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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Charleston, WV

April 8, 20114 counties in West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 2011, 4:16 PM EDT for 4 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 59 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: Apr 8, 2011, 4:16 PM EDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired: Apr 8, 2011, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cabell County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Mason County, WV, Putnam County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 8, 2:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 210 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 722 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 337 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 445 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

744 
WUUS51 KRLX 082016
SVRRLX
WVC011-039-053-079-082115-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0055.110408T2016Z-110408T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
416 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CABELL COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  KANAWHA COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NITRO...CHARLESTON...
  SOUTHWESTERN MASON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WINFIELD...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 412 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 6 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF BUFFALO...OR 11 MILES WEST OF WINFIELD...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  HURRICANE...ELEANOR...TEAYS VALLEY...POCA...TORNADO...ST. ALBANS...
  CROSS LANES...INSTITUTE...SISSONVILLE...ALUM CREEK...DUNBAR...SOUTH
  CHARLESTON...ELKVIEW...PINCH...COAL FORK...MARMET...BELLE AND
  CHESAPEAKE.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 31 AND 57 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND
114 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 10...THE WEST
VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 86 AND 95.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO FALL FROM THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...AND
WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES
AND SMALL STREAMS.

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 900 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA
AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3851 8224 3871 8205 3839 8132 3814 8156
      3819 8165 3822 8165 3822 8169 3828 8181
      3831 8181 3832 8183 3831 8187
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 301DEG 39KT 3855 8203

$$

TAX

2 follow-up statements

966 
WWUS51 KRLX 082103
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
503 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2011

WVC011-053-079-082113-
/O.CAN.KRLX.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-110408T2115Z/
PUTNAM WV-MASON WV-CABELL WV-
503 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CABELL...
SOUTHWESTERN MASON AND PUTNAM COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING 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 3852 8161 3839 8132 3814 8156 3819 8165
      3822 8165 3822 8169 3828 8181 3831 8181
      3832 8183 3832 8188 3835 8191 3836 8191
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 292DEG 33KT 3831 8179

$$

WVC039-082115-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-110408T2115Z/
KANAWHA WV-
503 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL KANAWHA COUNTY...

AT 458 PM 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 TORNADO...OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF NITRO...MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DUNBAR...SOUTH CHARLESTON...CHARLESTON...PINCH...MARMET...ELKVIEW...
COAL FORK...CHESAPEAKE AND BELLE

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 48 AND 57 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND
112 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 10...THE WEST
VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 86 AND 95.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING 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 3852 8161 3839 8132 3814 8156 3819 8165
      3822 8165 3822 8169 3828 8181 3831 8181
      3832 8183 3832 8188 3835 8191 3836 8191
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 292DEG 33KT 3831 8179

$$

03

225 
WWUS51 KRLX 082112
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
512 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2011

WVC039-082122-
/O.EXP.KRLX.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-110408T2115Z/
KANAWHA WV-
512 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL KANAWHA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 515 PM EDT...

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 47 AND 57 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND
112 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 10...THE WEST
VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 86 AND 95.

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 OTHER WEAKER
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND PEA SIZE HAIL.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING 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 3852 8161 3839 8132 3814 8156 3819 8165
      3822 8165 3822 8169 3828 8181 3831 8181
      3832 8183 3832 8188 3835 8191 3836 8191
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 292DEG 33KT 3828 8169

$$

03

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 8, 2:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 2:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
245 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
WILL MOVE LITTLE THROUGH SATURDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTH THIS EVENING. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO
MOVE NORTH OF THE AREA SUNDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/...
STALLED FRONT WILL REMAIN THE STORY MAKER IN THE NEAR TERM AS NOW
FOCUS TURNS TO THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. ALREADY STORMS BEGINNING TO
FORM IN A LINE PARALLEL TO I64 CORRIDOR FROM CRW TO HTS. EXPECTING
THIS LINE TO DEVELOP BACK INTO KY AND POSSIBLY SOUTHERN OHIO SOUTH
OF THE WARM FRONT. STORM ENVIRONMENT IN KY HAS BEEN PRIMED MOST OF
THE MORNING BY MAINLY CLEAR SKIES BEING ABLE TO HEAT THE BOUNDARY
LAYER AND ELIMINATE THE CAP THAT EXISTED EARLY.

AS STORMS DEVELOP...AND PLOD EASTWARD...EXPECTING THEM TO PRIMARILY
EFFECT SOUTHERN HALF OF CWA WITH POTENTIALLY SEVERE WINDS AND
DAMAGING HAIL. EVEN THOUGH PWS ARE NOT OVERLY IMPRESSIVE...1.2 TO
1.4 INCHES...AND FFG VALUES ARE FAIRLY HIGH...WILL NEED TO REMAIN
VIGILANT WHEN IT COMES TO TRAINING OF INDIVIDUAL CELLS AND WATER
ISSUES.

