Alert archive / West Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 2016, 6:50 PM EDT for 4 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
- Jul 4, 2016, 6:50 PM EDT (22:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2016, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Doddridge County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Ritchie County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 7:13 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W New Milton, WV | SEVERAL TREES DOWN ALONG ROUTE 18 AND NEAR MEATHOUSE FORK ROAD INTERSECTION |
| Jul 4, 7:14 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 62 | 3 Wsw Avon, WV | NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FINDS SEVERAL LARGE TREE BRANCHES BROKEN AND A FEW TRUNKS SNAPPED ALONG ROUTE 18. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 1119 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
803
WFUS51 KRLX 042250
TORRLX
WVC017-021-041-085-042315-
/O.NEW.KRLX.TO.W.0011.160704T2250Z-160704T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
650 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL RITCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN DODDRIDGE COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT
* AT 650 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HARRISVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
EAST CENTRAL RITCHIE...SOUTHERN DODDRIDGE...NORTHWESTERN LEWIS AND
NORTHEASTERN GILMER COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
GROVE...BEREA...AVON...NEW MILTON...PULLMAN...LEOPOLD AND AUBURN.
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 3912 8099 3919 8098 3927 8061 3905 8061
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 267DEG 35KT 3915 8095
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
KISTNER1 follow-up statement
964
WWUS51 KRLX 042304
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
704 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2016
WVC085-042313-
/O.CAN.KRLX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160704T2315Z/
RITCHIE WV-
704 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL RITCHIE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HASMOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3927 8061 3905 8061 3909 8083 3910 8081
3921 8087 3922 8085
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 267DEG 35KT 3916 8078
$$
WVC017-021-041-042315-
/O.CON.KRLX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160704T2315Z/
DODDRIDGE WV-LEWIS WV-GILMER WV-
704 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
DODDRIDGE...NORTHWESTERN LEWIS AND NORTHEASTERN GILMER COUNTIES...
AT 703 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF WEST UNION...OR 15 MILES EAST OF
HARRISVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
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.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GROVE...AVON...NEW MILTON AND LEOPOLD.
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 3927 8061 3905 8061 3909 8083 3910 8081
3921 8087 3922 8085
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 267DEG 35KT 3916 8078
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
KISTNERThe 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 | 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, 5:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 18 min |
| 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, 6:55 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.