Alert archive / West Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this tornado warning at Oct 7, 2014, 11:39 PM EDT for Mercer County, West Virginia. It was in force for 24 min. 2 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
- Oct 7, 2014, 11:39 PM EDT (03:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 8, 2014, 12:03 AM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Mercer County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 11:44 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Sw Camp Creek, WV | TREES DOWN AND DAMAGE TO A TRAILER. |
| Oct 7, 11:46 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ssw Camp Creek, WV | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND AN OUTBUILDING DESTROYED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 671 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 488 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 524 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
061
WFUS51 KRNK 080339
TORRNK
WVC055-080415-
/O.NEW.KRNK.TO.W.0006.141008T0339Z-141008T0415Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1139 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT
* AT 1138 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER WENONAH...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS
WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PRINCETON...
ATHENS...
MATOAKA...
CAMP CREEK...
AND OAKVALE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF HAIL OF ANY
SIZE...AS WELL AS ANY REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING DOWNED TREES
OR LARGE LIMBS...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE
AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. REPORTS AND PICTURES CAN ALSO BE
SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE AND
ON TWITTER.
&&
LAT...LON 3742 8128 3745 8130 3747 8130 3748 8127
3750 8126 3751 8121 3746 8090 3743 8086
3738 8088 3735 8085 3731 8090 3729 8097
3742 8132
TIME...MOT...LOC 0338Z 289DEG 44KT 3746 8125
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
162 follow-up statements
307
WWUS51 KRNK 080350
SVSRNK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1150 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014
WVC055-080415-
/O.CON.KRNK.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-141008T0415Z/
MERCER WV-
1150 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM EDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL MERCER COUNTY...
AT 1150 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER SPANISHBURG...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PRINCETON...
ATHENS...
CAMP CREEK...
OAKVALE...
AND KEGLEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF HAIL OF ANY
SIZE...AS WELL AS ANY REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING DOWNED TREES
OR LARGE LIMBS...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE
AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. REPORTS AND PICTURES CAN ALSO BE
SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE AND
ON TWITTER.
&&
LAT...LON 3739 8117 3750 8112 3746 8090 3743 8086
3738 8088 3735 8085 3731 8090
TIME...MOT...LOC 0350Z 282DEG 32KT 3743 8110
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
16572
WWUS51 KRNK 080403
SVSRNK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1203 AM EDT WED OCT 8 2014
WVC055-080413-
/O.CAN.KRNK.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-141008T0415Z/
MERCER WV-
1203 AM EDT WED OCT 8 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR
EAST CENTRAL MERCER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY
AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF HAIL OF ANY
SIZE...AS WELL AS ANY REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING DOWNED TREES
OR LARGE LIMBS...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE
AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. REPORTS AND PICTURES CAN ALSO BE
SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE AND
ON TWITTER.
LAT...LON 3739 8117 3750 8112 3746 8090 3743 8086
3738 8088 3735 8085 3731 8090
TIME...MOT...LOC 0402Z 289DEG 44KT 3738 8091
$$
16The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 9:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 35 min |
| Oct 7, 10:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Monroe | 42 min |
| Oct 7, 10:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Summers | 39 min |
| Oct 7, 10:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer, Summers | 34 min |
| Oct 7, 11:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Monroe | 35 min |
| Oct 7, 11:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer | 31 min |
| Oct 7, 11:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer | 43 min |
| Oct 8, 12:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 30 min |
| Oct 8, 12:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer | 61 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.