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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Charleston, WV

March 2, 2012Boone County, Logan County, West Virginia

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 2, 4:19 PM ESTTornado Watch PDSSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Roanoke, VA at 00:00Z on 2012-03-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Roanoke, VA at 00:00Z on 2012-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 716 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 7:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCabell, Lincoln, Putnam, Wayne34 min
Mar 2, 7:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Kanawha, Lewis and 4 more36 min
Mar 2, 7:31 PM ESTTornado WarningRLXLincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne44 min
Mar 2, 7:42 PM ESTTornado WarningRLXBoone, Kanawha, Lincoln33 min
Mar 2, 7:45 PM ESTTornado WarningRLXBraxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Nicholas, Roane16 min
Mar 2, 7:57 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBoone, Braxton, Cabell, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha and 9 more3 hr
Mar 2, 8:16 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXBoone, Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo and 3 more119 min
Mar 2, 8:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Logan25 min
Mar 2, 8:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Fayette, Kanawha, Raleigh31 min
Mar 2, 8:30 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXPocahontas, Randolph, Webster45 min
Mar 2, 8:38 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMingo52 min
Mar 2, 8:56 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXClay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Raleigh and 2 more2 hr
Mar 2, 8:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas34 min
Mar 2, 9:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Logan, Mingo, Wyoming49 min
Mar 2, 9:30 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMcDowell60 min
Mar 2, 10:28 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXBoone, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo and 4 more5 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.