Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 29, 2012, 2:30 PM EST for 5 counties in West Virginia; Lawrence County, Kentucky. It was in force for 60 min. 4 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
- Feb 29, 2012, 2:30 PM EST (19:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 29, 2012, 3:30 PM EST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lawrence County, KY, Boone County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Wayne County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 2:35 PM EST | HAIL 0.88 | Louisa, KY | |
| Feb 29, 2:35 PM EST | HAIL 1.75 | 2 Ese Gallup, KY | |
| Feb 29, 3:20 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Se Turtle Creek, WV | TREES DOWN ALONG ROUTE 17 IN THE POWELL CREEK AREA |
| Feb 29, 3:30 PM EST | HAIL 0.7 | Madison, WV |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 1:37 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -228 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 454 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 791 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 857 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS51 KRLX 291930
SVRRLX
KYC127-WVC005-043-045-059-099-292030-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0003.120229T1930Z-120229T2030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
230 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...
WESTERN BOONE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MADISON...
SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN MINGO COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 330 PM EST
* AT 224 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
CHARLEY...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLAINE...AND MOVING EAST AT 50
MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DUNLOW...KIAHSVILLE...RANGER...HARTS...GILL...CHAPMANVILLE...
SPURLOCKVILLE...JULIAN AND VAN.
.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND
CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3818 8181 3819 8181 3805 8166 3790 8170
3789 8244 3790 8245 3790 8248 3795 8252
3795 8256 3788 8260 3788 8266 3794 8277
3806 8279
TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 263DEG 42KT 3798 8265
$$
081 follow-up statement
202
WWUS51 KRLX 292003
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
303 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012
KYC127-292012-
/O.CAN.KRLX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120229T2030Z/
LAWRENCE KY-
303 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY
IN KENTUCKY IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNING AREA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND
CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3811 8240 3818 8181 3819 8181 3805 8166
3790 8171 3789 8236 3798 8241
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 263DEG 42KT 3802 8219
$$
WVC005-043-045-059-099-292030-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120229T2030Z/
MINGO WV-LOGAN WV-LINCOLN WV-BOONE WV-WAYNE WV-
303 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE...WESTERN BOONE...SOUTHERN LINCOLN...NORTHERN
LOGAN AND NORTHWESTERN MINGO COUNTIES...
AT 258 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILSONDALE...OR 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
WAYNE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
RANGER...HARTS...GILL...CHAPMANVILLE...MITCHELL HEIGHTS...
SPURLOCKVILLE...MUD...ALKOL...TURTLE CREEK...WOODVILLE...SHARPLES...
JULIAN...JEFFREY...DANVILLE...MADISON...FOSTER AND VAN
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST WEDNESDAY 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 3811 8240 3818 8181 3819 8181 3805 8166
3790 8171 3789 8236 3798 8241
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 263DEG 42KT 3802 8219
$$
28The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 10:26 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Jackson, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam, Wayne and 1 more | 34 min |
| Feb 29, 11:19 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Clay, Kanawha, Nicholas, Roane | 41 min |
| Feb 29, 11:25 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis, Ritchie, Taylor | 50 min |
| Feb 29, 12:19 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants, Wirt, Wood | 71 min |
| Feb 29, 12:59 PM EST | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 22 more | 9 hr |
| Feb 29, 1:11 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 34 min |
| Feb 29, 1:26 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison and 5 more | 57 days |
| Feb 29, 1:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RLX | Wayne | 36 min |
| Feb 29, 2:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Jackson, Mason, Ritchie, Wirt and 1 more | 45 min |
| Feb 29, 3:25 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Calhoun, Doddridge, Harrison, Jackson, Mason and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 29, 3:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas | 46 min |
| Feb 29, 3:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Raleigh, Wyoming | 55 min |
| Feb 29, 4:17 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas | 58 min |
| Feb 29, 6:01 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Nicholas and 4 more | 3 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2012Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
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.