Alert archive / West Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 2017
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 2017, 6:44 PM EDT for Jackson County, Wood County, West Virginia; Meigs County, Ohio. It was in force for 16 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, 6:44 PM EDT (22:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2017, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Meigs County, OH, Jackson County, WV, Wood County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 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 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 654 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 531 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS51 KRLX 232244
TORRLX
OHC105-WVC035-107-232300-
/O.NEW.KRLX.TO.W.0009.170623T2244Z-170623T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Charleston WV
644 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2017
The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central Meigs County in southeastern Ohio...
Northeastern Jackson County in northwestern West Virginia...
Southwestern Wood County in northwestern West Virginia...
* Until 700 PM EDT
* At 644 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Ravenswood, or near Forked Run State Park, moving
east at 40 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 Meigs...northeastern Jackson and southwestern Wood
Counties, including the following locations: Portland.
#
This includes Interstate 77 in West Virginia between mile markers 150
and 160.
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 3906 8155 3903 8158 3902 8156 3901 8155
3897 8157 3898 8179 3906 8182 3908 8164
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 258DEG 35KT 3901 8177
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
Cooper1 follow-up statement
753
WWUS51 KRLX 232258
SVSRLX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
658 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2017
OHC105-WVC035-107-232307-
/O.EXP.KRLX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-170623T2300Z/
Meigs OH-Jackson WV-Wood WV-
658 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MEIGS...NORTHEASTERN JACKSON
AND SOUTHWESTERN WOOD COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for
southeastern Ohio...and northwestern West Virginia.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Charleston West Virginia.
LAT...LON 3906 8155 3903 8158 3902 8156 3901 8155
3897 8157 3898 8179 3906 8182 3908 8164
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 258DEG 35KT 3903 8162
$$
16The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Tyler | 26 min |
| Jun 23, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 29 min |
| Jun 23, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Tyler | 32 min |
| Jun 23, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lincoln | 22 min |
| Jun 23, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants, Wood | 2 hr |
| Jun 23, 6:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason | 25 min |
| Jun 23, 6:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Wirt, Wood | 33 min |
| Jun 23, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Ritchie | 35 min |
| Jun 23, 7:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Pleasants, Tyler, Wirt, Wood | 10 hr |
| Jun 23, 7:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Ritchie | 28 min |
| Jun 23, 7:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson, Mason | 113 min |
| Jun 23, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Morgan | 30 min |
| Jun 23, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Athens, Washington | 30 min |
| Jun 23, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Morgan, Perry | 2 hr |
| Jun 23, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Washington | 31 min |
| Jun 23, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Athens, Vinton, Washington | 2 hr |
| Jun 23, 5:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Athens, Jackson, Morgan, Perry, Vinton, Washington | 13 hr |
| Jun 23, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Meigs | 30 min |
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.