Alert archive / West Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2011, 8:17 PM EDT for Pocahontas County, Randolph County, Webster County, West Virginia. It was in force for 28 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 24, 2011, 8:17 PM EDT (00:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2011, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Pocahontas County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Webster County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 3309 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
190 WFUS51 KRLX 250017 TORRLX WVC075-083-101-250045- /O.NEW.KRLX.TO.W.0005.110425T0017Z-110425T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 817 PM EDT SUN APR 24 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... SOUTHWESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... CENTRAL WEBSTER COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WEBSTER SPRINGS... * UNTIL 845 PM EDT * AT 814 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WEBSTER SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BERGOO...WANETA...MONTERVILLE...MINGO AND VALLEY HEAD.. . 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. 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. && LAT...LON 3870 7988 3849 7985 3842 8050 3858 8048 TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 264DEG 30KT 3852 8040 $$ 25
1 follow-up statement
775 WWUS51 KRLX 250030 SVSRLX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 830 PM EDT SUN APR 24 2011 WVC075-083-101-250045- /O.CON.KRLX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110425T0045Z/ POCAHONTAS WV-RANDOLPH WV-WEBSTER WV- 830 PM EDT SUN APR 24 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL WEBSTER...SOUTHWESTERN RANDOLPH AND NORTH CENTRAL POCAHONTAS COUNTIES... AT 828 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WANETA...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF WEBSTER SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MONTERVILLE...MINGO AND VALLEY HEAD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. LAT...LON 3845 8037 3859 8036 3870 7988 3849 7985 TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 264DEG 30KT 3853 8026 $$ 25
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 8:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Roane | 26 min |
| Apr 24, 8:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Webster | 35 min |
| Apr 24, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 33 min |
| Apr 24, 8:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 29 min |
| Apr 24, 10:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Randolph, Upshur | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 10:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur | 36 min |
| Apr 25, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 27 min |
| Apr 25, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming | 47 min |
| Apr 25, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Raleigh, Wyoming | 40 min |
| Apr 25, 4:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette | 23 min |
| Apr 25, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Nicholas | 34 min |
| Apr 25, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas | 25 min |
| Apr 25, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas | 28 min |
| Apr 25, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas | 26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.