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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Charleston, WV

June 21, 20165 counties in West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2016, 1:49 PM EDT for 5 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 26 min. 5 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 21, 2016, 1:49 PM EDT (17:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2016, 2:15 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
2.5 in

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

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:51 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 21, 1:50 PM EDTHAIL 1.75Mount Olive, WVTIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR
Jun 21, 1:55 PM EDTHAIL 1Fraziers Bottom, WV
Jun 21, 2:04 PM EDTHAIL 3.253 N Hurricane, WV
Jun 21, 2:15 PM EDTHAIL 1.75Hurricane, WVSHERIFF DEPUTY REPORTED GOLF BALL HAIL ALONG I-64 BETWEEN HURRICANE AND TEAYS VALLEY. BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 34 THROUGH 39
Jun 21, 2:20 PM EDTHAIL 2.5Teays Valley, WV

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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 178 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2016-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1059 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2016-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1059 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
921 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

As transmitted.

721 
WFUS51 KRLX 211749
TORRLX
WVC011-039-043-053-079-211815-
/O.NEW.KRLX.TO.W.0004.160621T1749Z-160621T1815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
149 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
  SOUTHWESTERN MASON COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
  NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
  NORTHEASTERN CABELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
  NORTHWESTERN KANAWHA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 215 PM EDT
    
* AT 149 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MILTON...OR 13 MILES WEST OF
  WINFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL 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. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MILTON AROUND 200 PM EDT. 
  HURRICANE AND CULLODEN AROUND 205 PM EDT. 
  WINFIELD...ELEANOR AND TEAYS VALLEY AROUND 210 PM EDT. 
  NITRO AND TORNADO AROUND 215 PM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
FRAZIERS BOTTOM...SOD...BANCROFT AND ASHTON.

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 3859 8220 3860 8218 3863 8217 3865 8215
      3848 8167 3823 8189 3850 8228
TIME...MOT...LOC 1749Z 305DEG 28KT 3853 8214 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 12:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXFayette25 min
Jun 21, 12:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXNicholas30 min
Jun 21, 12:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXRandolph36 min
Jun 21, 12:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXRandolph34 min
Jun 21, 12:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXFayette29 min
Jun 21, 1:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXCalhoun36 min
Jun 21, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCabell, Mason, Putnam30 min
Jun 21, 2:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPocahontas, Randolph39 min
Jun 21, 2:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Kanawha, Putnam33 min
Jun 21, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Webster43 min
Jun 21, 2:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXClay, Kanawha, Nicholas, Roane48 min
Jun 21, 2:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWayne36 min
Jun 21, 2:58 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXNicholas, Pocahontas, Webster32 min
Jun 21, 3:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLincoln, Mingo, Wayne46 min
Jun 21, 3:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Fayette, Kanawha, Raleigh26 min
Jun 21, 3:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXNicholas, Pocahontas, Webster114 min
Jun 21, 3:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWayne44 min
Jun 21, 3:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXFayette, Kanawha112 min
Jun 21, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLincoln, Mingo, Wayne2 hr
Jun 21, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXClay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas, Putnam26 min
Jun 21, 5:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXSummers58 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.