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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Charleston, WV

May 11, 20156 counties in West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2015, 5:50 PM EDT for 6 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 25 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: May 11, 2015, 5:50 PM EDT (21:50 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2015, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cabell County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Mason County, WV, Putnam County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 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
May 11, 5:53 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 S Hurricane, WV	TREES SNAPPING IN THE WOODS
May 11, 6:12 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 50	N Eleanor, WV	BRIEF GUSTY WINDS... DID NOT LAST LONG

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 3 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 11, 2:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
May 11, 5:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 204 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1744 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

610 
WUUS51 KRLX 112150
SVRRLX
WVC011-035-039-043-053-079-112215-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0039.150511T2150Z-150511T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
550 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CABELL COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  NORTHWESTERN KANAWHA COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NITRO...CHARLESTON...
  NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  SOUTHWESTERN MASON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WINFIELD...

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 549 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF MILTON TO CULLODEN TO TORNADO TO 7 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF TORNADO...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES WEST
  OF WINFIELD TO 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAMLIN TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  NITRO TO 9 MILES EAST OF HAMLIN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  YEAGER AIRPORT...ALUM CREEK...TEAYS VALLEY...POCA...HURRICANE...
  ELEANOR...BUFFALO...ST. ALBANS...SOUTH CHARLESTON...SISSONVILLE...
  PINCH...INSTITUTE...ELKVIEW...DUNBAR...CROSS LANES AND COAL FORK.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 25 AND 57 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND
120 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 9...THE WEST
VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 91 AND 95.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL
WEST VIRGINIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 100 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.

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 8169 3847 8152 3842 8144 3826 8141
      3824 8201 3832 8205 3837 8213 3857 8230
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 258DEG 34KT 3852 8212 3839 8201
          3834 8193 3826 8193

$$

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2 follow-up statements

798 
WWUS51 KRLX 112207
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
607 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015

WVC011-112218-
/O.CAN.KRLX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-150511T2215Z/
CABELL WV-
607 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CABELL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL
WEST VIRGINIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 100 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR 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 3868 8169 3847 8152 3842 8144 3826 8141
      3825 8197 3835 8198 3846 8206 3848 8206
      3858 8221
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 254DEG 37KT 3862 8197 3849 8186
          3844 8178 3836 8179

$$

WVC035-039-043-053-079-112215-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-150511T2215Z/
PUTNAM WV-MASON WV-LINCOLN WV-KANAWHA WV-JACKSON WV-
607 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL JACKSON...NORTHWESTERN KANAWHA...NORTHEASTERN
LINCOLN...SOUTHWESTERN MASON AND PUTNAM COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA...

AT 604 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM BUFFALO TO TEAYS VALLEY TO NITRO TO TORNADO...OR ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF WINFIELD TO WINFIELD TO
NITRO...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO POCA...
INSTITUTE...BANCROFT...SOUTH CHARLESTON...DUNBAR...LIBERTY...YEAGER
AIRPORT...SISSONVILLE...PINCH...ELKVIEW...COAL FORK AND CHARLESTON

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 33 AND 57 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND
121 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 9...THE WEST
VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 91 AND 95.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL
WEST VIRGINIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 100 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR 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 3868 8169 3847 8152 3842 8144 3826 8141
      3825 8197 3835 8198 3846 8206 3848 8206
      3858 8221
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 254DEG 37KT 3862 8197 3849 8186
          3844 8178 3836 8179

$$

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995 
WWUS51 KRLX 112215
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
615 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015

WVC035-039-043-053-079-112224-
/O.EXP.KRLX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-150511T2215Z/
PUTNAM WV-MASON WV-LINCOLN WV-KANAWHA WV-JACKSON WV-
615 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL JACKSON...
NORTHWESTERN KANAWHA...NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN...SOUTHWESTERN MASON AND
PUTNAM COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM EDT...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE 
THUNDERSTORMS.  GUSTY WINDS WERE TWISTING TREES BUT NOT BREAKING 
THEM IN SAINT ALBANS JUST AFTER 6 PM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL
WEST VIRGINIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 100 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR 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 3868 8169 3847 8152 3842 8144 3826 8141
      3825 8197 3835 8198 3846 8206 3848 8206
      3858 8221
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 242DEG 26KT 3864 8193 3851 8182
          3846 8174 3838 8175

$$

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 11, 3:11 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 3:11 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
311 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015

