Alert archive / West Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 7:45 PM EST for 6 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 16 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
- Mar 2, 2012, 7:45 PM EST (00:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 8:01 PM EST
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Braxton County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Roane County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 4:19 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 432 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 716 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 802 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
060 WFUS51 KRLX 030045 TORRLX WVC007-013-015-021-067-087-030115- /O.NEW.KRLX.TO.W.0010.120303T0045Z-120303T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 745 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BRAXTON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SUTTON... SOUTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... NORTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN GILMER COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... NORTH CENTRAL NICHOLAS COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... EAST CENTRAL ROANE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... * UNTIL 815 PM EST * AT 736 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF WALLBACK...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPENCER...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BIG OTTER...GASSAWAY AND BIRCH RIVER. THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 29 AND 71. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES...HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. && LAT...LON 3839 8076 3862 8131 3877 8124 3876 8046 TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 276DEG 52KT 3869 8108 $$
1 follow-up statement
827 WWUS51 KRLX 030101 SVSRLX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 801 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 WVC007-013-015-021-067-087-030111- /O.CAN.KRLX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120303T0115Z/ NICHOLAS WV-GILMER WV-CLAY WV-CALHOUN WV-BRAXTON WV-ROANE WV- 801 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ROANE...BRAXTON...SOUTHERN CALHOUN...NORTHEASTERN CLAY...EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN GILMER AND NORTH CENTRAL NICHOLAS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS AND NO LONGER POSES A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. LAT...LON 3839 8076 3862 8131 3877 8124 3876 8046 TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 276DEG 52KT 3866 8079 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 7:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Putnam, Wayne | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 7:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Kanawha, Lewis and 4 more | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 7:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne | 44 min |
| Mar 2, 7:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 7:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha and 9 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 8:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 8:16 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo and 3 more | 119 min |
| Mar 2, 8:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 8:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Raleigh | 31 min |
| Mar 2, 8:30 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 45 min |
| Mar 2, 8:38 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mingo | 52 min |
| Mar 2, 8:56 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Raleigh and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 2, 8:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 9:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan, Mingo, Wyoming | 49 min |
| Mar 2, 9:30 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell | 60 min |
| Mar 2, 10:28 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo and 4 more | 5 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.