Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2012, 6:58 PM EDT for 15 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 62 min. 8 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, 6:58 PM EDT (22:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Barbour County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wirt County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 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 29, 7:18 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Weston, WV | LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN. EVENT OCCURRED 713 PM 06/29/2012 |
| Jun 29, 7:24 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Bridgeport, WV | LARGE TREES DOWN... ROOF DAMAGE ON HOMES |
| Jun 29, 7:28 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Bridgeport, WV | EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN 715PM 06/29/2012 |
| Jun 29, 7:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Weston, WV | MEASURED WIND AT 73MPH... LARGE TREES... 2FT IN DIAMETER... DOWN |
| Jun 29, 7:36 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Bridgeport, WV | EVENT OCCURRED 721 PM 06/29/2012 |
| Jun 29, 7:48 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Clarksburg, WV | EVENT OCCURRED 724 PM 06/29/2012 |
| Jun 29, 7:58 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Valley Bend, WV | LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN. EVENT OCCURRED 758 PM ON 6/29/2012 |
| Jun 29, 8:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Elkins, WV | RANDOLPH COUNTY EMERGENCY MGT CALLED TO REPORT REPORTS OF ABOUT 250 TREES DOWN...NUMEROUS POWER LINES DOWN WITH AT LEAST 14000 PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER. SEVERAL PEOPLE STRANDED ALONG 250 FROM NUMEROUS TREES AND LINES DOWN. NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE REPORTED |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 29, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 2131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1114 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
505
WUUS51 KRLX 292258
SVRRLX
WVC001-007-013-017-021-033-041-075-083-085-091-095-097-101-105-
300000-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0072.120629T2258Z-120630T0000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
658 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BARBOUR COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PHILIPPI...AUDRA STATE PARK...
NORTHEASTERN BRAXTON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
DODDRIDGE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
GILMER COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GLENVILLE...
HARRISON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CLARKSBURG...
LEWIS COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WESTON...
NORTHEASTERN POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
RANDOLPH COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ELKINS...
RITCHIE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HARRISVILLE...
TAYLOR COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GRAFTON...
TYLER COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
UPSHUR COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BUCKHANNON...
NORTHEASTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
EAST CENTRAL WIRT COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT
* AT 654 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 80 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES NORTH OF WEST
UNION TO PENNSBORO TO 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HARRISVILLE...OR ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES EAST OF MIDDLEBOURNE TO 8 MILES EAST
OF HARRISVILLE TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRANTSVILLE...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 85 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SALEM...CEDAR CREEK STATE PARK...LUMBERPORT...SHINNSTON...
ENTERPRISE...JACKSON MILL...NUTTER FORT...STONEWOOD...ANMOORE...
BRIDGEPORT...STONEWALL JACKSON LAKE STATE PARK...ROCK CAVE...HOLLY
RIVER STATE PARK...BELINGTON...DAILEY AND MILL CREEK.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
74 AND 129.
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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 100 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND CENTRAL
WEST VIRGINIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3889 7951 3878 7950 3866 7962 3838 7973
3905 8133 3929 8098 3955 8079 3948 8071
3944 8053 3947 8047 3940 8020 3939 8008
3945 7991 3931 7989 3923 7980 3913 7983
3904 7977 3897 7936 3894 7935
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 296DEG 73KT 3951 8062 3923 8083
3899 8112
$$
121 follow-up statement
486
WWUS51 KRLX 292338
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
738 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012
WVC013-017-085-095-105-292347-
/O.CAN.KRLX.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-120630T0000Z/
DODDRIDGE WV-CALHOUN WV-WIRT WV-TYLER WV-RITCHIE WV-
738 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RITCHIE...TYLER...EAST CENTRAL
WIRT...NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN AND DODDRIDGE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL
WEST VIRGINIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 100 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND CENTRAL
WEST VIRGINIA.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3889 7951 3878 7950 3866 7962 3838 7973
3891 8090 3914 8055 3943 8033 3940 8020
3939 8008 3945 7991 3931 7989 3923 7980
3913 7983 3904 7977 3897 7936 3894 7935
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 296DEG 73KT 3915 7968 3887 7989
3863 8019
$$
WVC001-007-021-033-041-075-083-091-097-101-300000-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-120630T0000Z/
POCAHONTAS WV-LEWIS WV-HARRISON WV-RANDOLPH WV-GILMER WV-BRAXTON WV-
BARBOUR WV-TAYLOR WV-WEBSTER WV-UPSHUR WV-
738 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR UPSHUR...NORTHEASTERN WEBSTER...TAYLOR...BARBOUR...NORTHEASTERN
BRAXTON...EAST CENTRAL GILMER...RANDOLPH...HARRISON...LEWIS AND
NORTHEASTERN POCAHONTAS COUNTIES...
AT 735 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 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
MONTROSE TO COALTON TO PICKENS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17
MILES EAST OF PHILIPPI TO ELKINS TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF WEBSTER
SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 85 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BEVERLY...DAILEY...MILL CREEK...HUTTONSVILLE...MONTERVILLE...
BOWDEN...VALLEY HEAD...GLADY...CHEAT BRIDGE...DRYFORK...HARMAN...
DURBIN...BARTOW...BOYER AND ARBOVALE
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
75 AND 129.
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
SOUTHEAST OHIO AND WEST VIRGINIA. 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 3889 7951 3878 7950 3866 7962 3838 7973
3891 8090 3914 8055 3943 8033 3940 8020
3939 8008 3945 7991 3931 7989 3923 7980
3913 7983 3904 7977 3897 7936 3894 7935
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 296DEG 73KT 3915 7968 3887 7989
3863 8019
$$
28The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2:49 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | RLX | Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 18 more | 29 hr |
| Jun 29, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Wirt, Wood | 64 min |
| Jun 29, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis and 6 more | 58 min |
| Jun 29, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 63 min |
| Jun 29, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer and 7 more | 56 min |
| Jun 29, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo and 3 more | 56 min |
| Jun 29, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Gilmer and 8 more | 58 min |
| Jun 29, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Logan, McDowell, Mingo and 2 more | 63 min |
| Jun 29, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur, Webster | 62 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.