Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 24, 2012, 12:44 AM EST for 7 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 46 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
- Feb 24, 2012, 12:44 AM EST (05:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2012, 1:30 AM EST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Boone County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Wayne County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 227 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
- 1094 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 86 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 556 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1028 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
759
WUUS51 KRLX 240544
SVRRLX
WVC005-039-043-045-059-081-099-240630-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0001.120224T0544Z-120224T0630Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1244 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL BOONE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MADISON...
SOUTH CENTRAL KANAWHA COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LOGAN...
NORTHWESTERN MINGO COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN RALEIGH COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 130 AM EST
* AT 1239 AM EST...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 13
MILES WEST OF HOLDEN...OR 13 MILES EAST OF INEZ...AND MOVING EAST
AT 60 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CHIEF
LOGAN STATE PARK...CHAPMANVILLE...VAN...WHARTON AND BALD KNOB.
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 3794 8239 3814 8145 3786 8138 3777 8234
3780 8238
TIME...MOT...LOC 0544Z 258DEG 54KT 3788 8221
$$
261 follow-up statement
896
WWUS51 KRLX 240622
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
122 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
WVC005-039-043-045-059-081-099-240632-
/O.EXP.KRLX.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120224T0630Z/
RALEIGH WV-MINGO WV-LOGAN WV-LINCOLN WV-KANAWHA WV-BOONE WV-WAYNE WV-
122 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WAYNE...SOUTHERN
BOONE...SOUTH CENTRAL KANAWHA...SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN...NORTHERN
LOGAN...NORTHWESTERN MINGO AND NORTHWESTERN RALEIGH COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 130 AM EST...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND NO LONGER POSES A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...THUS THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER OTHER WEAKER
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3794 8239 3814 8145 3786 8138 3777 8234
3780 8238
TIME...MOT...LOC 0622Z 258DEG 54KT 3798 8154
$$
26The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 8:52 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Wayne | 53 min |
| Feb 23, 11:52 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 38 min |
| Feb 24, 12:24 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Logan | 51 min |
| Feb 24, 2:38 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lincoln, Wayne | 37 min |
| Feb 24, 4:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell | 27 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.