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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 2015, 6:11 PM EDT for Gallia County, Lawrence County, Ohio; Cabell County, West Virginia. It was in force for 49 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 29, 2015, 6:11 PM EDT (22:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2015, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Gallia County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Cabell County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 6:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ene Coal Grove, OH | SEVERAL SMALL LIMBS DOWN. |
| Jun 29, 6:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Se Lake Vesuvius, OH | TREES AND LIMBS DOWN. |
| Jun 29, 6:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Se Lake Vesuvius, OH | TREES DOWN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2:33 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 967 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
649
WFUS51 KRLX 292211
TORRLX
OHC053-087-WVC011-292300-
/O.NEW.KRLX.TO.W.0006.150629T2211Z-150629T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
611 PM EDT MON JUN 29 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL GALLIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
NORTH CENTRAL CABELL COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT
* AT 610 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR COAL GROVE...AND MOVING EAST THROUGH LAWRENCE COUNTY OHIO AT
40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AID...CROWN CITY...ATHALIA...SCOTTOWN AND GREEN BOTTOM.
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 YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
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 3849 8262 3857 8266 3860 8249 3861 8224
3850 8222
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 265DEG 35KT 3853 8260
$$
222 follow-up statements
220
WWUS51 KRLX 292229
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
629 PM EDT MON JUN 29 2015
OHC053-087-WVC011-292300-
/O.CON.KRLX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-150629T2300Z/
GALLIA OH-LAWRENCE OH-CABELL WV-
629 PM EDT MON JUN 29 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL GALLIA...SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE AND NORTH CENTRAL CABELL
COUNTIES...
AT 629 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
NORTH OF PROCTORVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CROWN CITY...ATHALIA...SCOTTOWN AND GREEN BOTTOM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...800 401 9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
YOU MAY ALSO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.
&&
LAT...LON 3849 8246 3857 8249 3859 8245 3861 8224
3850 8222
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 265DEG 35KT 3854 8239
$$
17657
WWUS51 KRLX 292251
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
651 PM EDT MON JUN 29 2015
OHC053-087-WVC011-292301-
/O.EXP.KRLX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-150629T2300Z/
GALLIA OH-LAWRENCE OH-CABELL WV-
651 PM EDT MON JUN 29 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL GALLIA...SOUTHEASTERN
LAWRENCE AND NORTH CENTRAL CABELL COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM
EDT...
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.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
LAWRENCE AND GALLIA COUNTIES.
LAT...LON 3849 8246 3857 8249 3859 8245 3861 8224
3850 8222
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 265DEG 35KT 3854 8239
$$
17The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 66 min |
| Jun 29, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gallia, Lawrence | 54 min |
| Jun 29, 6:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Gallia, Lawrence | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 7:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Gallia | 46 min |
| Jun 29, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Putnam | 24 min |
| Jun 29, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson | 27 min |
| Jun 29, 7:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson, Roane | 53 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.