.SYNOPSIS...
THE UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER CONTINUES TODAY. A COLD FRONT CROSSES
EARLY TUESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE BRINGS NEAR TO JUST BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES
FOR MID WEEK. ANOTHER SYSTEM FOR FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/...
MODELS PUSH A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT...PRECEDED BY A
PREFRONTAL SURFACE TROUGH. THIS SURFACE TROUGH WILL BE THE MAIN
FOCUS FOR ORGANIZED CONVECTION WITH THIS SYSTEM...NOT MUCH
CONVECTION WITH THE FRONT ITSELF AS MUCH OF THE MOISTURE WILL BE
SWEPT OUT AHEAD OF IT. EVEN THOUGH MOST OF THE DYNAMICS WILL LIFT
NORTH AND WEST OF THE AREA...THERE WILL BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY AND
SHEAR FOR A FEW OF THE STORMS TO BE SEVERE IN THE WESTERN PORTION OF
THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE
SURFACE TROUGH. BEST POPS WILL BE IN THE NORTH AND WEST. ANY
SEVERITY WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING WITH LOSS OF HEATING. THE FRONT
ITSELF WILL BE ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER AROUND MIDNIGHT AND EAST OF THE
MOUNTAINS BEFORE DAWN TUESDAY. THUS...WILL END THE POPS BY 12Z
TUESDAY. GOOD COLD ADVECTION BEHIND THE FRONT WILL KEEP CLOUDS INTO
TUESDAY MORNING...BUT WILL BREAK UP FROM WEST TO EAST TO ALLOW
SUNSHINE MOST AREAS BY EARLY AFTERNOON. TEMPS WILL BE MUCH COOLER
WITH READINGS GETTING BACK TO NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL.

&&

.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
RATHER QUITE SHORT TERM PERIOD WITH HIGH PRESSURE PASSING TO THE
NORTH...AND AN UPPER RIDGE APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. EXPECT
TEMPERATURES AT TO JUST BELOW NORMAL TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND THEN WARMING UP AGAIN ON THURSDAY. CURRENT
GUIDANCE KEEPS US ABOVE FROST LEVELS...BUT MAY NEED TO WATCH FOR THE
POTENTIAL IN THE TYPICALLY COOLER LOW SPOTS. BLENDED IN THE MET FOR
LOWS...AND USED A CONSENSUS BLEND FOR HIGHS.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
TRENDED TOWARD WPC GUIDANCE FOR THE LONG TERM...ALTHOUGH DID STAY A
BIT HIGHER ON POPS FOR THE WEEKEND. WHILE DETAILS ARE SOMEWHAT MUDDY
IN THE MODELS...BOTH GFS AND ECMWF SHOW A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WITH
PRECIP FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. OVERALL PATTERN APPEARS TO BE A
DIRTY UPPER LEVEL RIDGE...WITH A SLOWLY MEANDERING OR STATIONARY
SURFACE BOUNDARY IN THE VICINITY.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
18Z MONDAY THRU 18Z TUESDAY...
A PREFRONTAL SURFACE TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA LATER
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY A COLD FRONT. WHILE EXACT
TIMING IS DIFFICULT AS THE FEATURES LOSE DEFINITION...BOTH FEATURES
WILL BE EAST OF THE AREA PRIOR TO 12Z TUESDAY. OTHER THAN A THIN
BAND OF SHOWERS AND STORMS ALONG THE PREFRONTAL SURFACE
TROUGH...MAINLY WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL BE THE
RULE AHEAD OF THESE FEATURES...EXCEPT MORE NUMEROUS IN THE HIGHER
MOUNTAIN ELEVATIONS DURING MAX AFTERNOON HEATING. BUT STILL NOT
CONFIDENT TO GO PREVAILING THUNDER IN EKN AND BKW THIS AFTERNOON.

BEHIND THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVERNIGHT...MVFR CEILINGS WILL
OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST. THESE WILL THEN BREAK UP
FROM WEST TO EAST TUESDAY MORNING AS DRIER AIR FILTERS IN.
HOWEVER...WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY TO OVER 20 MPH FROM THE WEST BY
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY...

FORECAST CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM.

ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: TIMING OF ANY ORGANIZED CONVECTION MAY VARY BY
2-3 HOURS...ALONG WITH ONSET OF MVFR CEILINGS TONIGHT BEHIND THE
FRONT.

EXPERIMENTAL TABLE OF FLIGHT CATEGORY OBJECTIVELY SHOWS CONSISTENCY
OF WFO FORECAST TO AVAILABLE MODEL INFORMATION:
H = HIGH:   TAF CONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL.
M = MEDIUM: TAF HAS VARYING LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY WITH MODELS.
L = LOW:    TAF INCONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL.

