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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Jun 1, 2011, 3:05 PM EDT for Upshur County, West Virginia. It was in force for 25 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
- Jun 1, 2011, 3:05 PM EDT (19:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2011, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
County Upshur County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:09 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 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 1412 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -206 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1304 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 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 Jun 1, 1:05 PM EDT, 2 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 1:05 PM EDT, 2 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 105 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2011 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN TONIGHT AND REMAINS IN CONTROL OF OUR WEATHER INTO THE WEEKEND. A WEAK COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTHEAST LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... ON THE LATEST SURFACE MAP...A WEAK COLD FRONT IS LOCATED FROM CENTRAL PA SOUTHWEST TO NEAR CKB AND HTS INTO NORTHERN KY. RADAR DATA INDICATES A FEW STORMS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP IN THE AIRMASS EAST OF THE FRONT. HAVE INCLUDED GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS IN THE FORECAST. EXPECT THE FRONT AND ASSOCIATED STORMS WILL PUSH EAST OF THE AREA BY 00Z...WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN TONIGHT. EXPECT FOG... DENSE IN SPOTS...WILL ONCE AGAIN DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY WILL ONCE AGAIN BE WARM. HOWEVER...THE DRY AIRMASS WILL RESULT IN A MOSTLY SUNNY AND PLEASANT DAY. THURSDAY NIGHT SHOULD ALSO BE QUITE PLEASANT WITH THE SURFACE HIGH REMAINING IN CONTROL. LATEST TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE IS CLOSE TO PREVIOUS FORECAST NUMBERS...AND WILL GENERALLY BE FOLLOWED. && .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... EVEN THOUGH THE SUMMER LIKE UPPER HIGH RETROGRADES ENOUGH TO GET INTO NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...MODELS HAVE TOO MUCH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE AND LOW LEVEL DRY AIR OVER OUR AREA TO INHIBIT ANY POTENTIAL GREAT LAKES MCS SURVIVING A TRIP SOUTHEASTWARD INTO OUR CWA. BY SATURDAY...UPPER HIGH BUILDS BACK OVER THE AREA TO HELP CONTINUE DRY CONDITIONS THAT DAY. BY SUNDAY...RETROGRESSION AGAIN WILL ALLOW ANOTHER WEAK COOL FRONT TO DROP SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA ON SUNDAY. THIS FRONT HAS A BIT MORE PUSH AND SUPPORT FOR AT LEAST WIDELY SCATTERED STORMS. THUS...GOING DRY THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY...AND INTRODUCING LOW POPS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AS THE FRONT APPROACHES. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SOMEWHAT TRICKY WITH THE UPPER HIGH WAVERING BACK AND FORTH...AND HOW FAR SOUTH THE SURFACE DRIER AIR PENETRATES. BUT THE EMPHASIS WILL BE ON ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES RIGHT THRU SATURDAY. LOOK FOR MID TO UPPER 80S THURSDAY...AND INTO THE 90S AGAIN BY SATURDAY. NIGHT TIME TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER THURSDAY NIGHT WITH DRY PUSH BEHIND WEDNESDAY FRONT...BUT REBOUNDING BY SATURDAY NIGHT FOR THE MUGGIES TO RETURN. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... ANOTHER WEAK FRONT MAY TRY TO MAKE ITS WAY THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. STILL HAVE CHANCE POPS INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. LOW CONFIDENCE IN MONDAY AND TUESDAY. 12Z GFS HAS LOWERING HEIGHTS FASTER THAN ITS PREVIOUS RUN...AND FASTER THAN THE 00Z ECMWF. KEPT DRY FOR NOW. && .AVIATION /18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...WITH LOCALIZED MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS...ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTHEAST. EXPECT ANY STORMS SHOULD EXIT THE REGION BY 00Z. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS SHOULD RESULT IN VALLEY FOG...WITH MVFR CONDITIONS...DEVELOPING AFT 06Z. EXPECT IFR CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS SOME OF THE MOUNTAINS VALLEYS BETWEEN 08Z-12Z. AFTER SUNRISE ON THURSDAY...CONDITIONS SHOULD RAPIDLY IMPROVE WITH VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA BY 15Z. FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY... FORECAST CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM. ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: THE AMOUNT OF DENSE FOG THAT WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT IS STILL VERY MUCH IN QUESTION. EXPERIMENTAL TABLE OF FLIGHT CATEGORY OBJECTIVELY SHOWS CONSISTENCY OF WFO FORECAST TO AVAILABLE MODEL INFORMATION: H = HIGH: TAF CONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL. M = MEDIUM: TAF HAS VARYING LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY WITH MODELS. L = LOW: TAF INCONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL. UTC 1HRLY 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 EDT 1HRLY 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 CRW CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H HTS CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H BKW CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H EKN CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H PKB CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H CKB CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H AFTER 18Z THURSDAY... NO ORGANIZED AREAS OF IFR EXPECTED. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. KY...NONE. VA...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...KTB/JSH NEAR TERM...JSH SHORT TERM...JMV LONG TERM...KTB/JMV AVIATION...JSH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 3:55 AM EDT, 11 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 355 AM EDT WED JUN 1 2011 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-020800- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON- VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-WOOD- PLEASANTS-TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE- DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON- TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR- BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- 355 AM EDT WED JUN 1 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 3:05 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
305 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2011
WVZ028-030-039-047-011930-
BRAXTON WV-LEWIS WV-RANDOLPH WV-UPSHUR WV-
305 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN BRAXTON...SOUTH
CENTRAL LEWIS...SOUTHERN UPSHUR AND WEST CENTRAL RANDOLPH COUNTIES...
AT 304 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTH OF
WESTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR ROCK CAVE AROUND 315 PM...KANAWHA HEAD AROUND
320 PM AND ALEXANDER AROUND 330 PM.
PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3859 8013 3865 8026 3869 8028 3869 8032
3872 8033 3873 8036 3873 8044 3879 8060
3896 8051 3880 8000
24The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Lewis, Randolph, Upshur, Webster | 28 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.