Alert archive / West Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 8:05 PM EST for Boone County, Logan County, West Virginia. It was in force for 25 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, 8:05 PM EST (01:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 8:30 PM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Boone County, WV, Logan County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:08 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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 215 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.
980
WFUS51 KRLX 030105
TORRLX
WVC005-045-030130-
/O.NEW.KRLX.TO.W.0011.120303T0105Z-120303T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
805 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL BOONE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTH CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 830 PM EST
* AT 803 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 17 MILES WEST OF
VAN...OR NEAR LOGAN...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SHARPLES...JEFFREY...PRENTER AND SYLVESTER..
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY 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 3789 8192 3797 8196 3808 8156 3796 8155
3795 8156
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 259DEG 47KT 3791 8198
$$1 follow-up statement
377
WWUS51 KRLX 030122
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
822 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
WVC005-045-030130-
/O.CON.KRLX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120303T0130Z/
LOGAN WV-BOONE WV-
822 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EST FOR SOUTHERN
BOONE AND NORTH CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTIES...
AT 817 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SHARPLES...OR 8
MILES SOUTH OF MADISON...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SYLVESTER
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.
&&
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3790 8189 3796 8186 3803 8156 3796 8155
3795 8156
TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 259DEG 47KT 3795 8170
$$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, 7:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Nicholas, Roane | 16 min |
| Mar 2, 7:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha and 9 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 8:16 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 |
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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.