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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Charleston, WV

July 4, 2016Lincoln County, Putnam County, Wayne County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 2016, 4:16 PM EDT for Lincoln County, Putnam County, Wayne County, West Virginia. It was in force for 29 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, 4:16 PM EDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2016, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Lincoln County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Wayne County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 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, 4:41 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Yawkey, WV	MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AT RT 3/RT 214 INTERSECTION. DAMAGE TO HOUSES AND MAYBE A CHURCH.
Jul 4, 4:42 PM EDT	TORNADO	Yawkey, WV	NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FINDS DAMAGE CONSISTANT WITH EF-0 TORNADO NEAR YAWKEY. FIVE HOMES RECIEVED MINOR DAMAGE INCLUDING SOME SIDING MISSING AND SHINGLE AND FLASHING DAMAGE. SEVERAL TREES WERE TOPPED AND A FEW TRUNKS WERE SNAPPED.

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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 210 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 582 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 141 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

470 
WFUS51 KRLX 042016
TORRLX
WVC043-079-099-042045-
/O.NEW.KRLX.TO.W.0008.160704T2016Z-160704T2045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
  EAST CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
  CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 416 PM EDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR KIAHSVILLE...OR 9 MILES
  EAST OF WAYNE...MOVING EAST 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 TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HAMLIN AROUND 435 PM EDT. 
  ALUM CREEK AROUND 445 PM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
PALERMO...SOD...MYRA...GRIFFITHSVILLE...WOODVILLE...YAWKEY...BRANCHLA
ND... SWEETLAND AND ALKOL.

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 3820 8233 3838 8191 3833 8192 3831 8186
      3832 8182 3826 8180 3824 8182 3822 8180
      3823 8182 3822 8182 3822 8183 3818 8185
      3818 8187 3816 8187 3817 8189 3815 8189
      3813 8230
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 252DEG 29KT 3818 8227 

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

$$

KISTNER

1 follow-up statement

939 
WWUS51 KRLX 042027
SVSRLX

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

WVC099-042036-
/O.CAN.KRLX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160704T2045Z/
WAYNE WV-
427 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA.  THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

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

LAT...LON 3838 8191 3833 8192 3831 8186 3832 8182
      3826 8180 3824 8182 3822 8180 3823 8182
      3822 8182 3822 8183 3818 8185 3818 8187
      3816 8187 3817 8189 3815 8189 3814 8215
      3826 8220
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 252DEG 29KT 3821 8216 

$$

WVC043-079-042045-
/O.CON.KRLX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160704T2045Z/
PUTNAM WV-LINCOLN WV-
427 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN PUTNAM AND NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTIES...
    
AT 426 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR HAMLIN...MOVING EAST 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...
  HAMLIN AROUND 435 PM EDT. 
  ALUM CREEK AROUND 445 PM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
PALERMO...SOD...MYRA...GRIFFITHSVILLE...WOODVILLE...YAWKEY...SWEETLAN
D AND ALKOL.

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 3838 8191 3833 8192 3831 8186 3832 8182
      3826 8180 3824 8182 3822 8180 3823 8182
      3822 8182 3822 8183 3818 8185 3818 8187
      3816 8187 3817 8189 3815 8189 3814 8215
      3826 8220
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 252DEG 29KT 3821 8216 

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

$$
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, 4:40 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, 5:09 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, 6:50 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.