Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2012, 10:18 PM EDT for 5 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 42 min. 3 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
- Jul 1, 2012, 10:18 PM EDT (02:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2012, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Boone County, WV, Logan County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 10:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Pineville, WV | TREES DOWN ACROSS MUCH OF WYOMING COUNTY. POWER RESTORED SINCE EARLIER STORM WAS LOST. |
| Jul 1, 11:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Pineville, WV | POWER POLES AND TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. POWER RESTORED FROM PREVIOUS STORMS LOST. |
| Jul 1, 11:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Welch, WV | TREES DOWN... POWER POLES DOWN... ENTRAPMENT IN A HOUSE... UNDERPASSES FLOODED DUE TO POOR DRAINAGE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 9:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -174 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2439 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
229 WUUS51 KRLX 020218 SVRRLX WVC005-045-047-059-109-020300- /O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0099.120702T0218Z-120702T0300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1018 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... NORTHEASTERN MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... WYOMING COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... EXTREME EAST CENTRAL MINGO COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... SOUTH CENTRAL BOONE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... * UNTIL 1100 PM EDT * AT 1015 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 NORTHWEST OF PINEVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PINEVILLE... WELCH... 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. 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. && LAT...LON 3751 8125 3733 8160 3783 8193 3789 8177 TIME...MOT...LOC 0218Z 324DEG 26KT 3779 8178 $$
1 follow-up statement
171 WWUS51 KRLX 020242 SVSRLX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1042 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012 WVC005-059-020252- /O.CAN.KRLX.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-120702T0300Z/ MINGO WV-BOONE WV- 1042 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BOONE AND MINGO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. LAT...LON 3780 8164 3751 8125 3733 8160 3763 8179 TIME...MOT...LOC 0242Z 324DEG 26KT 3765 8165 $$ WVC045-047-109-020300- /O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-120702T0300Z/ LOGAN WV-MCDOWELL WV-WYOMING WV- 1042 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR WYOMING...MCDOWELL AND LOGAN COUNTIES... AT 1038 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 OCEANA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PINEVILLE... WELCH... 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. PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER 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 200 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. LAT...LON 3780 8164 3751 8125 3733 8160 3763 8179 TIME...MOT...LOC 0242Z 324DEG 26KT 3765 8165 $$
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, 9:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis and 2 more | 41 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
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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.