Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2012, 8:42 PM EDT for Wayne County, West Virginia; Lawrence County, Kentucky. It was in force for 48 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, 8:42 PM EDT (00:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2012, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lawrence County, KY, Wayne County, WV
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 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 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, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -493 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2194 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -208 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
412
WUUS51 KRLX 020042
SVRRLX
KYC127-WVC099-020130-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0095.120702T0042Z-120702T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
842 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 930 PM EDT
* AT 840 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
BLAINE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BLAINE... LOUISA...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...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.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE. 1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN
DO SO SAFELY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
SUNDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL
WEST VIRGINIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3804 8301 3807 8298 3810 8269 3817 8246
3803 8242 3790 8244 3792 8248 3795 8251
3795 8256 3792 8260 3789 8260 3788 8263
3800 8295 3796 8299 3798 8302
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 269DEG 29KT 3802 8288
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 8:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 65 min |
| Jul 1, 8:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis and 7 more | 56 min |
| Jul 1, 8:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Gilmer and 8 more | 65 min |
| Jul 1, 9:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan and 5 more | 60 min |
| Jul 1, 9:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis and 2 more | 41 min |
| Jul 1, 10:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming | 42 min |
| Jul 1, 10:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 27 min |
| Jul 1, 10:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Raleigh, Wyoming | 19 min |
| Jul 1, 11:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Raleigh | 26 min |
| Jul 2, 3:46 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | RLX | Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 18 more | 27 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2012Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 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.