Alert archive / West Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 2017
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 2017, 8:58 AM EST for Jackson County, Mason County, Wood County, West Virginia; Gallia County, Meigs County, Ohio. It was in force for 32 min. 3 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
- Mar 1, 2017, 8:58 AM EST (13:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2017, 9:30 AM EST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Gallia County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Jackson County, WV, Mason County, WV, Wood County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:59 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 9:05 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Dexter, OH | DAMAGE TO A POLE BARN AND PORCH ALONG DEXTER ROAD. |
| Mar 1, 9:07 AM EST | TORNADO | 3 W Rutland, OH | NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED EF1 TORNADO. MAJOR DAMAGE TO A LARGE BARN... PORCHES TORN OFF TWO HOUSES... ALUMINUM SHED RIPPED OFF ITS WOODEN FOUNDATION AND MANGLED... HEALTHY TREES SNAPPED AT VARIOUS HEIGHTS AND FELLED IN DIRECTIONS RANGING FROM EAST THROUGH NOR |
| Mar 1, 9:14 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Middleport, OH | A TREE FELL ON A HOUSE ALONG OLIVER STREET AND A STEEPLE WAS BLOWN OFF A CHURCH ON PEARL STREET. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 6:48 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 777 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 96 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -229 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 525 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
500
WFUS51 KRLX 011358
TORRLX
OHC053-105-WVC035-053-107-011430-
/O.NEW.KRLX.TO.W.0001.170301T1358Z-170301T1430Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Charleston WV
858 AM EST WED MAR 1 2017
The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Meigs County in southeastern Ohio...
Northeastern Gallia County in southeastern Ohio...
Northwestern Mason County in western West Virginia...
Northern Jackson County in northwestern West Virginia...
Southwestern Wood County in northwestern West Virginia...
* Until 930 AM EST
* At 858 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles north of Rio Grande, moving east at 75 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...
Pomeroy, Rutland and Mason around 910 AM EST.
Racine and New Haven around 915 AM EST.
Ravenswood and Tuppers Plains around 920 AM EST.
Forked Run State Park around 925 AM EST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Portland, Vinton, Lakin, Hartford City, Belleville, Reedsville,
Middleport, Chester, Cheshire and Salem Center.
This includes Interstate 77 in West Virginia between mile markers 148
and 161.
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 3904 8243 3903 8232 3908 8232 3918 8179
3918 8176 3919 8174 3922 8160 3905 8155
3903 8158 3901 8154 3897 8153 3896 8155
3886 8245
TIME...MOT...LOC 1358Z 259DEG 63KT 3898 8234
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
121 follow-up statement
709
WWUS51 KRLX 011424
SVSRLX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
924 AM EST WED MAR 1 2017
OHC053-011433-
/O.CAN.KRLX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170301T1430Z/
Gallia OH-
924 AM EST WED MAR 1 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GALLIA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 100 PM EST for
southeastern Ohio...and western and northwestern West Virginia.
LAT...LON 3904 8202 3914 8200 3918 8179 3918 8176
3919 8174 3922 8160 3905 8155 3903 8158
3901 8154 3897 8153 3896 8155 3890 8211
TIME...MOT...LOC 1423Z 258DEG 50KT 3904 8194
$$
OHC105-WVC035-053-107-011430-
/O.CON.KRLX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170301T1430Z/
Meigs OH-Mason WV-Jackson WV-Wood WV-
924 AM EST WED MAR 1 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM EST FOR EASTERN
MEIGS...NORTH CENTRAL MASON...NORTHERN JACKSON AND SOUTHWESTERN WOOD
COUNTIES...
At 923 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near New Haven, or near Pomeroy, moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and half dollar 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
eastern Meigs...north central Mason...northern Jackson and
southwestern Wood Counties, including the following locations:
Hartford City, Belleville, Syracuse, Chester, Reedsville and
Portland.
This includes Interstate 77 in West Virginia between mile markers 148
and 161.