UTC 1HRLY       20   21   22   23   00   01   02   03   04   05   06   07
EDT 1HRLY       16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   00   01   02   03
CRW CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    M    M    H    H    H    H
HTS CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    M    M    H    H    H    H    H
BKW CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    M    M    H
EKN CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    M    M    M
PKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    M    M    M    H    H    H    H
CKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    M    M    M    H

AFTER 18Z TUESDAY...
WIDESPREAD IFR CONDITIONS NOT EXPECTED.

&&

.RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WV...NONE.
OH...NONE.
KY...NONE.
VA...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...JMV/MZ
NEAR TERM...JMV
SHORT TERM...MZ
LONG TERM...MZ
AVIATION...JMV

Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 2:34 PM EDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
234 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>009-013-014-017-
121845-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-
JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-
JACKSON WV-WOOD-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-WIRT-
234 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 165 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO AND MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

VAZ003-004-WVZ010-011-015-016-018>020-024>040-046-047-121845-
DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-PLEASANTS-TYLER-KANAWHA-ROANE-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-
DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-
TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-
BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
234 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...CENTRAL
WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 11, 3:14 PM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
314 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015

WVZ013-024>026-112015-
BOONE WV-LINCOLN WV-LOGAN WV-MINGO WV-
314 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR CENTRAL BOONE...SOUTHWESTERN
LINCOLN...NORTHWESTERN LOGAN AND NORTHWESTERN MINGO COUNTIES UNTIL
415 PM EDT...

AT 309 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES EAST OF
INEZ...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR DINGESS AROUND 320 PM...HARTS AROUND 325
PM...CHAPMANVILLE AROUND 330 PM...TURTLE CREEK AROUND 345 PM...
MADISON AROUND 350 PM AND FOSTER AROUND 355 PM.

YOU MAY REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.

LAT...LON 3797 8227 3800 8224 3817 8179 3808 8169
      3796 8169 3783 8234 3790 8237

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Special weather statement, May 11, 4:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
426 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015

WVZ015-026-112100-
BOONE WV-KANAWHA WV-
426 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NORTHERN BOONE AND SOUTHERN KANAWHA
COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EDT...

AT 425 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF
MADISON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR MADISON AROUND 435 PM...PRENTER AROUND 445
PM...SETH AROUND 455 PM AND CHESAPEAKE AROUND 500 PM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...THE WEST VIRGINIA
TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 85 AND 90.

YOU MAY REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.

LAT...LON 3795 8182 3795 8186 3795 8188 3799 8191
      3827 8157 3808 8140 3794 8180

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Local storm report, May 11, 4:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
445 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0444 PM     HAIL             1 SSE FAIRPLAIN         38.74N  81.69W
05/11/2015  M0.70 INCH       JACKSON            WV   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1501315

MAC

Special weather statement, May 11, 4:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
448 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015

WVZ008-016>019-112130-
CALHOUN WV-JACKSON WV-RITCHIE WV-ROANE WV-WIRT WV-
448 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHWESTERN RITCHIE...NORTHWESTERN
ROANE...WIRT...NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN AND EASTERN JACKSON COUNTIES IN
WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 530 PM EDT...

AT 446 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF
RIPLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR LEROY AROUND 500 PM...REEDY AROUND 510 PM...
LUCILLE AROUND 520 PM...PALESTINE AROUND 525 PM AND CHERRY AROUND 530
PM.

YOU MAY REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.

LAT...LON 3918 8127 3913 8112 3898 8107 3872 8162
      3880 8169

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Local storm report, May 11, 5:19 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
519 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0505 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LOUISA                  38.11N  82.60W
05/11/2015                   LAWRENCE           KY   911 CALL CENTER

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN AND JUST TO THE NORTH OF LOUISA.
            EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED ROOF DAMAGE AS WELL. REPORTS
            OF STREET FLOODING AS WELL.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1501316

MAC

Local storm report, May 11, 5:44 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
544 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0535 PM     HAIL             HARTS                   38.03N  82.13W
05/11/2015  E0.88 INCH       LINCOLN            WV   PUBLIC

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EVENT NUMBER RLX1501317

MAC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 11, 3:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone	61 min
May 11, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone	34 min
May 11, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Fayette, Kanawha	45 min
May 11, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wirt	42 min
May 11, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne	47 min
May 11, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne	34 min
May 11, 6:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Mason, Putnam, Roane, Wirt, Wood	34 min
May 11, 6:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Logan, Mingo, Raleigh, Wyoming	39 min
May 11, 7:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pleasants, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood	38 min
May 11, 7:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wirt, Wood	33 min
May 11, 7:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Raleigh, Wyoming	43 min
May 11, 7:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler	26 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.