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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 2011, 6:57 PM EDT for Boyd County, Carter County, Greenup County, Kentucky. It was in force for 33 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
- Jun 23, 2011, 6:57 PM EDT (22:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2011, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY, Greenup County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 1:37 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 725 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
057 WFUS51 KRLX 232257 TORRLX KYC019-043-089-232330- /O.NEW.KRLX.TO.W.0012.110623T2257Z-110623T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 657 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BOYD COUNTY IN KENTUCKY... NORTHERN CARTER COUNTY IN KENTUCKY... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...GRAYSON...CARTER CAVES STATE PARK... SOUTHEASTERN GREENUP COUNTY IN KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 730 PM EDT * AT 656 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR GESLING... OR NEAR CARTER CAVES STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OLDTOWN...RUSH...PRINCESS...NAPLES...COALTON AND GARNER. THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-64 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 167 AND 183 IN KENTUCKY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES...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 THURSDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. && LAT...LON 3847 8271 3826 8275 3837 8318 3845 8316 TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 275DEG 27KT 3839 8310 $$ 28
2 follow-up statements
183 WWUS51 KRLX 232316 SVSRLX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 716 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2011 KYC019-043-089-232330- /O.CON.KRLX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110623T2330Z/ BOYD KY-CARTER KY-GREENUP KY- 716 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENUP...EAST CENTRAL CARTER AND BOYD COUNTIES... AT 712 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HOPEWELL...OR NEAR GRAYSON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OLDTOWN...NAPLES...RUSH...PRINCESS...COALTON AND GARNER THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-64 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 168 AND 183 IN KENTUCKY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. && PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. LAT...LON 3833 8301 3846 8298 3847 8271 3826 8275 TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 275DEG 27KT 3838 8292 $$ 28
805 WWUS51 KRLX 232328 SVSRLX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 728 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2011 KYC019-043-089-232339- /O.EXP.KRLX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110623T2330Z/ BOYD KY-CARTER KY-GREENUP KY- 728 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENUP...EAST CENTRAL CARTER AND BOYD COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM EDT... THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-64 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 168 AND 183 IN KENTUCKY. THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES A TORNADIC THREAT...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO 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 3833 8301 3846 8298 3847 8271 3826 8275 TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 275DEG 27KT 3837 8279 $$ 28
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boyd | 63 min |
| Jun 23, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lawrence | 41 min |
| Jun 23, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup | 45 min |
| Jun 23, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup | 49 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.