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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Charleston, WV

June 23, 2017Jackson County, West Virginia

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.

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 23, 2:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2017-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2017-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -82 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

Cooper
1 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 

$$

Cooper

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 8:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXCabell, Mason, Putnam, Wayne7 hr
Jun 23, 8:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXDoddridge, Harrison, Taylor45 min
Jun 23, 8:26 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXCabell, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam and 3 more4 hr
Jun 23, 8:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPutnam4 hr
Jun 23, 8:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXTaylor33 min
Jun 23, 9:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBoone, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan and 2 more116 min
Jun 23, 9:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXCalhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Ritchie and 2 more3 hr
Jun 23, 9:41 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBoone, Braxton, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln and 6 more3 hr
Jun 23, 10:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMcDowell92 min
Jun 23, 10:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXRaleigh, Wyoming72 min
Jun 23, 11:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBarbour, Braxton, Lewis, Pocahontas, Randolph, Taylor and 2 more114 min
Jun 24, 2:55 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXCabell, Wayne3 hr
Jun 24, 6:11 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXWood18 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.