AFTER STORMS SUBSIDE THIS EVENING...BOUNDARY STICKS AROUND AND WILL
SPARK ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY. EXPECTING THIS
ACTIVITY TO REMAIN FURTHER SOUTH THAN ACTIVITY THIS EVENING. WILL
REMAIN WARM FOR THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEKEND...STUCK FAIRLY CLOSE
TO GUIDANCE IN THAT REGARD.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...
5H RIDGE BUILD ACROSS THE OH VALLEY AS TROUGH DIGS INTO THE MIDWEST
PORTION OF THE UNITED STATES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. BAROCLINIC ZONE
THAT HAS BEEN HANGING AROUND THE PAST FEW DAYS FINALLY SHIFTS NORTH
OF THE  FORECAST AREA AS A WARM FRONT IN RESPONSE TO THE INCREASED
RIDGING. FORECAST AREA WILL REMAIN IN WARM SECTOR...WITH DECENT WAA
CONTINUING INTO THE WEEKEND. MODELS IN FAIRLY CLOSE AGREEMENT IN
HANDLING DEVELOPMENT OF CYCLONE OVER THE MIDWEST SUNDAY NIGHT AND
MONDAY.  COLD FRONT TO CROSS ON MONDAY...AND MODELS SHOW SIMILAR
SOLUTION IN TIMING FRONT ACROSS KY AND WV.

MADE FEW CHANGES TO THE OVERALL FORECAST PACKAGE...WITH GFS SOLUTION
THE PREFERENCE THIS FORECAST PERIOD.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
FOLLOWED HPC THINKING WITH SOME MINOR TWEAKS.  SYSTEM WILL PUSH EAST
TUESDAY...ALLOWING HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD INTO THE AREA TUESDAY
NIGHT.  THIS HIGH WILL THEN PUSH EAST THURSDAY...ALLOWING A LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM TO BEING TO APPROACH THE AREA.

AS A RESULT...PRECIP CHANCES WILL END TUESDAY...WITH DRY WEATHER
ANTICIPATED INTO THURSDAY.  EXPECT PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL THEN
INCREASE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY AS WESTERN SYSTEM APPROACHES.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN BEGINNING WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN OH AND E KY AT FIRST...BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD
ACROSS EASTERN WV THIS EVENING. THIS SHOULD BRING FREQUENT MVFR IN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH OCCASIONAL IFR. STRONG WIND GUSTS
MAY EFFECT SOUTHERN TERMINALS IN STRONG STORMS.

TONIGHT WILL SEE A GRADUAL DECREASE IN ACTIVITY IN THE WV
MOUNTAINS BUT WITH LINGERING MVFR IN STRATOCU AND MIST. ANOTHER
ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY APPROACH E KY AND SRN WV
TOWARD DAWN SAT.

FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY...

FORECAST CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM

ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: TIMING THE DETERIORATING CONDITIONS TODAY AND
ITS DURATION COULD VARY FROM TAF FORECAST.  FORMATION OF POST-RAIN
NOCTURNAL FOG TONIGHT MORE SO THAN FCST.

EXPERIMENTAL TABLE OF FLIGHT CATEGORY OBJECTIVELY SHOWS CONSISTENCY
OF WFO FORECAST TO AVAILABLE MODEL INFORMATION:
H = HIGH:   TAF CONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL.
M = MEDIUM: TAF HAS VARYING LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY WITH MODELS.
L = LOW:    TAF INCONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL.

UTC 1HRLY       18   19   20   21   22   23   00   01   02   03   04   05
EDT 1HRLY       14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   00   01
CRW CONSISTENCY  H    M    M    L    L    L    L    L    L    L    L    L
HTS CONSISTENCY  M    M    M    L    M    L    H    H    H    H    H    H
BKW CONSISTENCY  M    L    L    M    M    M    L    H    H    H    H    H
EKN CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    L    M    M    M    L    M    L
PKB CONSISTENCY  H    M    M    H    H    M    H    H    H    L    L    H
CKB CONSISTENCY  H    L    M    L    L    L    L    L    L    L    L    L

AFTER 18Z SATURDAY...
MVFR AND POSSIBLE IFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN SITES IN
THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY EVENING.

&&

.RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WV...NONE.
OH...NONE.
KY...NONE.
VA...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...KMC/TRM/TAX
NEAR TERM...TAX
SHORT TERM...KMC
LONG TERM...JSH
AVIATION...TAX

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 8, 3:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
308 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2011

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005-006-013>015-024>027-033>037-
091915-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-CABELL-LINCOLN-
PUTNAM-KANAWHA-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-
FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-
308 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2011

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 106 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...CENTRAL WEST
VIRGINIA...SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY.

STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD AFFECT THE AREA
MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

OHZ066-067-075-076-083>086-WVZ007>011-016>020-028>032-038>040-046-
047-091915-
PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-MASON-
WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-BRAXTON-
GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-
RANDOLPH-
308 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO...CENTRAL WEST
VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD AFFECT THE AREA
MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 8, 3:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON, WV
315 PM EDT FRI APR 08 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0305 PM     HAIL             1 W SOUTH CHARLESTON    38.36N  81.73W
04/08/2011  E0.75 INCH       KANAWHA            WV   PUBLIC

            DIME SIZE HAIL IN SPRING HILL

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1100390

JSH

Local storm report, Apr 8, 3:17 PM EDT, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON, WV
317 PM EDT FRI APR 08 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0308 PM     HAIL             SOUTH CHARLESTON        38.36N  81.71W
04/08/2011  M1.00 INCH       KANAWHA            WV   PUBLIC

            PENNY SIZE HAIL BETWEEN JEFFERSON ROAD AND KANAWHA
            TURNPIKE.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1100391

JSH

Local storm report, Apr 8, 3:26 PM EDT, 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON, WV
326 PM EDT FRI APR 08 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0308 PM     HAIL             SOUTH CHARLESTON        38.36N  81.71W
04/08/2011  M0.75 INCH       KANAWHA            WV   PUBLIC

            PENNY SIZE HAIL BETWEEN JEFFERSON ROAD AND KANAWHA
            TURNPIKE.

&&

CORRECTED EVENT

EVENT NUMBER RLX1100391

JSH

Special weather statement, Apr 8, 3:28 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
328 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2011

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ086-087-WVZ005>007-014-082030-
BOYD KY-CABELL WV-CARTER KY-GALLIA OH-GREENUP KY-LAWRENCE OH-
LAWRENCE KY-MASON WV-PUTNAM WV-WAYNE WV-
328 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BOYD...CABELL...CARTER...
GREENUP...LAWRENCE...NORTH CENTRAL LAWRENCE...NORTHERN PUTNAM...
NORTHWESTERN WAYNE...SOUTHERN GALLIA AND SOUTHERN MASON COUNTIES...

AT 326 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM 10 MILES
SOUTH OF OAK HILL TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF WHEELERSBURG TO 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CARTER CAVES STATE PARK...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40
MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND WILL
CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND
SMALL STREAMS.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR GALLOPOLIS FERRY AROUND 345 PM...HITCHINS
AROUND 400 PM AND BUFFALO AROUND 415 PM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 157 AND 191 IN KENTUCKY...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 28
IN WEST VIRGINIA.

PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3842 8324 3850 8319 3856 8310 3860 8308
      3869 8287 3859 8284 3858 8279 3860 8275
      3868 8277 3869 8271 3876 8269 3883 8250
      3879 8199 3865 8171 3864 8171 3838 8220
      3818 8273 3835 8325

30

Local storm report, Apr 8, 3:49 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON, WV
349 PM EDT FRI APR 08 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0340 PM     HAIL             2 E POINT PLEASANT      38.85N  82.09W
04/08/2011  E0.88 INCH       MASON              WV   PUBLIC

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1100392

JFD

Local storm report, Apr 8, 4:00 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON, WV
400 PM EDT FRI APR 08 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0310 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SOUTH CHARLESTON        38.36N  81.71W
04/08/2011                   KANAWHA            WV   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. WINDS ESTIMATED AT 50-55
            MPH.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1100393

JSH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 8, 2:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Kanawha, Putnam	44 min
Apr 8, 3:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Kanawha, Nicholas	45 min
Apr 8, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Cabell, Mason	62 min
Apr 8, 3:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Mason, Putnam	41 min
Apr 8, 3:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Wayne	54 min
Apr 8, 3:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Nicholas, Roane	48 min
Apr 8, 4:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Nicholas, Putnam and 1 more	68 min
Apr 8, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Cabell, Lincoln, Logan, Wayne	46 min
Apr 8, 4:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam	44 min
Apr 8, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Nicholas, Pocahontas, Webster	32 min
Apr 8, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Webster	57 min
Apr 8, 5:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Logan, Mingo, Raleigh, Wyoming	51 min
Apr 8, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Raleigh	17 min
Apr 8, 5:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	McDowell, Raleigh, Wyoming	54 min
Apr 8, 7:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wayne	32 min
Apr 8, 7:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone	44 min
Apr 8, 7:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne	51 min

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2011 Every 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.