Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 2012, 10:42 PM EDT for Pleasants County, Tyler County, West Virginia; Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 48 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
- Mar 30, 2012, 10:42 PM EDT (02:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2012, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Washington County, OH, Pleasants County, WV, Tyler County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 1221 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 346 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 441 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
101
WUUS51 KRLX 310242
SVRRLX
OHC167-WVC073-095-310330-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0045.120331T0242Z-120331T0330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1042 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
PLEASANTS COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ST. MARYS...
TYLER COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MIDDLEBOURNE...
EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT
* AT 1032 PM EDT...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 10
MILES NORTHWEST OF BELMONT...OR NEAR MARIETTA...AND MOVING EAST AT
40 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SISTERSVILLE.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-77 NEAR MILE MARKER 1
IN OHIO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 MIDNIGHT EDT
SATURDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL
WEST VIRGINIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3959 8090 3960 8084 3948 8071 3946 8063
3943 8071 3939 8073 3933 8085 3933 8089
3936 8088 3939 8092 3934 8096 3935 8140
3941 8143 3958 8120 3958 8104 3955 8103
3961 8095
TIME...MOT...LOC 0242Z 279DEG 36KT 3945 8129
$$1 follow-up statement
047
WWUS51 KRLX 310329
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1129 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012
OHC167-WVC073-095-310340-
/O.EXP.KRLX.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-120331T0330Z/
WASHINGTON OH-PLEASANTS WV-TYLER WV-
1129 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TYLER...PLEASANTS AND EASTERN
WASHINGTON COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
SATURDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL
WEST VIRGINIA.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3959 8090 3960 8084 3948 8071 3946 8063
3943 8071 3939 8073 3933 8085 3933 8089
3936 8088 3939 8092 3934 8096 3935 8140
3941 8143 3958 8120 3958 8104 3955 8103
3961 8095
TIME...MOT...LOC 0330Z 279DEG 36KT 3932 8069
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 11:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison | 28 min |
| Mar 30, 11:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wirt | 34 min |
| Mar 31, 12:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton | 33 min |
| Mar 30, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Morgan, Perry | 58 min |
| Mar 30, 9:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Morgan | 55 min |
| Mar 30, 9:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Athens, Vinton | 29 min |
| Mar 30, 10:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Meigs, Morgan, Perry, Washington | 60 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2012Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.