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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Charleston, WV

July 4, 2016Kanawha County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 2016, 5:09 PM EDT for Kanawha County, West Virginia. It was in force for 18 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: Jul 4, 2016, 5:09 PM EDT (21:09 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2016, 5:27 PM EDT
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Kanawha County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 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
Jul 4, 5:09 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 E Charleston, WV	TWO TELEPHONE POLES DOWN ON SOUTH PARK RD.
Jul 4, 5:09 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Ssw Charleston, WV	MULTIPLE REPORTS OF LINES DOWN NEAR KANAWHA STATE FOREST.
Jul 4, 5:12 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Wsw Coal Fork, WV	LOWES IN KANAWHA CITY HAD A SHED BLOWN ACROSS ROAD AND RIPPED APART FROM ITS PARKING LOT AND THEY ALSO HAD A WINDOW BLOWN IN OFF ITS TRACKS AT THE STORE.

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 4, 1:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 219 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: 66 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 503 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 196 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 245 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

124 
WFUS51 KRLX 042109
TORRLX
WVC039-042145-
/O.NEW.KRLX.TO.W.0010.160704T2109Z-160704T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
509 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL KANAWHA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT
    
* AT 507 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CHARLESTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
  A TORNADO HAS BEEN REPORTED EARLIER WITH THIS STORM NEAR HAMLIN.  

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  COAL FORK AROUND 520 PM EDT. 
  PINCH AND ELKVIEW AROUND 530 PM EDT. 

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 OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...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 3826 8165 3832 8168 3847 8142 3832 8134
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 246DEG 30KT 3831 8166 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

KISTNER

2 follow-up statements

005 
WWUS51 KRLX 042117
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
517 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2016

WVC039-042145-
/O.CON.KRLX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160704T2145Z/
KANAWHA WV-
517 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
KANAWHA COUNTY...
    
AT 516 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER COAL FORK...OR NEAR CHARLESTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE
         IS LIKELY. 

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PINCH AROUND 525 PM EDT. 
  ELKVIEW AROUND 530 PM EDT. 

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 OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...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 3828 8153 3838 8158 3847 8142 3832 8134
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 246DEG 30KT 3834 8156 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

KISTNER

117 
WWUS51 KRLX 042127
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
527 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2016

WVC039-042136-
/O.CAN.KRLX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160704T2145Z/
KANAWHA WV-
527 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL KANAWHA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.


LAT...LON 3828 8153 3838 8158 3847 8142 3832 8134
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 246DEG 30KT 3838 8145 

$$

KISTNER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 9:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Fayette, Raleigh	51 min
Jul 4, 3:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wayne	37 min
Jul 4, 3:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne	45 min
Jul 4, 4:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Lincoln, Putnam, Wayne	29 min
Jul 4, 4:40 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	RLX	Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln	35 min
Jul 4, 5:04 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Kanawha, Nicholas, Roane	3 hr
Jul 4, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas	36 min
Jul 4, 6:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wood	45 min
Jul 4, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wirt, Wood	25 min
Jul 4, 6:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Ritchie, Tyler	32 min
Jul 4, 6:50 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Gilmer, Lewis, Ritchie	25 min
Jul 4, 6:55 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler	3 hr
Jul 4, 7:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	McDowell, Mingo	58 min
Jul 4, 7:11 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis	34 min
Jul 4, 7:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Harrison, Lewis, Taylor, Upshur	41 min
Jul 4, 7:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	McDowell, Wyoming	47 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.