Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2012, 7:27 PM EDT for McDowell County, Wyoming County, West Virginia; Buchanan County, Virginia. It was in force for 33 min. 2 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 30, 2012, 7:27 PM EDT (23:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Buchanan County, VA, McDowell County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 7:44 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Ssw Iaeger, WV | TIMED FROM RADAR. |
| Jun 30, 7:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Iaeger, WV | TREES DOWN AND POWER IS OUT. TIMED FROM RADAR. |
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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 656 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -356 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1666 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
579
WUUS51 KRLX 302327
SVRRLX
VAC027-WVC047-109-010015-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0083.120630T2327Z-120701T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
727 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON
HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL BUCHANAN COUNTY IN VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT
* AT 725 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 21 MILES
WEST OF WELCH...OR 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF HURLEY...AND MOVING EAST AT
20 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
WELCH AND 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PINEVILLE BY 815 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3739 8200 3752 8199 3753 8196 3751 8194
3753 8192 3754 8187 3756 8185 3760 8151
3731 8151
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 271DEG 18KT 3748 8195
$$
ABE2 follow-up statements
446
WWUS51 KRLX 302345
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
745 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2012
VAC027-302355-
/O.CAN.KRLX.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-120701T0015Z/
BUCHANAN VA-
745 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL BUCHANAN COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
TO REPORT DAMAGE FROM SEVERE WEATHER...CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE...TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN
DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3739 8191 3753 8192 3754 8186 3756 8185
3760 8151 3731 8151
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 271DEG 18KT 3748 8184
$$
WVC047-109-010015-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-120701T0015Z/
MCDOWELL WV-WYOMING WV-
745 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING AND NORTHWESTERN MCDOWELL COUNTIES...
AT 742 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 IAEGER...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF HURLEY...MOVING EAST
AT 20 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
IAEGER BY 750 PM EDT...
DAVY AND WELCH BY 815 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3739 8191 3753 8192 3754 8186 3756 8185
3760 8151 3731 8151
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 271DEG 18KT 3748 8184
$$
ABE159
WWUS51 KRLX 010000
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
800 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2012
WVC047-109-010011-
/O.CAN.KRLX.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-120701T0015Z/
MCDOWELL WV-WYOMING WV-
800 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING AND
NORTHWESTERN MCDOWELL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES
A THREAT.
TO REPORT DAMAGE FROM SEVERE WEATHER...CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE...TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN
DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3739 8191 3752 8191 3754 8186 3756 8185
3760 8151 3731 8151
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 271DEG 18KT 3748 8174
$$
ABEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 8:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 32 min |
| Jun 30, 3:18 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mason and 3 more | 27 hr |
| Jun 30, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell | 35 min |
| Jun 30, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell | 47 min |
| Jun 30, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Raleigh, Wyoming | 36 min |
| Jun 30, 7:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 118 min |
| Jun 30, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell | 38 min |
| Jun 29, 8:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 68 min |
| Jun 29, 8:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 58 min |
| Jun 30, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 47 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.