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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 11, 2020, 8:57 PM EST for 4 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 48 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
- Jan 11, 2020, 8:57 PM EST (01:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 11, 2020, 9:45 PM EST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Fayette County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Webster County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 776 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 408 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 506 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
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 Jan 11, 8:49 PM EST, 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 8:49 PM EST, 8 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 11, 3:57 AM EST, 17 hours before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Charleston WV 357 AM EST Sat Jan 11 2020 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>034-039-040-515>519-521-524-525-120900- Greenup-Carter-Boyd-Lawrence KY-Perry-Morgan-Athens-Washington- Jackson OH-Vinton-Meigs-Gallia-Lawrence OH-Dickenson-Buchanan-Wayne- Cabell-Mason-Jackson WV-Wood-Pleasants-Tyler-Lincoln-Putnam-Kanawha- Roane-Wirt-Calhoun-Ritchie-Doddridge-Mingo-Logan-Boone-Clay-Braxton- Gilmer-Lewis-Harrison-Taylor-McDowell-Wyoming-Upshur-Barbour- Northwest Raleigh-Southeast Raleigh-Northwest Fayette- Southeast Fayette-Northwest Nicholas-Northwest Webster- Southeast Pocahontas-Northwest Randolph- 357 AM EST Sat Jan 11 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM EST SUNDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky, southeast Ohio, southwest Virginia and much of West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .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. WVZ520-522-523-526-120900- Southeast Nicholas-Southeast Webster-Northwest Pocahontas- Southeast Randolph- 357 AM EST Sat Jan 11 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 AM EST SUNDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northeast West Virginia and southeast West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. .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, Jan 11, 6:50 PM EST, 2 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
650 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0448 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 SE PIKE 39.28N 81.07W
01/11/2020 RITCHIE WV 911 CALL CENTER
POWER LINES DOWN ON PIKE ROAD NEAR PIKE
0451 PM TSTM WND DMG HARRISVILLE 39.21N 81.05W
01/11/2020 RITCHIE WV 911 CALL CENTER
PINE TREES SNAPPED AT VICTORY RIDGE NEAR RITCHIE
&&
EVENT NUMBER RLX2000117
EVENT NUMBER RLX2000118
HARTLocal storm report, Jan 11, 7:05 PM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
705 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0435 PM TSTM WND DMG BILLINGS 38.85N 81.40W
01/11/2020 ROANE WV LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ON REEDSVILLE ROAD
0436 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 ENE MILLARD 38.89N 81.31W
01/11/2020 ROANE WV 911 CALL CENTER
TREES DOWN ALONG GRACE ROAD
0448 PM TSTM WND DMG TRISTAN 38.80N 81.23W
01/11/2020 ROANE WV 911 CALL CENTER
TREES DOWN ON ROUTE 33 AT ROANE AND CALHOUN COUNTY LINE
&&
EVENT NUMBER RLX2000119
EVENT NUMBER RLX2000120
EVENT NUMBER RLX2000121
HARTSpecial weather statement, Jan 11, 7:10 PM EST, 1 hour 47 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
710 PM EST Sat Jan 11 2020
VAZ003-120045-
Dickenson-
710 PM EST Sat Jan 11 2020
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT DICKENSON COUNTY...
At 710 PM EST, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from Ivan to near Payne Gap to near Norton.
Movement was northeast at 65 mph.
Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph are possible with these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Clintwood, Haysi, Breaks Interstate, John Flannagan Lake, Trammel,
Clinchco, Nora and McClure.
These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
LAT...LON 3697 8237 3702 8248 3713 8255 3720 8256
3724 8245 3727 8235 3728 8234 3731 8229
3727 8225 3721 8224 3711 8216 3705 8214
3703 8220 3699 8226 3700 8227 3700 8229
3696 8236
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 236DEG 56KT 3725 8282 3711 8264 3688 8261
HARTLocal storm report, Jan 11, 7:52 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2020Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2020
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.