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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Jun 21, 2011, 3:07 PM EDT for Wyoming County, West Virginia. It was in force for 23 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 21, 2011, 3:07 PM EDT (19:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2011, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
County Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 696 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 956 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 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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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 21, 1:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 1:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 145 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011 VAZ003-004-WVZ008>011-013>020-024>040-046-047-221745- DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-JACKSON-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- 145 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE WIND. HEAVY RAIN...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>007-221745- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON- VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON- 145 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE WIND. HEAVY RAIN...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST OHIO...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND THE WEST VIRGINIA COUNTIES ALONG THE OHIO RIVER WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE WIND AND HAIL. HEAVY RAIN...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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Special weather statement, Jun 21, 12:33 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
143 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011
WVZ046-047-211815-
POCAHONTAS WV-RANDOLPH WV-
143 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN POCAHONTAS AND
SOUTH CENTRAL RANDOLPH COUNTIES...
AT 142 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF
CASS SCENIC RAILROAD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND PEA-SIZED HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR DURBIN AROUND 150 PM...BARTOW AROUND 200 PM
AND BOYER AROUND 210 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 3855 7967 3851 7966 3849 7969 3843 7968
3839 7972 3849 8002 3863 7992 3858 7966
3857 7965
09Special weather statement, Jun 21, 3:07 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
307 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011
WVZ025-026-034-035-211930-
BOONE WV-LOGAN WV-RALEIGH WV-WYOMING WV-
307 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN WYOMING...SOUTHEASTERN
BOONE...SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN AND WESTERN RALEIGH COUNTIES...
AT 304 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST
OF PINEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR OCEANA AROUND 320 PM AND KOPPERSTON 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 3762 8180 3766 8181 3766 8182 3772 8185
3795 8140 3765 8121 3755 8177
09The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 12:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Upshur | 27 min |
| Jun 21, 1:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Randolph | 30 min |
| Jun 21, 1:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Randolph | 27 min |
| Jun 21, 1:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas | 32 min |
| Jun 21, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Raleigh, Wyoming | 32 min |
| Jun 21, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Raleigh | 31 min |
| Jun 21, 4:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 23 min |
| Jun 21, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 22 min |
| Jun 21, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan, Mingo | 48 min |
| Jun 21, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne | 26 min |
| Jun 21, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 50 min |
| Jun 21, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo | 58 min |
| Jun 21, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Putnam | 35 min |
| Jun 21, 6:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 23 min |
| Jun 21, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Calhoun, Roane | 35 min |
| Jun 21, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 7:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer | 26 min |
| Jun 21, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Gallia, Jackson | 36 min |
| Jun 21, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 7:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Athens, Meigs, Perry | 38 min |
| Jun 21, 7:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson | 31 min |
| Jun 21, 7:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence | 4 hr |
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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.