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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 7:42 PM EST for Boone County, Kanawha County, Lincoln County, West Virginia. It was in force for 33 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, 7:42 PM EST (00:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 8:15 PM EST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Boone County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 12 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 864 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 100 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 316 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
222 WFUS51 KRLX 030042 TORRLX WVC005-039-043-030115- /O.NEW.KRLX.TO.W.0009.120303T0042Z-120303T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 742 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN BOONE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... CENTRAL KANAWHA COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... * UNTIL 815 PM EST * AT 740 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF JULIAN...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAMLIN...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ALKOL...WOODVILLE AND ASHFORD.. . 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 3829 8161 3815 8157 3814 8201 3819 8201 TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 263DEG 41KT 3818 8200 $$ 30
1 follow-up statement
135 WWUS51 KRLX 030107 SVSRLX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 807 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 WVC005-039-043-030117- /O.EXP.KRLX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120303T0115Z/ LINCOLN WV-KANAWHA WV-BOONE WV- 807 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BOONE...CENTRAL KANAWHA AND EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM EST... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES A TORNADIC THREAT...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. LAT...LON 3829 8161 3815 8157 3814 8201 3819 8201 TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 263DEG 41KT 3821 8164 $$
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, 7:45 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, 8:05 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.