Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 2018, 2:16 AM EDT for 5 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 29 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
- Apr 4, 2018, 2:16 AM EDT (06:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2018, 2:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Boone County, WV, Logan County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 2:30 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Iaeger, WV | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN THE AREA OF IAEGER AND PANTHER STATE FOREST PER POST OFFICE EMPLOYEE. |
| Apr 4, 2:42 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Sw Welch, WV | DOH REPORTS WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE...TREES DOWN... ACROSS MOST OF COUNTY INCLUDING US 52, WV 16, WV 83, WV 161, CR 1, CR 3, CR 7. |
| Apr 4, 2:42 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | War, WV | MULTIPLE LARGE TREES UPROOTED ALONG RIVER WITH LARGE LIMBS AND SMALLER TREES DOWN IN THE AREA |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 9:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 1247 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 305 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 499 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
469
WUUS51 KRLX 040616
SVRRLX
WVC005-045-047-059-109-040645-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0013.180404T0616Z-180404T0645Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Charleston WV
216 AM EDT WED APR 4 2018
The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
McDowell County in southern West Virginia...
Southeastern Mingo County in southern West Virginia...
Western Wyoming County in southern West Virginia...
Logan County in southern West Virginia...
South central Boone County in central West Virginia...
* Until 245 AM EDT
* At 215 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Argo, or 14
miles north of Grundy, moving northeast at 65 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Welch, Logan, Pineville, Oceana, Gary, War, Man, Northfork,
Hanover, R.d. Bailey Lake, Gilbert Creek, Holden, Mallory,
Amherstdale-Robinette, Wharton, Hinch, Mount Gay-Shamrock, Gilbert,
Davy and Bradshaw.
This includes Route 119 between mile markers 16 and 26.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
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 3724 8172 3724 8174 3727 8176 3728 8185
3733 8187 3735 8192 3738 8194 3741 8192
3744 8194 3746 8199 3747 8200 3751 8193
3753 8197 3781 8218 3794 8169 3735 8135
3725 8147 3726 8150 3721 8156 3720 8168
TIME...MOT...LOC 0615Z 246DEG 57KT 3748 8208
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
ROCHE1 follow-up statement
228
WWUS51 KRLX 040647
SVSRLX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
247 AM EDT WED APR 4 2018
WVC005-045-047-059-109-040656-
/O.EXP.KRLX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-180404T0645Z/
McDowell WV-Mingo WV-Wyoming WV-Logan WV-Boone WV-
247 AM EDT WED APR 4 2018
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MCDOWELL...SOUTHEASTERN
MINGO...WESTERN WYOMING...LOGAN AND SOUTH CENTRAL BOONE COUNTIES HAS
EXPIRED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning has been allowed to expire. However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 300 AM EDT for
southwestern Virginia...and central and southern West Virginia.
LAT...LON 3724 8172 3724 8174 3727 8176 3728 8185
3733 8187 3735 8192 3738 8194 3741 8192
3744 8194 3746 8199 3747 8200 3751 8193
3753 8197 3781 8218 3794 8169 3735 8135
3725 8147 3726 8150 3721 8156 3720 8168
TIME...MOT...LOC 0646Z 246DEG 57KT 3767 8154
$$
08The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 10:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison | 24 min |
| Apr 3, 10:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 11:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 23 min |
| Apr 4, 12:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lincoln | 29 min |
| Apr 4, 12:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 33 min |
| Apr 4, 1:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Logan, Mingo | 31 min |
| Apr 4, 1:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mingo | 55 min |
| Apr 4, 1:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Clay | 63 min |
| Apr 4, 2:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette | 23 min |
| Apr 4, 2:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette | 21 min |
| Apr 4, 2:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette, Raleigh, Wyoming | 24 min |
| Apr 4, 3:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Randolph, Upshur, Webster | 60 min |
| Apr 4, 3:14 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | RLX | Barbour, Doddridge, Harrison, Pleasants, Pocahontas, Randolph and 2 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 4, 5:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Clay | 44 min |
| Apr 4, 10:59 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Wood | 62 hr |
| Apr 4, 10:59 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Wood | 50 hr |
| Apr 4, 10:59 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Wood | 3 days |
| Apr 4, 10:59 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Mason | 3 days |
| Apr 4, 10:59 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Mason | 3 days |
| Apr 4, 11:21 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Wood | 15 hr |
| Apr 4, 1:56 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Mason | 63 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.