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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Charleston, WV

March 2, 2012Cabell County, West Virginia; Gallia County, Lawrence County, Ohio; Boyd County, Greenup County, Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 6:23 PM EST for Cabell County, West Virginia; Gallia County, Lawrence County, Ohio; Boyd County, Greenup County, Kentucky. It was in force for 37 min. 4 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
Mar 2, 2012, 6:23 PM EST (23:23 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 2012, 7:00 PM EST
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Boyd County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Gallia County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Cabell County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 2, 6:24 PM ESTFUNNEL CLOUDWurtland, KYFROM AN IMAGE WE RECEIVED...A LARGE FUNNEL CLOUD APPEARED TO BE ON GROUND. HOWEVER...AN NWS AND 911 SURVEY FOUND NO DAMAGE.
Mar 2, 6:30 PM ESTFUNNEL CLOUDSouth Point, OH
Mar 2, 6:30 PM ESTHAIL 0.88Flatwoods, KY
Mar 2, 6:43 PM ESTHAIL 0.88Crown City, OH

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.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 149 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2012-03-02Temperature 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2012-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 217 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
1876 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
78 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
217 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
254 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.

461 
WFUS51 KRLX 022323
TORRLX
KYC019-089-OHC053-087-WVC011-030000-
/O.NEW.KRLX.TO.W.0004.120302T2323Z-120303T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
623 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BOYD COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ASHLAND...
  SOUTHEASTERN GREENUP COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...
  NORTH CENTRAL CABELL COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL GALLIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
  SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...IRONTON...COAL GROVE...

* UNTIL 700 PM EST

* AT 619 PM EST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR LOAD...OR 9
  MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAYSON...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  WURTLAND...WORTHINGTON...RACELAND...SUMMIT...FLATWOODS...HANGING
  ROCK...RUSSELL...BELLEFONTE...WESTWOOD...SOUTH POINT...
  BURLINGTON...AID...SCOTTOWN...ATHALIA...GREEN BOTTOM AND CROWN
  CITY..

.

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 3856 8283 3858 8275 3867 8228 3845 8222
      3844 8247 3841 8251 3841 8255 3842 8259
      3841 8263 3838 8281
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 257DEG 52KT 3846 8280

$$
1 follow-up statement
144 
WWUS51 KRLX 022358
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
658 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

KYC019-089-OHC053-087-WVC011-030008-
/O.EXP.KRLX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120303T0000Z/
BOYD KY-GREENUP KY-GALLIA OH-LAWRENCE OH-CABELL WV-
658 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENUP AND BOYD COUNTIES IN
KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHERN LAWRENCE AND SOUTH CENTRAL GALLIA COUNTIES IN
SOUTHEAST OHIO...AND NORTH CENTRAL CABELL COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA
WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM EST...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM WHICH
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

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 3856 8283 3858 8275 3867 8228 3845 8222
      3844 8247 3841 8251 3841 8255 3842 8259
      3841 8263 3838 8281
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 257DEG 52KT 3857 8217

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 9:20 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne55 min
Mar 2, 9:39 AM ESTFlash Flood WatchRLXBarbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 22 more15 hr
Mar 2, 10:11 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne64 min
Mar 2, 10:29 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Fayette, Kanawha, Logan, Raleigh, Wyoming46 min
Mar 2, 5:52 PM ESTTornado WarningRLXWayne38 min
Mar 2, 6:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMason35 min
Mar 2, 6:27 PM ESTTornado WarningRLXCabell, Lincoln, Wayne48 min
Mar 2, 6:29 PM ESTTornado WarningRLXWayne46 min
Mar 2, 6:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam, Roane, Wirt and 1 more52 min
Mar 2, 6:58 PM ESTTornado WarningRLXBoone, Kanawha, Lincoln47 min
Mar 2, 5:50 PM ESTTornado WarningRLXCarter, Greenup40 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.