKET...BALD KNOB...MAN...HAWKS NEST STATE
PARK...ANSTED...MALLORY...HINCH...OAK HILL...GILBERT CREEK...R.D.
BAILEY LAKE...OCEANA...MOUNT HOPE...HANOVER...BRADLEY...
PROSPERITY...PINEY VIEW...DRY CREEK...STANAFORD...MABSCOTT...
MACARTHUR...CRAB ORCHARD...TWIN FALLS STATE PARK...SOPHIA...
BEAVER...DANIELS...COAL CITY...MULLENS AND SHADY SPRING.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 NEAR BECKLEY
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 120 AND 137...THE WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 28 AND 91.
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 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND
CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3753 8166 3749 8173 3755 8184 3751 8194
3756 8213 3787 8242 3797 8219 3780 8212
3780 8194 3826 8194 3827 8162 3822 8097
3808 8088 3807 8080 3787 8075 3782 8093
3769 8087 3771 8095 3757 8118 3741 8129
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 291DEG 37KT 3820 8162 3797 8211
3778 8248
$$
301 follow-up statement
810
WWUS51 KRLX 232240
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
640 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011
WVC043-232249-
/O.CAN.KRLX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-110323T2315Z/
LINCOLN WV-
640 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3753 8166 3749 8173 3755 8184 3751 8194
3756 8213 3786 8241 3791 8227 3780 8212
3780 8194 3813 8130 3822 8097 3808 8088
3807 8080 3795 8080 3787 8075 3782 8093
3769 8087 3771 8095 3756 8119 3741 8129
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 297DEG 49KT 3810 8094 3768 8162
3770 8207
$$
WVC005-019-039-045-059-081-109-232315-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-110323T2315Z/
KANAWHA WV-LOGAN WV-WYOMING WV-RALEIGH WV-MINGO WV-BOONE WV-
FAYETTE WV-
640 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR FAYETTE...SOUTHEASTERN BOONE...MINGO...RALEIGH...WYOMING...
SOUTHERN LOGAN AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANAWHA COUNTIES...
AT 636 PM EDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS REPORTED. THESE
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST OF
ANSTED TO OCEANA TO VARNEY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES
NORTHEAST OF FAYETTEVILLE TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF PINEVILLE TO 9
MILES EAST OF WILLIAMSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO COAL
MOUNTAIN...BOLT...THURMOND...MOUNT HOPE...MEADOR...GLEN DANIEL...
PIE...BRADLEY...BABCOCK STATE PARK...PROSPERITY...HINCH...PINEY
VIEW...DRY CREEK...CLEAR FORK...LESTER...HAMPDEN...STANAFORD...TWIN
FALLS STATE PARK...BECKLEY...MABSCOTT...MACARTHUR...MABEN...CRAB
ORCHARD...SOPHIA...GILBERT...GILBERT CREEK...BEAVER...R.D. BAILEY
LAKE...MULLENS...COAL CITY...RHODELL...DANIELS...BAILEYSVILLE...
MEADOW BRIDGE...SHADY SPRING...JOSEPHINE...HANOVER...GHENT...WOLF PEN
AND HERNDON
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 NEAR BECKLEY
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 120 AND 137...THE WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 29 AND 70.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY 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 3753 8166 3749 8173 3755 8184 3751 8194
3756 8213 3786 8241 3791 8227 3780 8212
3780 8194 3813 8130 3822 8097 3808 8088
3807 8080 3795 8080 3787 8075 3782 8093
3769 8087 3771 8095 3756 8119 3741 8129
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 297DEG 49KT 3810 8094 3768 8162
3770 8207
$$
12The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mason | 40 min |
| Mar 23, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Harrison, Taylor | 30 min |
| Mar 23, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Raleigh, Wyoming | 25 min |
| Mar 23, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wood | 72 min |
| Mar 23, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wood | 38 min |
| Mar 23, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wood | 50 min |
| Mar 23, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Jackson, Mason, Wayne | 47 min |
| Mar 23, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha and 5 more | 69 min |
| Mar 23, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne | 67 min |
| Mar 23, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Jackson and 5 more | 55 min |
| Mar 23, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Pocahontas, Randolph, Taylor, Upshur | 81 min |
| Mar 23, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Clay, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur and 1 more | 74 min |
| Mar 23, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 42 min |
| Mar 23, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 78 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.