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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Charleston, WV

June 4, 2014Greenup County, Kentucky

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 4, 12:15 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 N Letitia, KYMULTIPLE TREES DOWN ALONG WINGO RD. LAT LON IS APPROXIMATE
Jun 4, 12:23 PM EDTHAIL 13 Wnw Grays Branch, KYPO EMPLOYEE REPORTS QUARTER SIZED HAIL WHILE ON DRY FORK RD.
Jun 4, 12:25 PM EDTFUNNEL CLOUDSouth Shore, KYFUNNEL 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2014-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2014-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

345 
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

$$

09
1 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

$$

09

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 12:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchRLXBoyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence17 hr
Jun 4, 12:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXGreenup39 min
Jun 4, 1:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLawrence24 min
Jun 4, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLawrence45 min
Jun 4, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLawrence43 min
Jun 4, 5:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBoyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence26 min
Jun 4, 5:34 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBoyd, Greenup3 hr
Jun 4, 5:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXCarter38 min

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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.