Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2012, 4:58 PM EDT for Fayette County, Raleigh County, West Virginia. It was in force for 51 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, 4:58 PM EDT (20:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2012, 5:49 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Fayette County, WV, Raleigh County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 5:20 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Mount Hope, WV |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 302 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1038 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
789
WUUS51 KRLX 222058
SVRRLX
WVC019-081-222200-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0066.120622T2058Z-120622T2200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
458 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BABCOCK STATE PARK...
NORTHERN RALEIGH COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 451 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 MOUNT HOPE...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF BECKLEY...
AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BRADLEY...OAK HILL...PROSPERITY...STANAFORD AND PINEY VIEW.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 NEAR BECKLEY
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 126 AND 137...THE WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 46 AND 66.
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 3788 8144 3797 8141 3798 8138 3805 8136
3799 8078 3794 8080 3786 8075 3786 8081
3782 8092 3777 8089 3775 8092 3772 8088
3769 8088
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 287DEG 22KT 3794 8128
$$
083 follow-up statements
006
WWUS51 KRLX 222121
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
521 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012
WVC019-081-222200-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-120622T2200Z/
RALEIGH WV-FAYETTE WV-
521 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE AND EAST CENTRAL RALEIGH COUNTIES...
AT 514 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR MOUNT HOPE...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF BECKLEY...MOVING EAST
AT 25 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MEADOW
BRIDGE
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-64 NEAR BECKLEY BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 136 AND 137.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3777 8089 3782 8115 3790 8120 3795 8118
3794 8105 3795 8080 3786 8075 3786 8081
3782 8092
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 287DEG 22KT 3790 8111
$$
08581
WWUS51 KRLX 222141
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
541 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012
WVC019-222151-
/O.CAN.KRLX.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-120622T2200Z/
FAYETTE WV-
541 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IS
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 3782 8115 3787 8117 3786 8110 3785 8109
3786 8108 3785 8105 3783 8105 3783 8098
3782 8093 3777 8089
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 287DEG 22KT 3786 8096
$$
WVC081-222200-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-120622T2200Z/
RALEIGH WV-
541 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL RALEIGH COUNTY...
AT 532 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF PINEY VIEW...OR 8 MILES SOUTH
OF BABCOCK STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-64 NEAR BECKLEY BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 136 AND 137.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3782 8115 3787 8117 3786 8110 3785 8109
3786 8108 3785 8105 3783 8105 3783 8098
3782 8093 3777 8089
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 287DEG 22KT 3786 8096
$$
08902
WWUS51 KRLX 222149
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
549 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012
WVC081-222159-
/O.CAN.KRLX.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-120622T2200Z/
RALEIGH WV-
549 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL RALEIGH COUNTY 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.
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 3782 8115 3787 8117 3786 8110 3785 8109
3786 8108 3785 8105 3783 8105 3783 8098
3782 8093 3777 8089
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 287DEG 22KT 3784 8090
$$
08The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 1:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wirt | 35 min |
| Jun 22, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer | 63 min |
| Jun 22, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Clay, Nicholas | 57 min |
| Jun 22, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 41 min |
| Jun 22, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lewis | 26 min |
| Jun 22, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Jun 22, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Lincoln | 38 min |
| Jun 22, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Taylor | 57 min |
| Jun 22, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Clay, Kanawha | 66 min |
| Jun 22, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell | 51 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 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.