Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2012, 11:39 AM EDT for 5 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 36 min. 5 reports 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 5, 2012, 11:39 AM EDT (15:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2012, 12:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Boone County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Putnam County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 11:51 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Nitro, WV | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN INTO POWER LINES |
| Jul 5, 11:52 AM EDT | TSTM WND GST 59 | 5 Ne Charleston, WV | AT 1152AM YEAGER AIRPORT ASOS IN CHARLESTON, WV REPORTED 59MPH WIND GUST. |
| Jul 5, 11:55 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Elkview, WV | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ALONG 119 JUST NORTH OF BUS GARAGE. |
| Jul 5, 11:57 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nnw Charleston, WV | MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN AT THE CORNER OF EDGEWOOD AND GARRISON. |
| Jul 5, 12:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Charleston, WV | POWER LINES AND POLES DOWN. 57TH AND 58TH ST. |
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 5, 11:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 932 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1190 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
720
WUUS51 KRLX 051539
SVRRLX
WVC005-019-039-043-079-051615-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0113.120705T1539Z-120705T1615Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1139 AM EDT THU JUL 5 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN BOONE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MADISON...
NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
KANAWHA COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NITRO...CHARLESTON...
NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1215 PM EDT
* AT 1138 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CROSS LANES...OR 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CHARLESTON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
INSTITUTE...TORNADO...DUNBAR...SOUTH CHARLESTON...ELKVIEW...
PINCH...ALUM CREEK...COAL FORK...JULIAN...MARMET...BELLE...
CHESAPEAKE...EAST BANK...CEDAR GROVE...GLASGOW...PRATT...
SMITHERS...MONTGOMERY AND GAULEY BRIDGE.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 41 AND 57 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND
114 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 17...THE WEST
VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 73 AND 95.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
PLEASE REPORT 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 700 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL
VIRGINIA AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3795 8187 3842 8201 3857 8149 3855 8147
3855 8141 3818 8118 3794 8181 3795 8186
TIME...MOT...LOC 1539Z 335DEG 38KT 3844 8168
$$
131 follow-up statement
237
WWUS51 KRLX 051607
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1207 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012
WVC005-019-039-043-079-051615-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-120705T1615Z/
PUTNAM WV-LINCOLN WV-KANAWHA WV-FAYETTE WV-BOONE WV-
1207 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN BOONE...NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE...KANAWHA...NORTHEASTERN
LINCOLN AND SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTIES...
AT 1203 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ASHFORD...OR 10 MILES
SOUTH OF CHARLESTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
GLASGOW...JULIAN...PRATT...HANDLEY...RACINE...SHARON...SMITHERS...
MONTGOMERY...DAWES...FOSTER...ESKDALE...PRENTER...TURTLE CREEK...
JEFFREY...SETH...MADISON AND DANVILLE
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 41 AND 57 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND
114 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 17...THE WEST
VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 73 AND 95.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 59 MPH WERE REPORTED AT THE CHARLESTON AIRPORT
WITH THIS STORM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...SEEK SAFE SHELTER AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL
VIRGINIA AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.
&&
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3795 8187 3842 8201 3857 8149 3855 8147
3855 8141 3818 8118 3794 8181 3795 8186
TIME...MOT...LOC 1606Z 351DEG 31KT 3819 8168
$$
13The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 8:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Taylor | 22 min |
| Jul 4, 8:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Taylor | 32 min |
| Jul 5, 2:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Taylor | 53 min |
| Jul 5, 2:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Randolph, Taylor | 38 min |
| Jul 5, 6:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell | 44 min |
| Jul 5, 9:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants, Tyler | 77 min |
| Jul 5, 10:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Jackson, Lewis, Mason and 4 more | 66 min |
| Jul 5, 11:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Jackson, Kanawha and 4 more | 50 min |
| Jul 5, 11:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam | 40 min |
| Jul 5, 12:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Putnam, Raleigh and 1 more | 59 min |
| Jul 5, 12:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Kanawha, Raleigh, Wyoming | 43 min |
| Jul 5, 1:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming | 57 min |
| Jul 5, 1:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan, Mingo | 43 min |
| Jul 5, 1:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Raleigh | 32 min |
| Jul 5, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell | 61 min |
| Jul 5, 3:13 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | RLX | Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 18 more | 29 hr |
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.