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Heat Advisory 3, NWS Charleston, WV

July 19, 201117 counties in West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this heat advisory at Jul 19, 2011, 2:46 PM EDT for 17 counties in West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Jul 20, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 19, 2011, 2:46 PM EDT (18:46 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 20, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
Jul 20, 2011, 7:42 PM EDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
All 30 counties

Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Athens County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Perry County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Washington County, OH, Boone County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Mason County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 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 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 175 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2011-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1414 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2011-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 153 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
1414 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
634 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heat advisory 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 heat advisory went out at Jul 19, 2:39 PM EDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 2:39 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 4:24 AM EDT, 10 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
424 AM EDT TUE JUL 19 2011

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>009-014-200830-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-
VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-WOOD-PUTNAM-
424 AM EDT TUE JUL 19 2011

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO 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.

   HEAT ADVISORY.

THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH
TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREATS ARE DAMAGING WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

AS THE HEAT WAVE CONTINUES WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...HEAT
ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

WVZ010-011-013-015>020-024>031-200830-
PLEASANTS-TYLER-LINCOLN-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-
MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-
424 AM EDT TUE JUL 19 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL WEST
VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT.
THE MAIN THREATS ARE DAMAGING WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

AS THE HEAT WAVE CONTINUES WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...HEAT
ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

VAZ003-004-WVZ032>040-046-047-200830-
DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-
WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
424 AM EDT TUE JUL 19 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...CENTRAL
WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT.
THE MAIN THREATS ARE DAMAGING WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 10:00 AM EDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 8:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXWirt, Wood25 min
Jul 18, 10:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXTucker56 min
Jul 19, 5:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXDoddridge, Harrison, Tyler54 min
Jul 19, 6:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBarbour, Doddridge, Lewis, Pleasants, Ritchie, Upshur60 min
Jul 19, 10:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXNicholas90 min
Jul 19, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXDoddridge, Gilmer, Lewis, Upshur61 min
Jul 19, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXWayne61 min
Jul 18, 8:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXAthens, Meigs63 min
Jul 18, 8:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXAthens, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton60 min
Jul 18, 9:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXJackson30 min
Jul 18, 10:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXJackson, Lawrence72 min
Jul 19, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXPerry51 min
Jul 19, 5:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXAthens, Meigs65 min
Jul 19, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLawrence61 min
Jul 19, 7:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXPerry25 min

Nearby

Heat Advisories in West Virginia, 2011Heat Advisories in Ohio, 2011Heat Advisories in Kentucky, 2011Every heat advisory in 2011

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.