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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Charleston, WV

August 17, 20164 counties in West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Aug 17, 2016, 1:13 PM EDT for 4 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report 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: Aug 17, 2016, 1:13 PM EDT (17:13 UTC)
Expired: Aug 17, 2016, 1:45 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

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

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:09 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
Aug 17, 1:14 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ese Culloden, WV	A FEW LARGE TREES FELL INTO POWER LINES ALONG COUNTY ROUTE 50... LAKE DRIVE... AND SYCAMORE ROAD.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 194 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: 138 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 634 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

424 
WFUS51 KRLX 171713
TORRLX
WVC011-035-039-079-171745-
/O.NEW.KRLX.TO.W.0013.160817T1713Z-160817T1745Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
113 PM EDT WED AUG 17 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
  EAST CENTRAL CABELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
  NORTHWESTERN KANAWHA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 145 PM EDT
    
* AT 112 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER HURRICANE...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  WINFIELD... MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
  TEAYS VALLEY AROUND 125 PM EDT. 
  WINFIELD AND ELEANOR AROUND 130 PM EDT. 
  TORNADO AROUND 135 PM EDT. 
  NITRO...JEFFERSON...ST. ALBANS AND POCA AROUND 140 PM EDT. 
  DUNBAR...CROSS LANES AND INSTITUTE AROUND 145 PM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
BANCROFT AND LIBERTY.

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 3848 8206 3855 8206 3866 8155 3831 8153
      3834 8204 3837 8205 3838 8207 3848 8207
TIME...MOT...LOC 1712Z 265DEG 24KT 3844 8204 

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

$$

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1 follow-up statement

702 
WWUS51 KRLX 171754
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
154 PM EDT WED AUG 17 2016

WVC011-035-039-079-171803-
/O.EXP.KRLX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160817T1745Z/
PUTNAM WV-JACKSON WV-CABELL WV-KANAWHA WV-
154 PM EDT WED AUG 17 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PUTNAM...SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON...EAST
CENTRAL CABELL AND NORTHWESTERN KANAWHA COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED
AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3848 8206 3855 8206 3866 8155 3831 8153
      3834 8204 3837 8205 3838 8207 3848 8207
TIME...MOT...LOC 1743Z 265DEG 24KT 3844 8204 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 17, 11:51 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wayne	54 min
Aug 17, 11:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Mason	63 min
Aug 17, 12:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Mingo	55 min
Aug 17, 12:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Cabell, Putnam	57 min
Aug 17, 12:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam	65 min
Aug 17, 1:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Logan, Mingo	57 min
Aug 17, 1:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Kanawha, Putnam, Roane	34 min
Aug 17, 2:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Raleigh, Wyoming	64 min
Aug 17, 2:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Clay, Kanawha	36 min
Aug 17, 2:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Braxton, Gilmer, Lewis	59 min
Aug 17, 2:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Raleigh, Wyoming	36 min
Aug 17, 3:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Clay, Nicholas, Webster	57 min
Aug 17, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Summers	29 min
Aug 17, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Randolph, Upshur	60 min
Aug 17, 3:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Cabell	34 min
Aug 17, 4:12 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Cabell, Mason, Putnam	3 hr

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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.