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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2014, 12:07 PM EDT for Greenup County, Kentucky. It was in force for 23 min. 3 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
- Jun 4, 2014, 12:07 PM EDT (16:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2014, 12:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Greenup County, KY
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 12:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Letitia, KY | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ALONG WINGO RD. LAT LON IS APPROXIMATE |
| Jun 4, 12:23 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Wnw Grays Branch, KY | PO EMPLOYEE REPORTS QUARTER SIZED HAIL WHILE ON DRY FORK RD. |
| Jun 4, 12:25 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | South Shore, KY | FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED JUST NORTH OF THE PO AS THE STORM PASSED. CALLER WAS CLEAR IT WAS SOUTH OF THE RIVER. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1323 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS51 KRLX 041607
SVRRLX
KYC089-041630-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0049.140604T1607Z-140604T1630Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1207 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN GREENUP COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 1230 PM EDT
* AT 1205 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LETITIA...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEST PORTSMOUTH...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
GREENUP.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO FALL FROM THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...AND
WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES
AND SMALL STREAMS.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WIND TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...800-401-9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
YOU MAY ALSO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.
&&
LAT...LON 3868 8304 3872 8304 3876 8289 3874 8286
3868 8287 3860 8285 3856 8280 3856 8276
3855 8276 3859 8308 3861 8308
TIME...MOT...LOC 1607Z 274DEG 31KT 3869 8312
$$
091 follow-up statement
677
WWUS51 KRLX 041631
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1231 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2014
KYC089-041641-
/O.EXP.KRLX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-140604T1630Z/
GREENUP KY-
1231 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN GREENUP COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND NO LONGER POSES A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...THUS THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER OTHER WEAKER
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND DIME SIZE HAIL.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...800-401-9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
YOU MAY ALSO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.
LAT...LON 3868 8304 3872 8304 3876 8289 3874 8286
3868 8287 3860 8285 3856 8280 3856 8276
3855 8276 3859 8308 3861 8308
TIME...MOT...LOC 1607Z 274DEG 31KT 3869 8312
$$
09The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 12:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 17 hr |
| Jun 4, 12:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Greenup | 39 min |
| Jun 4, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lawrence | 24 min |
| Jun 4, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lawrence | 45 min |
| Jun 4, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 43 min |
| Jun 4, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 26 min |
| Jun 4, 5:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boyd, Greenup | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 5:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Carter | 38 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.