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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Jun 21, 2011, 9:14 PM EDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 46 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, 9:14 PM EDT (01:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2011, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
Counties Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Lawrence County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:16 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 185 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1046 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -145 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 21, 6:57 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 6:57 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 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.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 21, 8:27 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
834 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0750 PM TSTM WND DMG MCCONNELSVILLE 39.69N 81.77W
06/21/2011 MORGAN OH PUBLIC
LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN.
&&
NNNNLocal storm report, Jun 21, 8:35 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
835 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0808 PM HAIL MARIETTA 39.42N 81.53W
06/21/2011 U0.88 INCH WASHINGTON OH PUBLIC
&&
NNNNLocal storm report, Jun 21, 8:37 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
837 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0758 PM TSTM WND DMG GLENVILLE 38.92N 80.82W
06/21/2011 GILMER WV PUBLIC
TREES DOWN.
&&
NNNNSpecial weather statement, Jun 21, 8:41 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
841 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011
WVZ011-020-028-030>032-039-040-220115-
BARBOUR WV-BRAXTON WV-DODDRIDGE WV-HARRISON WV-LEWIS WV-TAYLOR WV-
TYLER WV-UPSHUR WV-
841 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT DODDRIDGE...HARRISON...LEWIS...
NORTHEASTERN BRAXTON...NORTHERN UPSHUR...TAYLOR...TYLER AND WEST
CENTRAL BARBOUR COUNTIES...
AT 835 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM 14 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF MIDDLEBOURNE TO 9 MILES WEST OF WESTON TO 13 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SUTTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND PEA-SIZED HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE
WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL
STREAMS.
THESE WIND GUSTS MAY RESULT IN SOME DOWNED TREES AND BRANCHES.
THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR CENTER POINT AROUND 850 PM...HORNER AROUND
855 PM...WOLF SUMMIT AROUND 900 PM...LORENTZ AROUND 905 PM...
MEADOWBROOK AROUND 910 PM AND BRIDGEPORT AROUND 915 PM.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
81 AND 128.
PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3943 8055 3947 8050 3947 8047 3944 8027
3941 8022 3932 8017 3898 8009 3869 8057
3889 8064 3891 8061 3895 8065 3938 8085
3949 8067
09Special weather statement, Jun 21, 9:14 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
914 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011
KYZ101>103-105-WVZ005-220200-
BOYD KY-CARTER KY-GREENUP KY-LAWRENCE KY-WAYNE WV-
914 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011
...ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO
NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND WAYNE COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA...
AT 910 PM EDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS
WERE ALONG A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF MOREHEAD TO 8 MILES
NORTHEAST OF WEST LIBERTY TO 11 MILES NORTH OF SALYERSVILLE TO 4
MILES EAST OF SALYERSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
SHOWERS. THIS COULD CAUSE SOME TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES.
MORE LOCAL DOWNPOURS WILL FALL FROM THESE SHOWERS...CAUSING WATER TO
POND ON ROADS...AND QUICKLY FILLING ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL
STREAMS.
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS POSTED FOR GREENUP COUNTY UNTIL
1145 PM. THROUGH 9 O'CLOCK...THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAVE BEEN
IN THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE GREENUP COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3834 8331 3834 8324 3841 8324 3874 8296
3859 8284 3849 8264 3820 8244 3803 8242
3788 8264 3797 8284 3799 8296 3796 8300
3798 8303 3803 8301 3811 8290 3817 8292
3818 8306 3826 8316 3819 8327 3828 8334
22The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 8:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants | 25 min |
| Jun 21, 8:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis, Upshur | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 9:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Randolph, Taylor, Upshur | 23 min |
| Jun 21, 9:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne | 46 min |
| Jun 21, 10:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Raleigh, Wyoming | 40 min |
| Jun 21, 11:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Logan, McDowell, Raleigh and 1 more | 42 min |
| Jun 22, 12:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas, Webster | 59 min |
| Jun 21, 10:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 36 min |
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Special Weather Statements in Kentucky, 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.