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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Jan 1, 2011, 3:41 AM EST for 8 counties in West Virginia; Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 49 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
- Jan 1, 2011, 3:41 AM EST (08:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 1, 2011, 4:30 AM EST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
Counties Washington County, OH, Braxton County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Wirt County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:49 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 251 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
- 1360 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Dec 31, 7:15 PM EST, 8 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 31, 7:15 PM EST, 8 hours 26 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 31, 3:39 PM EST, 12 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 339 PM EST FRI DEC 31 2010 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-013>020-024>032- 012045- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON- JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-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- 339 PM EST FRI DEC 31 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO AND MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ003-004-WVZ033>040-046-047-012045- DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER- UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- 339 PM EST FRI DEC 31 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE RAIN ON SATURDAY AND MELTING SNOW PACK ARE A CAUSE FOR CONCERN FOR SMALL STREAM AND HEADWATER RIVER FLOODING. IF THAT THREAT INCREASES...A FLOOD WATCH WOULD BE POSTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 1, 3:41 AM EST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
341 AM EST SAT JAN 1 2011
OHZ076-WVZ009>011-015>020-027>029-010930-
BRAXTON WV-CALHOUN WV-CLAY WV-DODDRIDGE WV-GILMER WV-KANAWHA WV-
PLEASANTS WV-RITCHIE WV-ROANE WV-TYLER WV-WASHINGTON OH-WIRT WV-
WOOD WV-
341 AM EST SAT JAN 1 2011
...SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS STREAKING NORTHEAST...WILL
AFFECT CALHOUN...EASTERN ROANE...EASTERN WASHINGTON...EASTERN
WOOD...GILMER...NORTHEASTERN KANAWHA...NORTHERN CLAY...
PLEASANTS...RITCHIE...SOUTHWESTERN DODDRIDGE...TYLER...WESTERN
BRAXTON AND WIRT COUNTIES...
AROUND 330 AM...SHOWERS...WITH EVEN SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...
WERE ALONG A LINE FROM AROUND MARIETTA AND PARKERSBURG ON SOUTHEAST
TO NEAR ELIZABETH...GRANTSVILLE...ARNOLDSBURG...AND CLAY.
THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH.
BRIEF MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS MAY CAUSE STANDING WATER AND POOR
VISIBILITY ON ROADS. SOME WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
BETWEEN 4 AND 5 O'CLOCK...THESE SHOWERS WILL REACH TOWARD
MIDDLEBOURNE...WEST UNION...GLENVILLE...AND GASSAWAY.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-77 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 1 AND 11 IN OHIO...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 174 AND 186 IN
WEST VIRGINIA...PLUS I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 17 AND 65.
PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3958 8125 3958 8106 3948 8088 3919 8073
3858 8068 3856 8078 3856 8079 3854 8082
3838 8141 3897 8141 3951 8163 3961 8126
22The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 4:31 AM EST | Flood Watch | RLX | Barbour, McDowell, Upshur, Wyoming | 23 hr |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in West Virginia, 2011Special Weather Statements in Ohio, 2011Every special weather statement 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.