Alert archive / West Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 2017
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 2017, 8:05 PM EDT for Jackson County, West Virginia. It was in force for 10 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, 2017, 8:05 PM EDT (00:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2017, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Jackson County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 708 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -227 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
508
WFUS51 KRLX 240005
TORRLX
WVC035-240030-
/O.NEW.KRLX.TO.W.0012.170624T0005Z-170624T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Charleston WV
805 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2017
The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central Jackson County in northwestern West Virginia...
* Until 830 PM EDT
* At 805 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Kenna, or near Ripley, moving east at 30 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 thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
east central Jackson County, including the following locations:
Statts Mills, Fairplain and Given.
This includes Interstate 77 in West Virginia between mile markers 127
and 133.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3875 8153 3869 8158 3868 8174 3868 8176
3875 8176 3880 8163
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 257DEG 26KT 3872 8172
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
Cooper1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS51 KRLX 240015
SVSRLX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
815 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2017
WVC035-240024-
/O.CAN.KRLX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-170624T0030Z/
Jackson WV-
815 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled. However gusty winds and
heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for
northwestern West Virginia.
LAT...LON 3875 8153 3869 8158 3868 8174 3868 8176
3875 8176 3880 8163
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 257DEG 26KT 3874 8163
$$
CooperThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 8:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell, Mason, Putnam, Wayne | 7 hr |
| Jun 23, 8:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Taylor | 45 min |
| Jun 23, 8:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 23, 8:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Putnam | 4 hr |
| Jun 23, 8:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Taylor | 33 min |
| Jun 23, 9:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan and 2 more | 116 min |
| Jun 23, 9:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Ritchie and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 9:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Braxton, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln and 6 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 10:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell | 92 min |
| Jun 23, 10:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Raleigh, Wyoming | 72 min |
| Jun 23, 11:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Lewis, Pocahontas, Randolph, Taylor and 2 more | 114 min |
| Jun 24, 2:55 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jun 24, 6:11 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Wood | 18 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.