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 3904 8202 3914 8200 3918 8179 3918 8176
3919 8174 3922 8160 3905 8155 3903 8158
3901 8154 3897 8153 3896 8155 3890 8211
TIME...MOT...LOC 1423Z 258DEG 50KT 3904 8194
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
09The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 4:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wood | 31 min |
| Mar 1, 4:23 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Taylor, Tyler | 37 min |
| Mar 1, 5:30 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mason | 30 min |
| Mar 1, 5:44 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Wirt, Wood | 31 min |
| Mar 1, 6:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Jackson, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt | 30 min |
| Mar 1, 6:44 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason | 31 min |
| Mar 1, 6:46 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Calhoun, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Ritchie and 1 more | 29 min |
| Mar 1, 6:58 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Taylor | 32 min |
| Mar 1, 7:15 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Calhoun, Jackson, Roane | 30 min |
| Mar 1, 7:17 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Lewis | 28 min |
| Mar 1, 7:36 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Jackson, Lewis, Ritchie and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 1, 8:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Mason | 28 min |
| Mar 1, 9:01 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 44 min |
| Mar 1, 9:07 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Wirt | 5 hr |
| Mar 1, 9:09 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wirt and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 1, 9:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Jackson, Mason, Putnam | 29 min |
| Mar 1, 9:26 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mingo, Putnam and 1 more | 49 min |
| Mar 1, 9:28 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Jackson, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood | 32 min |
| Mar 1, 9:33 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Jackson, Mason, Putnam, Roane | 27 min |
| Mar 1, 9:41 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Putnam, Roane | 34 min |
| Mar 1, 9:48 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo and 2 more | 27 min |
| Mar 1, 9:55 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Jackson, Roane | 35 min |
| Mar 1, 10:01 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler and 1 more | 29 min |
| Mar 1, 10:07 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming | 23 min |
| Mar 1, 10:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas and 2 more | 29 min |
| Mar 1, 10:18 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Logan, Mingo, Nicholas and 2 more | 27 min |
| Mar 1, 10:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Gilmer, Lewis, Randolph, Upshur, Webster | 35 min |
| Mar 1, 10:28 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming | 32 min |
| Mar 1, 10:32 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis, Taylor | 43 min |
| Mar 1, 10:44 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Raleigh, Randolph, Webster and 1 more | 31 min |
| Mar 1, 10:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur | 31 min |
| Mar 1, 11:33 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Wirt | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 11:55 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 20 hr |
| Mar 1, 12:23 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wirt and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 1, 12:27 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Jackson, Lewis, Ritchie and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 1, 6:20 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Harrison | 25 min |
| Mar 1, 6:49 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Nicholas, Webster | 41 min |
| Mar 1, 6:52 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Raleigh, Wyoming | 38 min |
| Mar 1, 3:32 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Athens, Morgan, Vinton | 43 min |
| Mar 1, 3:36 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Morgan, Perry | 39 min |
| Mar 1, 3:48 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Morgan, Vinton, Washington | 27 min |
| Mar 1, 5:04 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Gallia, Jackson | 26 min |
| Mar 1, 6:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 6:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gallia, Lawrence | 33 min |
| Mar 1, 7:02 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lawrence | 28 min |
| Mar 1, 7:53 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Meigs | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 8:02 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Washington | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 8:22 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence | 23 min |
| Mar 1, 8:23 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Athens, Jackson, Morgan, Perry, Vinton | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 8:28 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Athens, Morgan, Vinton | 32 min |
| Mar 1, 8:34 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Perry | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 9:03 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Washington | 27 min |
| Mar 1, 9:12 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence | 5 hr |
| Mar 1, 11:05 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Athens, Jackson, Morgan, Perry, Vinton | 9 hr |
| Mar 1, 11:39 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence | 16 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:40 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Meigs | 12 hr |
| Mar 1, 6:15 PM EST | River Flood Warning | RLX | Washington | 7 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.