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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Charleston, WV

June 22, 2012Boone County, Lincoln County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2012, 3:02 PM EDT for Boone County, Lincoln County, West Virginia. It was in force for 38 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
Jun 22, 2012, 3:02 PM EDT (19:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2012, 3:40 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Boone County, WV, Lincoln County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 22, 3:11 PM EDTHAIL 0.7Ranger, WVTIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 214 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2012-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 332 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2012-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -21 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
332 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
491 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

652 
WUUS51 KRLX 221902
SVRRLX
WVC005-043-222000-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0064.120622T1902Z-120622T2000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
302 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 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...
  CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 257 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 NEAR
  RANGER...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAMLIN...AND MOVING EAST AT 25
  MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  GILL...SPURLOCKVILLE...JULIAN AND VAN.

.

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 3824 8225 3827 8191 3823 8182 3822 8184
      3818 8182 3821 8181 3821 8179 3812 8160
      3796 8172 3801 8196 3802 8194 3802 8202
      3806 8221 3808 8224 3822 8227
TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 274DEG 23KT 3815 8215

$$

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2 follow-up statements
323 
WWUS51 KRLX 221930
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
330 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012

WVC005-043-222000-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-120622T2000Z/
LINCOLN WV-BOONE WV-
330 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN BOONE AND CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTIES...

AT 324 PM EDT...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 SPURLOCKVILLE...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
MADISON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WOODVILLE...SOD...TURTLE CREEK...JULIAN...DANVILLE...FOSTER...RACINE
AND SETH

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 3822 8206 3825 8188 3823 8182 3822 8184
      3818 8182 3821 8181 3812 8160 3796 8172
      3801 8190 3801 8195 3802 8194 3802 8202
      3805 8208
TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 274DEG 23KT 3814 8192

$$

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930 
WWUS51 KRLX 221940
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
340 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012

WVC005-043-221951-
/O.CAN.KRLX.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-120622T2000Z/
LINCOLN WV-BOONE WV-
340 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN BOONE AND CENTRAL
LINCOLN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND NO LONGER POSES A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...THUS THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS AND
PEA SIZE HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE.

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND NO LONGER POSES A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...THUS THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

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 3822 8206 3825 8188 3823 8182 3822 8184
      3818 8182 3821 8181 3812 8160 3796 8172
      3801 8190 3801 8195 3802 8194 3802 8202
      3805 8208
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 274DEG 23KT 3813 8183

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 1:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXWirt35 min
Jun 22, 2:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBraxton, Calhoun, Gilmer63 min
Jun 22, 2:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton, Clay, Nicholas57 min
Jun 22, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWayne41 min
Jun 22, 2:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLewis26 min
Jun 22, 2:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLincoln30 min
Jun 22, 3:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBarbour, Taylor57 min
Jun 22, 3:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXClay, Kanawha66 min
Jun 22, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXClay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas39 min
Jun 22, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFayette, Raleigh51 min
Jun 22, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMcDowell51 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.