Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2012, 10:29 AM EDT for Buchanan County, Dickenson County, Virginia. It was in force for 18 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
- Jul 1, 2012, 10:29 AM EDT (14:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2012, 10:47 AM EDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Buchanan County, VA, Dickenson County, VA
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 9:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 1262 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -246 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2188 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
978
WUUS51 KRLX 011429
SVRRLX
VAC027-051-011500-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0087.120701T1429Z-120701T1500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1029 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON
HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BUCHANAN COUNTY IN VIRGINIA...
EAST CENTRAL DICKENSON COUNTY IN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT
* AT 1027 AM 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 NEAR
DAVENPORT...OR 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF DAVENPORT...AND MOVING EAST AT
30 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL SOUTHERN BUCHANAN COUNTY AT 1040 AM 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 3708 8223 3725 8218 3719 8179 3718 8179
3716 8186 3714 8188 3712 8200 3708 8201
3705 8204 3704 8206
TIME...MOT...LOC 1429Z 284DEG 26KT 3714 8209
$$
GREIF3 follow-up statements
067
WWUS51 KRLX 011440
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1040 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
VAC051-011450-
/O.CAN.KRLX.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-120701T1500Z/
DICKENSON VA-
1040 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL DICKENSON COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
TO REPORT DAMAGE FROM SEVERE WEATHER...CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE...TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN
DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3706 8213 3723 8208 3718 8179 3716 8186
3714 8188 3712 8200 3708 8201 3705 8204
3704 8206
TIME...MOT...LOC 1440Z 284DEG 26KT 3712 8199
$$
VAC027-011500-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-120701T1500Z/
BUCHANAN VA-
1040 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN BUCHANAN COUNTY...
AT 1036 AM 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 OVER SOUTH CENTRAL BUCHANAN COUNTY...OR 6 MILES EAST OF
DAVENPORT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
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 3706 8213 3723 8208 3718 8179 3716 8186
3714 8188 3712 8200 3708 8201 3705 8204
3704 8206
TIME...MOT...LOC 1440Z 284DEG 26KT 3712 8199
$$
GREIF360
WWUS51 KRLX 011443
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1043 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
VAC027-011500-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-120701T1500Z/
BUCHANAN VA-
1043 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BUCHANAN COUNTY...
AT 1040 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL BUCHANAN COUNTY...OR 8
MILES EAST OF DAVENPORT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3706 8213 3723 8208 3718 8179 3716 8186
3714 8188 3712 8200 3708 8201 3705 8204
3704 8206
TIME...MOT...LOC 1442Z 278DEG 26KT 3713 8197
$$312
WWUS51 KRLX 011447
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1047 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
VAC027-011457-
/O.CAN.KRLX.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-120701T1500Z/
BUCHANAN VA-
1047 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BUCHANAN COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA 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 3706 8213 3723 8208 3718 8179 3716 8186
3714 8188 3712 8200 3708 8201 3705 8204
3704 8206
TIME...MOT...LOC 1447Z 278DEG 26KT 3712 8192
$$
GREIFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 9:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 41 min |
| Jul 1, 9:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 44 min |
| Jul 1, 10:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 39 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.