Alert archive / West Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 2011, 5:34 PM EDT for Gallia County, Lawrence County, Ohio; Cabell County, Mason County, Putnam County, West Virginia. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report 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
- Apr 23, 2011, 5:34 PM EDT (21:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2011, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Gallia County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Cabell County, WV, Mason County, WV, Putnam County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 5:38 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Athalia, OH | METAL ROOF ROLLED UP ALLOWING WATER DAMAGE TO HOUSE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 544 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 405 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 323 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
180 WFUS51 KRLX 232134 TORRLX OHC053-087-WVC011-053-079-232200- /O.NEW.KRLX.TO.W.0004.110423T2134Z-110423T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 534 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN CABELL COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... SOUTHWESTERN MASON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... NORTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... SOUTHERN GALLIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO... EAST CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO... * UNTIL 600 PM EDT * AT 529 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 24 MILES WEST OF BUFFALO...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF PROCTORVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ELEANOR. THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-64 NEAR MILE MARKER 37 IN WEST VIRGINIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. && LAT...LON 3873 8195 3846 8193 3849 8249 3868 8248 TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 262DEG 38KT 3858 8236 $$ 09
3 follow-up statements
412 WWUS51 KRLX 232142 SVSRLX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 542 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2011 OHC053-087-WVC011-053-079-232200- /O.CON.KRLX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110423T2200Z/ GALLIA OH-LAWRENCE OH-PUTNAM WV-MASON WV-CABELL WV- 542 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL LAWRENCE AND SOUTH CENTRAL GALLIA COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...AND NORTHEASTERN CABELL...SOUTHWESTERN MASON AND NORTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 538 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CROWN CITY...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF PROCTORVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ASHTON...SOUTHSIDE...GRIMMS LANDING...FRAZIERS BOTTOM AND BUFFALO PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. && PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. LAT...LON 3870 8232 3873 8195 3846 8193 3848 8239 TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 262DEG 38KT 3859 8225 $$ 09
143 WWUS51 KRLX 232150 SVSRLX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 550 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2011 OHC087-232201- /O.CAN.KRLX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110423T2200Z/ LAWRENCE OH- 550 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO IS CANCELLED... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY 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 3871 8221 3873 8195 3846 8193 3847 8223 TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 262DEG 38KT 3859 8213 $$ OHC053-WVC011-053-079-232200- /O.CON.KRLX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110423T2200Z/ GALLIA OH-PUTNAM WV-MASON WV-CABELL WV- 550 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR NORTHEASTERN CABELL...SOUTHWESTERN MASON...NORTHWESTERN PUTNAM AND SOUTHEASTERN GALLIA COUNTIES... AT 548 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ASHTON...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF PROCTORVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SOUTHSIDE...GRIMMS LANDING...FRAZIERS BOTTOM AND BUFFALO PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. && PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. LAT...LON 3871 8221 3873 8195 3846 8193 3847 8223 TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 262DEG 38KT 3859 8213 $$ 09
662 WWUS51 KRLX 232200 SVSRLX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 600 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2011 OHC053-WVC011-053-079-232209- /O.EXP.KRLX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110423T2200Z/ GALLIA OH-PUTNAM WV-MASON WV-CABELL WV- 600 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CABELL...SOUTHWESTERN MASON...NORTHWESTERN PUTNAM AND SOUTHEASTERN GALLIA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM EDT... 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. HOWEVER...HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY 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 3871 8221 3873 8195 3846 8193 3847 8223 TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 262DEG 38KT 3860 8202 $$ 09
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 9:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Gallia, Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 3:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Morgan and 3 more | 119 min |
| Apr 23, 6:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Gallia, Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 7:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 42 min |
| Apr 23, 7:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Gallia, Lawrence | 55 min |
| Apr 23, 12:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence | 6 hr |
| Apr 23, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 48 min |
| Apr 23, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 48 min |
| Apr 23, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson, Meigs | 37 min |
| Apr 23, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gallia, Lawrence | 63 min |
| Apr 23, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 54 min |
| Apr 23, 6:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence | 6 hr |
| Apr 22, 8:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Clay, Kanawha | 41 min |
| Apr 23, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Jackson, Kanawha and 3 more | 55 min |
| Apr 23, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Nicholas | 20 min |
| Apr 23, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Gilmer, Kanawha and 7 more | 64 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.