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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 6, 2021, 5:54 AM EST for Greenup County, Kentucky. It was in force for 36 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
- Dec 6, 2021, 5:54 AM EST (10:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 6, 2021, 6:30 AM EST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Greenup County, KY
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:54 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 934 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 432 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 509 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
654
WUUS51 KRLX 061054
SVRRLX
KYC089-061130-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0124.211206T1054Z-211206T1130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Charleston WV
554 AM EST Mon Dec 6 2021
The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Greenup County in northeastern Kentucky...
* Until 630 AM EST.
* At 553 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Vanceburg, or
18 miles northwest of Carter Caves State Park, moving northeast at
35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Greenup, Letitia, South Shore, Grays Branch and South Portsmouth.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3859 8307 3863 8308 3865 8305 3866 8305
3868 8303 3872 8303 3873 8297 3875 8293
3875 8288 3874 8287 3869 8288 3866 8286
3860 8285 3857 8281 3854 8311
TIME...MOT...LOC 1053Z 247DEG 32KT 3861 8327
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
111 follow-up statement
925
WWUS51 KRLX 061134
SVSRLX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
634 AM EST Mon Dec 6 2021
KYC089-061144-
/O.EXP.KRLX.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-211206T1130Z/
Greenup KY-
634 AM EST Mon Dec 6 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GREENUP COUNTY
HAS EXPIRED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 3859 8307 3863 8308 3865 8305 3866 8305
3868 8303 3872 8303 3873 8297 3875 8293
3875 8288 3874 8287 3869 8288 3866 8286
3860 8285 3857 8281 3854 8311
TIME...MOT...LOC 1134Z 247DEG 32KT 3873 8290
$$
11The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 6:12 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boyd, Carter | 48 min |
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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.