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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Charleston, WV

June 23, 2016Lawrence County, Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 2016, 2:17 PM EDT for Lawrence County, Kentucky. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 23, 2016, 2:17 PM EDT (18:17 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2016, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

County Lawrence County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 170 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: 71 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -385 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1202 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 271 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 257 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

830 
WFUS51 KRLX 231817
TORRLX
KYC127-231845-
/O.NEW.KRLX.TO.W.0007.160623T1817Z-160623T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
217 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT
    
* AT 216 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BLAINE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF 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...
  BLAINE AROUND 220 PM EDT. 
  LOUISA AND CHARLEY AROUND 245 PM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
HOUCKVILLE.

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 3810 8292 3810 8291 3811 8289 3813 8290
      3815 8289 3810 8259 3794 8271 3808 8293
TIME...MOT...LOC 1816Z 291DEG 24KT 3810 8288 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

30

2 follow-up statements

608 
WWUS51 KRLX 231828
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
228 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

KYC127-231845-
/O.CON.KRLX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160623T1845Z/
LAWRENCE KY-
228 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
LAWRENCE COUNTY...
    
AT 228 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR BLAINE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF 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...
  LOUISA AND CHARLEY AROUND 245 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 3813 8280 3810 8259 3794 8271 3803 8283
      3809 8284
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 291DEG 24KT 3807 8278 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

CHARNICK

760 
WWUS51 KRLX 231837
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
237 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

KYC127-231847-
/O.EXP.KRLX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160623T1845Z/
LAWRENCE KY-
237 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 245
PM EDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS AND
EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3813 8280 3810 8259 3794 8271 3803 8283
      3809 8284
TIME...MOT...LOC 1835Z 291DEG 24KT 3807 8278 

$$

CHARNICK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 6:17 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence	43 min
Jun 23, 6:58 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boyd, Carter, Lawrence	47 min
Jun 23, 7:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boyd, Lawrence	2 hr
Jun 23, 7:47 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lawrence	43 min
Jun 23, 8:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Carter, Greenup	118 min
Jun 23, 8:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boyd, Greenup	42 min
Jun 23, 2:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lawrence	2 hr
Jun 23, 3:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boyd, Carter, Greenup	26 min
Jun 23, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boyd, Carter, Lawrence	31 min
Jun 23, 4:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boyd, Lawrence	29 min
Jun 23, 4:52 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Boyd, Carter, Lawrence	3 hr
Jun 23, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lawrence	31 min
Jun 23, 6:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Boyd	3 hr
Jun 23, 7:40 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Boyd, Carter, Lawrence	2 hr

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.