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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Charleston, WV

June 29, 201213 counties in West Virginia; Gallia County, Lawrence County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2012, 6:34 PM EDT for 13 counties in West Virginia; Gallia County, Lawrence County, Ohio. It was in force for 56 min. 11 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
Jun 29, 2012, 6:34 PM EDT (22:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2012, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Gallia County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Mason County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Roane County, WV, Wirt County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 29, 7:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGElizabeth, WVFRONT PORCH RIPPED OFF OF A HOUSE. SEVERAL LARGE TREES UPROOTED. POWER POLE IN ROAD ON ROUTE 14.
Jun 29, 7:05 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Ese Hurricane, WVJAMIE BIELINSKI REPORTS HEALTHY TREE... 1 FOOT IN DIAMETER DOWN.
Jun 29, 7:05 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 W Teays Valley, WVLARGE TREES DOWN... DAMAGE TO HOME
Jun 29, 7:05 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGCharleston, WVPOWER OUT AT AIRPORT... AIRPLANE FLIPPED OVER BY WIND.
Jun 29, 7:10 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGSt. Albans, WV18 INCH DIAMETER WALNUT TREE UPROOTED
Jun 29, 7:10 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 70Charleston, WV
Jun 29, 7:12 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 783 Ne Charleston, WVDAMAGE TO A HANGAR AT YEAGER AIRPORT
Jun 29, 7:13 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 706 Wsw Charleston, WVREPORTED AT NWS OFFICE.
Jun 29, 7:14 PM EDTFUNNEL CLOUDRipley, WVEVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN 659 PM
Jun 29, 7:16 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGCulloden, WV36 INCH TREES BROKEN AND DOWN... TREES ON HILLSIDE ALL APPEAR TO BE DOWN
Jun 29, 7:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGElkview, WVTREES ARE ALL DOWN IN A STRAIGHT LINE ON BIG FORK RD.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 29, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jun 29, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 218 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 2012-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3674 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2012-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -59 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
3674 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-139 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
979 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
9.4

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The text

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

438 
WUUS51 KRLX 292234
SVRRLX
OHC053-087-WVC005-007-011-013-015-021-035-039-043-053-079-087-105-
292330-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0071.120629T2234Z-120629T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
634 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL BOONE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  WEST CENTRAL BRAXTON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  NORTHEASTERN CABELL COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  CALHOUN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GRANTSVILLE...
  NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  SOUTHERN GILMER COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF RIPLEY...
  KANAWHA COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NITRO...CHARLESTON...
  NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  SOUTHERN MASON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WINFIELD...
  ROANE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SPENCER...
  WIRT COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ELIZABETH...
  SOUTH CENTRAL GALLIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
  EAST CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 627 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS
  WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 24 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  SANDYVILLE TO 26 MILES NORTHWEST OF BUFFALO TO 29 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF MILTON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES WEST OF
  COOLVILLE TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF POINT PLEASANT TO 6 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF LAKE VESUVIUS...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  ELEANOR...CULLODEN...HURRICANE...KENNA...TEAYS VALLEY...POCA...
  CROSS LANES...SISSONVILLE...ST. ALBANS...TORNADO...INSTITUTE...
  DUNBAR...ALUM CREEK...SOUTH CHARLESTON...ARNOLDSBURG...AMMA...
  PINCH...MARMET...ELKVIEW...COAL FORK...CLENDENIN AND CEDAR CREEK
  STATE PARK.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 24 AND 57 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND
144 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 36...THE WEST
VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 90 AND 95.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE 
IMMEDIATELY FOR DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND DAMAGING HAIL. PEOPLE OUTSIDE 
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT 
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE. THIS 
IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A 
STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO FALL FROM THIS LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL
WEST VIRGINIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3884 8073 3852 8119 3816 8168 3860 8253
      3880 8191 3909 8143
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 299DEG 44KT 3917 8186 3892 8215
          3867 8252

$$

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2 follow-up statements
084 
WWUS51 KRLX 292306
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
706 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012

OHC053-087-WVC005-007-011-013-015-021-035-039-043-053-079-087-105-
292330-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-120629T2330Z/
GALLIA OH-LAWRENCE OH-PUTNAM WV-MASON WV-LINCOLN WV-KANAWHA WV-
JACKSON WV-GILMER WV-CLAY WV-CALHOUN WV-CABELL WV-BRAXTON WV-BOONE WV-
WIRT WV-ROANE WV-
706 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL LAWRENCE AND SOUTH CENTRAL GALLIA COUNTIES IN
SOUTHEAST OHIO...AND ROANE...WIRT...NORTH CENTRAL BOONE...WEST
CENTRAL BRAXTON...NORTHEASTERN CABELL...CALHOUN...NORTHWESTERN
CLAY...SOUTHERN GILMER...JACKSON...KANAWHA...NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN...
SOUTHERN MASON AND PUTNAM COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA...

AT 703 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LUCILLE TO GIVEN TO
MILTON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF ELIZABETH TO
6 MILES SOUTH OF RIPLEY TO 11 MILES WEST OF WINFIELD...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 BETWEEN MILE 
MARKERS 24 AND 57 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND
145 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 36...THE WEST 
VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 90 AND 95.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS 
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN OHIO. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. 
SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM 
WINDOWS!

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO FALL FROM THIS LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY
FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL
WEST VIRGINIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 100 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY 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 3884 8073 3852 8119 3816 8168 3860 8253
      3880 8191 3909 8143
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 299DEG 44KT 3896 8138 3871 8167
          3846 8204

$$

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976 
WWUS51 KRLX 292326
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
726 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012

OHC053-087-WVC005-007-011-013-015-021-035-039-043-053-079-087-105-
292336-
/O.EXP.KRLX.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-120629T2330Z/
GALLIA OH-LAWRENCE OH-PUTNAM WV-MASON WV-LINCOLN WV-KANAWHA WV-
JACKSON WV-GILMER WV-CLAY WV-CALHOUN WV-CABELL WV-BRAXTON WV-BOONE WV-
WIRT WV-ROANE WV-
726 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LAWRENCE AND
SOUTH CENTRAL GALLIA COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...AND ROANE...WIRT...
NORTH CENTRAL BOONE...WEST CENTRAL BRAXTON...NORTHEASTERN CABELL...
CALHOUN...NORTHWESTERN CLAY...SOUTHERN GILMER...JACKSON...KANAWHA...
NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN...SOUTHERN MASON AND PUTNAM COUNTIES IN WEST
VIRGINIA WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM EDT...

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 24 AND 57 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND
145 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 36...THE WEST
VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 90 AND 95.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM WHICH
PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. OTHER
STORMS IN THE AREA COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND PEA SIZE HAIL.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT
SATURDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY 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 3884 8073 3852 8119 3816 8168 3860 8253
      3880 8191 3909 8143
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 299DEG 44KT 3884 8111 3859 8140
          3834 8177

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 2:49 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryRLXBoone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 18 more29 hr
Jun 29, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Mason, Wirt, Wood64 min
Jun 29, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis and 6 more58 min
Jun 29, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCabell, Wayne63 min
Jun 29, 6:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBarbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison and 9 more62 min
Jun 29, 7:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo and 3 more56 min
Jun 29, 7:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Gilmer and 8 more58 min
Jun 29, 7:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Fayette, Kanawha, Logan, McDowell, Mingo and 2 more63 min
Jun 29, 7:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBarbour, Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur, Webster62 min
Jun 29, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXAthens, Morgan, Perry63 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.