Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 29, 2012, 3:29 PM EST for 4 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 46 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, 3:29 PM EST (20:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 29, 2012, 4:15 PM EST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Boone County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Nicholas County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 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, 4:00 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Ansted, WV | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ALONG SATURDAY ROAD JUST EAST OF ANSTED |
| Feb 29, 4:10 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Ansted, WV | TREE AND POWERLINES DOWN ALONG POSSUM CREEK ROAD ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF ANSTED AROUND THE HICO AREA |
| Feb 29, 4:10 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Craigsville, WV | TREE DOWN IN CRAIGSVILLE |
| Feb 29, 4:12 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Mount Nebo, WV | TREE DOWN IN MOUNT NEBO |
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
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 651 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 313 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 338 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS51 KRLX 292029
SVRRLX
WVC005-019-039-067-292115-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0004.120229T2029Z-120229T2115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
329 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...FAYETTEVILLE...BABCOCK STATE PARK...
SOUTHEASTERN KANAWHA COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN NICHOLAS COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SUMMERSVILLE...
* UNTIL 415 PM EST
* AT 325 PM 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 12
MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHESAPEAKE...OR 7 MILES EAST OF MADISON...AND
MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BELLE...EAST BANK...CEDAR GROVE...BURNWELL...GLASGOW...PRATT...
POWELLTON...MONTGOMERY...SMITHERS...GAULEY BRIDGE...OAK HILL...
HAWKS NEST STATE PARK...ANSTED AND CRAIGSVILLE.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...THE WEST VIRGINIA
TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 58 AND 89.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3796 8133 3798 8135 3797 8144 3799 8146
3797 8155 3797 8175 3820 8174 3831 8125
3827 8123 3833 8110 3837 8063 3808 8072
3809 8088 3806 8086 3806 8080 3804 8082
3799 8077 3794 8080
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 258DEG 55KT 3810 8161
$$
081 follow-up statement
981
WWUS51 KRLX 292051
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
351 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012
WVC005-292101-
/O.CAN.KRLX.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120229T2115Z/
BOONE WV-
351 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND
CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3796 8123 3799 8126 3805 8131 3828 8136
3831 8125 3827 8123 3833 8108 3837 8063
3808 8072 3809 8088 3806 8086 3806 8080
3804 8082 3799 8077 3795 8080
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 258DEG 55KT 3816 8119
$$
WVC019-039-067-292115-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120229T2115Z/
NICHOLAS WV-KANAWHA WV-FAYETTE WV-
351 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EST
FOR NORTHERN FAYETTE...EAST CENTRAL KANAWHA AND SOUTHERN NICHOLAS
COUNTIES...
AT 348 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR GAULEY BRIDGE...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF FAYETTEVILLE...
MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
THURMOND...HAWKS NEST STATE PARK...ANSTED...SWISS...BABCOCK STATE
PARK...DRENNAN...KESSLERS CROSS LANES...MOUNT NEBO...SUMMERSVILLE...
CANVAS...NETTIE...CALVIN AND CRAIGSVILLE
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 3796 8123 3799 8126 3805 8131 3828 8136
3831 8125 3827 8123 3833 8108 3837 8063
3808 8072 3809 8088 3806 8086 3806 8080
3804 8082 3799 8077 3795 8080
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 258DEG 55KT 3816 8119
$$
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, 2:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne | 60 min |
| Feb 29, 3:25 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Calhoun, Doddridge, Harrison, Jackson, Mason and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 29, 3:35 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
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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.