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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

April 26, 2011Lawrence County, Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Apr 26, 2011, 6:35 AM EDT for Lawrence County, Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 115 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: Apr 26, 2011, 6:35 AM EDT (10:35 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2011, 8:30 AM EDT
In force: 115 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

Counties Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lawrence County, OH

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 146 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 157 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 968 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 Apr 26, 5:32 AM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 5:32 AM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 4:43 AM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 26, 6:35 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 25, 8:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Putnam	24 min
Apr 25, 8:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson	38 min
Apr 25, 9:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wayne	44 min
Apr 25, 10:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne	49 min
Apr 25, 10:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam, Wayne	47 min
Apr 25, 10:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lincoln	21 min
Apr 25, 11:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Jackson, Mason, Putnam	23 min
Apr 25, 11:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson, Mason	32 min
Apr 26, 2:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wayne	30 min
Apr 26, 2:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pleasants	33 min
Apr 26, 2:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wood	46 min
Apr 26, 3:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Braxton, Lewis	27 min
Apr 26, 4:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Harrison, Lewis	30 min
Apr 26, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Upshur	30 min
Apr 26, 6:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Randolph	28 min
Apr 26, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Randolph	46 min
Apr 26, 6:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Webster	48 min
Apr 26, 7:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Randolph	23 min
Apr 26, 7:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Randolph	37 min
Apr 26, 7:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph	40 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Kentucky, 2011 Special Weather Statements in Ohio, 2011 Every 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.