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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Charleston, WV

May 29, 2019McDowell County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2019, 3:51 PM EDT for McDowell County, West Virginia. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 2019, 3:51 PM EDT (19:51 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2019, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County McDowell County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 29, 11:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 192 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2019-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 772 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2019-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
772 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
847 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 29, 3:15 PM EDT, 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 3:15 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
National Weather Service Charleston WV
315 PM EDT Wed May 29 2019

.SYNOPSIS...
Cold front pushes southeast late Thursday. Another cold front
Saturday. Canadian high pressure early next week.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
As of 215 PM Wednesday...

Broke line of strong convection will continue to track east into
the mountains and SW VA over the next few hours. Main threat
continues to be isolated damaging wind gusts. Behind this,
areas of light rain will keep the area stable for the remainder
of the afternoon. This combined with the lack of any forcing
should keep anything else from firing. The exception being
across the far northern CWA where a surface front will slowly
sag into the area by early evening. Portions of SE OH and far
northern WV Lowlands that remained unscathed by current
convection will have to be watched for a few strong storms given
deep layer shear and mid level flow and inherent instability.

Any activity near the front will gradually dissipate later this
evening as the boundary tries to sag a bit further into the CWA.
I left some chance POPs near the front overnight. This will
return north as a warm front early Thursday morning with perhaps
some sunrise surprise convection aided by low level theta e
feed.

Showers and storms will increase as the day progresses Thursday
as a mid level wave passes amid a potentially convectively
induced surface reflection. There is some question on how much
instability can be realized given clouds and morning activity
nearby. Nonetheless, sufficient shear and mid level flow would
allow for a damaging wind threat should we get enough
instability.

&&

.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
As of 315 PM Wednesday...

Upper low swings across the area on Friday. Cool air aloft
should help spawn showers and a few thunderstorms, especially
with daytime heating. Some of these storms could produce hail
with low wet bulb zero heights. Otherwise, much cooler with the
pattern transition with highs on Friday remaining in the 70s for
most areas and lows Friday night into the 50s.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
As of 315 PM Wednesday...

Trough remains in place aloft through the long term period.
Shortwave digs through the trough with renewed shower and
thunderstorms chances Saturday through Sunday. High pressure
then builds in early next week with a couple of dry days likely
Monday and Tuesday before the next system arrives for mid week.
With the trough in place aloft, temperatures will remain
pleasant throughout the long term with highs most days in the
70s and lows in the 50s.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
As of 200 PM Wednesday...

Broken line of strong convection moving into the mountains as of
18Z. Brief IFR vsby with gusts to 30 kts are possible,
especially at BKW. Outside of that line we will look for
additional convection along a cold front which will sag into SE
OH and N WV by early evening. CKB and EKN may be close enough
for impacts in the 00-02Z timeframe which have been handled with
VCTS for now. Otherwise, some lingering clouds and low level
flow should mitigate dense fog formation overnight, though
confidence is not particularly high given rain across the
terminals today.

Boundary will lift north early Thursday morning with perhaps a
period of MVFR stratocu. Another system will approach later
Thursday morning with an uptick in convection coverage.

FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY...

FORECAST CONFIDENCE: Moderate thru 00Z. Low on fog formation
overnight.

ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: IFR or worse fog may develop at some of
the terminals overnight.

EXPERIMENTAL TABLE OF FLIGHT CATEGORY OBJECTIVELY SHOWS CONSISTENCY
OF WFO FORECAST TO AVAILABLE MODEL INFORMATION:
H = HIGH:   TAF CONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL.
M = MEDIUM: TAF HAS VARYING LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY WITH MODELS.
L = LOW:    TAF INCONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL.

UTC 1HRLY       18   19   20   21   22   23   00   01   02   03   04   05
EDT 1HRLY       14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   00   01
CRW CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
HTS CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
BKW CONSISTENCY  M    M    M    M    M    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
EKN CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
PKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
CKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H

AFTER 18Z THURSDAY...
Brief IFR possible in thunderstorms Wednesday night into
Thursday night.

&&

.RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WV...None.
OH...None.
KY...None.
VA...None.

&&

SYNOPSIS...ABE/30
NEAR TERM...30
SHORT TERM...ABE
LONG TERM...ABE
AVIATION...30
Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 2:58 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Charleston WV
258 PM EDT Wed May 29 2019

VAZ003-004-WVZ013-015-024>027-033-034-515>524-301900-
Dickenson-Buchanan-Lincoln-Kanawha-Mingo-Logan-Boone-Clay-McDowell-
Wyoming-Northwest Raleigh-Southeast Raleigh-Northwest Fayette-
Southeast Fayette-Northwest Nicholas-Southeast Nicholas-
Northwest Webster-Southeast Webster-Northwest Pocahontas-
Southeast Pocahontas-
258 PM EDT Wed May 29 2019

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 290 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Virginia, and
portions of central West Virginia, northeast West Virginia,
southeast West Virginia and southern West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Severe Thunderstorm Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

There is a marginal risk of severe thunderstorms Thursday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather
conditions by calling the toll-free spotter hotline, or by other
methods detailed at www.weather.gov/rlx/reports.

WVZ005-028-030>032-039-040-525-526-301900-
Wayne-Braxton-Lewis-Harrison-Taylor-Upshur-Barbour-
Northwest Randolph-Southeast Randolph-
258 PM EDT Wed May 29 2019

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 290 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central West
Virginia, northeast West Virginia, northern West Virginia and
western West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Severe Thunderstorm Watch.

