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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Charleston, WV

July 27, 2014Ritchie County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Jul 27, 2014, 8:08 PM EDT for Ritchie County, West Virginia. It was in force for 22 min. 1 report 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: Jul 27, 2014, 8:08 PM EDT (00:08 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 2014, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Ritchie County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 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
Jul 27, 8:16 PM EDT	TORNADO	North Bend State Park, WV	MEDIA RECEIVED A REPORT OF A TORNADO IN NORTH BEND STATE PARK. TIME EST FROM RADAR

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 27, 1:44 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 157 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 504 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1098 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 216 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 213 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 3.8

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The text

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

067 
WFUS51 KRLX 280008
TORRLX
WVC085-280045-
/O.NEW.KRLX.TO.W.0003.140728T0008Z-140728T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
808 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  RITCHIE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HARRISVILLE...

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 803 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR NORTH BEND
  STATE PARK...OR 7 MILES WEST OF HARRISVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  ELLENBORO...PULLMAN...BEREA AND AUBURN.

.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL 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 200 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
CENTRAL VIRGINIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM
EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND
SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.

PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES 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 3925 8090 3915 8083 3909 8081 3908 8084
      3907 8088 3904 8092 3921 8124 3931 8119
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 296DEG 28KT 3923 8113

$$

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1 follow-up statement

635 
WWUS51 KRLX 280030
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
830 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

WVC085-280041-
/O.CAN.KRLX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140728T0045Z/
RITCHIE WV-
830 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR RITCHIE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO
LONGER POSES A TORNADIC THREAT...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
CENTRAL VIRGINIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM
EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND
CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.

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 3925 8090 3915 8083 3909 8081 3908 8084
      3907 8088 3904 8092 3921 8124 3931 8119
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 296DEG 28KT 3915 8092

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 27, 8:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Harrison, Lewis, Upshur	27 min
Jul 27, 8:47 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Barbour, Harrison, Lewis, Upshur	28 min
Jul 27, 9:12 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Barbour, Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis	3 hr
Jul 27, 9:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Randolph	34 min
Jul 27, 9:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Putnam	19 min
Jul 27, 10:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Kanawha	24 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.