Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2012, 10:48 PM EDT for McDowell County, Wyoming County, West Virginia; Buchanan County, Virginia. It was in force for 27 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
- Jul 1, 2012, 10:48 PM EDT (02:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2012, 11:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Buchanan County, VA, McDowell County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 11:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Welch, WV | TREES DOWN... POWER POLES DOWN... ENTRAPMENT IN A HOUSE... UNDERPASSES FLOODED DUE TO POOR DRAINAGE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 9:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -174 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2439 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
523
WUUS51 KRLX 020248
SVRRLX
VAC027-WVC047-109-020315-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0101.120702T0248Z-120702T0315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1048 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL BUCHANAN COUNTY IN VIRGINIA...
MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT
* AT 1045 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WELCH TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
WAR TO 12 MILES WEST OF WAR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WELCH...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE. 1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN
DO SO SAFELY.
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT MONDAY
MORNING FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3729 8205 3740 8180 3748 8166 3742 8128
3740 8131 3729 8139 3721 8154 3720 8167
3723 8171 3724 8174 3718 8178 3718 8182
3713 8191 3713 8193
TIME...MOT...LOC 0248Z 315DEG 29KT 3748 8160 3735 8173
3725 8186
$$1 follow-up statement
920
WWUS51 KRLX 020312
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1112 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
VAC027-WVC047-109-020322-
/O.EXP.KRLX.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-120702T0315Z/
BUCHANAN VA-MCDOWELL WV-WYOMING WV-
1112 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WYOMING...MCDOWELL AND
BUCHANAN COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 1115 PM EDT...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT MONDAY
MORNING FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3729 8205 3740 8180 3748 8166 3742 8128
3740 8131 3729 8139 3721 8154 3720 8167
3723 8171 3724 8174 3718 8178 3718 8182
3713 8191 3713 8193
TIME...MOT...LOC 0312Z 315DEG 29KT 3734 8143 3721 8156
3711 8169
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 8:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 65 min |
| Jul 1, 8:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis and 7 more | 56 min |
| Jul 1, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 48 min |
| Jul 1, 8:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Gilmer and 8 more | 65 min |
| Jul 1, 9:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan and 5 more | 60 min |
| Jul 1, 9:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis and 2 more | 41 min |
| Jul 1, 10:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming | 42 min |
| Jul 1, 10:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Raleigh, Wyoming | 19 min |
| Jul 1, 11:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Raleigh | 26 min |
| Jul 2, 3:46 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | RLX | Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 18 more | 27 hr |
| Jul 1, 10:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 33 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.