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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Charleston, WV

July 27, 20144 counties in West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Jul 27, 2014, 8:47 PM EDT for 4 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 28 min. 6 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: Jul 27, 2014, 8:47 PM EDT (00:47 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 2014, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Barbour County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Upshur County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:50 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, 8:50 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Volga, WV	RV DESTROYED IN THE CENTURY 2 COMMUNITY.
Jul 27, 8:55 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Nw Century, WV	NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALONG RT 20 NEAR CENTURY. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 27, 8:55 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Century, WV	STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO HOME IN CENTURY. PHOTO ON TWITTER.
Jul 27, 9:02 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Audra State Park, WV	TREES DOWN THROUGH AUDRA STATE PARK.
Jul 27, 9:07 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ne Junior, WV	WV511 REPORTS TREES DOWN ACROSS US250NB AT BELINGTON INDUSTRIAL PARK RD.
Jul 27, 9:11 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 E Belington, WV	TREES DOWN ON AUDRA PARK STATE RD. 911 CENTER SAID TREES DOWN ALL OVER BARBOUR COUNTY.

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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 150 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.

471 
WFUS51 KRLX 280047
TORRLX
WVC001-033-041-097-280115-
/O.NEW.KRLX.TO.W.0004.140728T0047Z-140728T0115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BARBOUR COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF AUDRA STATE PARK...
  SOUTHEASTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  NORTHEASTERN LEWIS COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  NORTHEASTERN UPSHUR COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 843 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES WEST OF
  AUDRA STATE PARK...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF BUCKHANNON...MOVING EAST AT
  35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  BELINGTON.

.

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 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 3908 7986 3897 7990 3897 7992 3897 7994
      3906 8036 3916 8034 3913 7982 3912 7982
      3910 7982
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 283DEG 30KT 3909 8023

$$

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1 follow-up statement

213 
WWUS51 KRLX 280112
SVSRLX

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

WVC001-033-041-097-280121-
/O.EXP.KRLX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140728T0115Z/
LEWIS WV-HARRISON WV-BARBOUR WV-UPSHUR WV-
912 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN UPSHUR...SOUTHERN BARBOUR...
SOUTHEASTERN HARRISON AND NORTHEASTERN LEWIS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
915 PM EDT...

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.

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 3908 7986 3897 7990 3897 7992 3897 7994
      3906 8036 3916 8034 3913 7982 3912 7982
      3910 7982
TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 283DEG 30KT 3904 7998

$$

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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, 8:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Ritchie	22 min
Jul 27, 8:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Harrison, Lewis, Upshur	27 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.