Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 2012, 1:25 PM EST for Buchanan County, Dickenson County, Virginia. It was in force for 35 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 2, 2012, 1:25 PM EST (18:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 2:00 PM EST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Buchanan County, VA, Dickenson County, VA
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:25 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 236 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
- 2084 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
422
WUUS51 KRLX 021825
SVRRLX
VAC027-051-021900-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0007.120302T1825Z-120302T1900Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
125 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN BUCHANAN COUNTY IN VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...GRUNDY...DAVENPORT...
DICKENSON COUNTY IN VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HAYSI...CLINTWOOD...
* UNTIL 200 PM EST
* AT 120 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CLINTWOOD...OR NEAR NORTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
TRAMMEL.
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.
VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO FALL FROM THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...AND
WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES
AND SMALL STREAMS.
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 3703 8248 3713 8255 3715 8255 3734 8205
3712 8195 3711 8200 3705 8203 3703 8208
3704 8209 3703 8217 3699 8225 3699 8229
3695 8236
TIME...MOT...LOC 1825Z 246DEG 50KT 3698 8257
$$1 follow-up statement
608
WWUS51 KRLX 021857
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
157 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
VAC027-051-021907-
/O.EXP.KRLX.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120302T1900Z/
DICKENSON VA-BUCHANAN VA-
157 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BUCHANAN AND
DICKENSON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 200 PM EST...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND NO LONGER POSES A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...THUS THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER OTHER WEAKER
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3703 8248 3713 8255 3715 8255 3734 8205
3712 8195 3711 8200 3705 8203 3703 8208
3704 8209 3703 8217 3699 8225 3699 8229
3695 8236
TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 246DEG 48KT 3711 8212
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 9:39 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 15 hr |
| Mar 2, 10:49 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Buchanan | 26 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.