Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2012, 9:24 PM EDT for 8 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 41 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, 9:24 PM EDT (01:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2012, 10:05 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Barbour County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Upshur County, WV
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 |
| Jul 1, 9:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 334 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2439 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
876
WUUS51 KRLX 020124
SVRRLX
WVC001-007-017-021-033-041-083-097-020215-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0098.120702T0124Z-120702T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
924 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BRAXTON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN GILMER COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
UPSHUR COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
WEST CENTRAL RANDOLPH COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
LEWIS COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN DODDRIDGE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN BARBOUR COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
* AT 920 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 15 MILES WEST OF JACKSON MILL TO 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
GLENVILLE TO GLENVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
GLENVILLE... WESTON... BUCKHANNON...
AUDRA STATE PARK...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT MONDAY
MORNING FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL WEST
VIRGINIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3903 7995 3879 7995 3864 8007 3892 8095
3904 8075 3927 8073
TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 293DEG 40KT 3916 8069 3900 8068
3892 8077
$$1 follow-up statement
473
WWUS51 KRLX 020205
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1005 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
WVC001-007-017-021-033-041-083-097-020211-
/O.CAN.KRLX.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-120702T0215Z/
BRAXTON WV-GILMER WV-UPSHUR WV-RANDOLPH WV-LEWIS WV-DODDRIDGE WV-
HARRISON WV-BARBOUR WV-
1005 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BARBOUR...HARRISON...
DODDRIDGE...LEWIS...RANDOLPH...UPSHUR...GILMER AND BRAXTON COUNTIES
IS CANCELLED...
THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM THAT PROVOKED THE WARNING EARLIER HAS
WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...GUSTY SHOWERS MAY STILL LINGER
HOWEVER.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT MONDAY
MORNING FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL WEST
VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3903 7995 3879 7995 3864 8007 3892 8095
3904 8075 3927 8073
TIME...MOT...LOC 0201Z 293DEG 40KT 3900 8020 3884 8019
3876 8028
$$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, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 48 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, 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, 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.