There is a slight risk of excessive rainfall this afternoon and
evening from rounds of thunderstorms. Flooding may become an issue.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

There is a slight risk of severe thunderstorms Thursday.

There is a slight risk of excessive rainfall Thursday from rounds of
thunderstorms. Flooding may become an issue.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather
conditions by calling the toll-free spotter hotline, or by other
methods detailed at www.weather.gov/rlx/reports.

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ006>011-014-016>020-029-
301900-
Greenup-Carter-Boyd-Lawrence KY-Perry-Morgan-Athens-Washington-
Jackson OH-Vinton-Meigs-Gallia-Lawrence OH-Cabell-Mason-Jackson WV-
Wood-Pleasants-Tyler-Putnam-Roane-Wirt-Calhoun-Ritchie-Doddridge-
Gilmer-
258 PM EDT Wed May 29 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky, southeast
Ohio, and portions of central West Virginia, northern West
Virginia, southern West Virginia and western West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

There is a slight risk of severe thunderstorms this afternoon.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

There is a slight risk of severe thunderstorms Thursday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather
conditions by calling the toll-free spotter hotline, or by other
methods detailed at www.weather.gov/rlx/reports.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 29, 1:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
140 PM EDT WED MAY 29 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1212 PM     TSTM WND DMG     POINT PLEASANT          38.85N  82.13W
05/29/2019                   MASON              WV   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MULTIPLE LARGE TREES UPROOTED WITH SOME DOWN ON
            STRUCTURES.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1901646

ABE
Special weather statement, May 29, 1:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
141 PM EDT Wed May 29 2019

WVZ522-523-525-526-291815-
Southeast Webster-Northwest Randolph-Northwest Pocahontas-Southeast
Randolph-
141 PM EDT Wed May 29 2019

...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN
RANDOLPH...NORTHEASTERN POCAHONTAS AND EAST CENTRAL WEBSTER
COUNTIES...

At 140 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were clustered 12 miles northwest
of Snowshoe, or 12 miles northwest of Cass Scenic Railroad, moving
east at 45 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Mingo, Durbin, Monterville, Cheat Bridge, Bartow, Valley Head, Waneta
and Boyer.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are
potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to travel across
flooded roads. Find alternate routes. It takes only a few inches of
swiftly flowing water to carry vehicles away.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EDT for
northeastern West Virginia.

LAT...LON 3860 7964 3856 7967 3853 7967 3852 7966
      3851 7967 3851 7968 3849 7969 3848 7979
      3849 7984 3848 7986 3844 8019 3855 8030
      3861 8027 3878 7974 3862 7962
TIME...MOT...LOC 1740Z 257DEG 43KT 3855 8012

HART
Local storm report, May 29, 1:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
148 PM EDT WED MAY 29 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1235 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NE RAVENSWOOD         38.98N  81.74W
05/29/2019                   JACKSON            WV   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON ROADS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
            LITTLE SANDY ROAD IS ONE ROAD BLOCKED BY FALLEN TREES.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1901647

ABE
Local storm report, May 29, 1:51 PM EDT, 2 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
151 PM EDT WED MAY 29 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0105 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NNW SPENCER           38.83N 81.38W
05/29/2019                   ROANE              WV   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES DOWN ALONG BARRCUT RD. TIME ESTIMATED
            FROM RADAR.

&&

WEBB
Special weather statement, May 29, 1:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
156 PM EDT Wed May 29 2019

WVZ521-522-525-526-291830-
Southeast Webster-Northwest Randolph-Northwest Webster-Southeast
Randolph-
156 PM EDT Wed May 29 2019

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN RANDOLPH AND
NORTHERN WEBSTER COUNTIES...

At 155 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 10 miles northwest
of Webster Springs, moving east at 35 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph and nickel size hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Webster Springs, Addison (Webster Springs), Holly River State, Diana,
Hacker Valley, Bergoo, Helvetia, Pickens, Waneta and Erbacon.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EDT for
north central and northeastern West Virginia.

LAT...LON 3849 8011 3847 8063 3853 8065 3863 8052
      3871 8033 3869 8032 3869 8030 3870 8028
      3874 8024 3874 8020
TIME...MOT...LOC 1755Z 255DEG 30KT 3855 8058

JZ
Special weather statement, May 29, 1:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 10:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMason61 min
May 29, 11:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Mason, Putnam48 min
May 29, 12:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Mason, Putnam, Roane, Wirt, Wood42 min
May 29, 12:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXUpshur35 min
May 29, 12:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXNicholas, Webster32 min
May 29, 12:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXCabell26 min
May 29, 12:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXNicholas, Pocahontas, Webster39 min
May 29, 1:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXWayne46 min
May 29, 1:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXRandolph34 min
May 29, 1:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXWebster34 min
May 29, 1:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLincoln31 min
May 29, 2:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Lincoln, Logan37 min
May 29, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLogan, Mingo48 min
May 29, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLogan, Mingo, Wyoming47 min
May 29, 3:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFayette, Raleigh, Wyoming48 min
May 29, 11:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Vinton37 min
May 29, 11:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGallia, Lawrence39 min
May 29, 12:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBoyd, Carter51 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2019Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019

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.