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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Jun 27, 2011, 11:49 PM EDT for 12 counties in West Virginia; Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 56 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 27, 2011, 11:49 PM EDT (03:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2011, 12:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
Counties Washington County, OH, Barbour County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:53 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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 279 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
- 438 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1579 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 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 27, 9:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 9:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 935 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011 .SYNOPSIS... COLD FRONT APPROACHES TONIGHT...THEN PASSES ON TUESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WEDNESDAY INTO FRIDAY WITH A WARMING TREND. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/... LOCAL HIGH RESOLUTION MODELS CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE. CONVECTION WAS SLOWER TO GET GOING THAN INITIALLY SUGGESTED BY MODELS...BECAUSE OF BROAD ZONE OF CONVECTIVE INHIBITION ACROSS THE CENTRAL TO NORTHERN PART OF THE AREA. MEANWHILE...FAR SOUTHERN ZONES GOT A BRIEF LINE OF STRONG CONVECTION EARLIER THIS EVENING AS ADVERTISED...WHERE THERE WAS NO CONVECTIVE INHIBITION AND CAPES RANGED TO AROUND 2000 J/KG. HOWEVER...CONVECTION NOW HAS QUICKLY FIRED TO THE WEST WITH INCOMING SHORTWAVE...WELL AHEAD OF SURFACE FRONT...ALONG AXIS OF DEEP MOISTURE CONVERGENCE. POPS HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED FOR THIS EARLIER TIMING BY SEVERAL HOURS. THESE STORMS HAVE WEAK ROTATION...YET ARE ELEVATED/HIGH BASED WITH SURFACE-BASED CONVECTIVE INHIBITION. CEILING HEIGHTS WITH THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN THE THOUSANDS OF FEET OFF THE GROUND...NOT HUNDREDS. THE FORCING AND MOISTURE CONVERGENCE IS ALOFT. HOWEVER...THE STORMS WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY ON RADAR IN CASE STRONGER CIRCULATIONS CAN REACH CLOSER TO THE GROUND. DEEPER MOISTURE BEGINS TO ADVECT EAST DURING THE DAY TUESDAY...BUT ACTUAL SURFACE FRONT WILL LAG BEHIND BY SEVERAL HOURS. EXPECTING LINE OF SCATTERED DIURNALLY DRIVEN THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT...INCREASING IN COVERAGE AS THE FRONT ADVECTS EAST INTO THE MOUNTAINS EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... COLD FRONT MOVES OUT OF THE CWA TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH LINGERING SHOWERS AND STORMS OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWA. HIGH PRESSURE THEN BUILDS IN AND WE ARE REWARDED WITH CLEAR SKIES AND DRY WEATHER. USED A COMBO OF GUIDANCE FOR TEMPS...AND PATTERN SHOWS A SLOW WARMING TREND INTO THE MID 80S BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... USED A BLEND OF THE GFS AND ECMWF FOR THE LONG TERM. A WARM FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST ON FRIDAY...IT MAY PRODUCE A FEW SHOWERS IN THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE CWA. THEN A COLD FRONT SWINGS THROUGH DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OUT IN FRONT OF THE COLD FRONT...WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN HANGING AROUND THROUGH SUNDAY. THE MODELS SHOW EXTREMELY DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY. DECIDED TO SIDE WITH THE RAINER ECMWF SOLUTION. HIGH PRESSURE MOVES IN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...AND LOBES OF VORTICITY ROTATE AROUND THE HIGH PRESSURE. THEREFORE...HAVE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND TSTORMS IN THE FORECAST FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY. FOR TEMPS...WENT WITH HPCS MAX AND MINS WITH SLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS. A WARMING TREND IS ON TAP...WITH THE POTENTIAL OF MAX TEMPS OVER 90 FOR FRIDAY AND INTO NEXT WEEKEND. && .AVIATION /02Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... BATCH OF AT LEAST SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO CROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH UPPER DISTURBANCE...AHEAD OF INCOMING FRONT. FINAL SURFACE FRONT TUESDAY COULD HAVE ADDITIONAL SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS. GENERALLY LOOKING AT MVFR CIGS AND/OR VIS WITH SHOWERS AND VALLEY FOG OVERNIGHT. ALSO...POST FRONTAL MVFR CIGS LASTING THROUGH MUCH OF TUESDAY MORNING. IFR NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND FOR AREAS THAT GET A GOOD AMOUNT OF RAIN FROM INDIVIDUAL STORM CELLS. FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 00Z WEDNESDAY... FORECAST CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM. ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: TIMING OF CIGS AND VSBYS WITH TSTMS COULD VARY WITH THE COLD FRONT OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY. 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. DATE TUE 06/28/11 UTC 1HRLY 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 EDT 1HRLY 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 CRW CONSISTENCY H M M H H M M L M M M H HTS CONSISTENCY M M M M H M M L M M M M BKW CONSISTENCY H M M M H H H L M M L L EKN CONSISTENCY H H L M M M H L L L L M PKB CONSISTENCY H H M H M L L L M H H H CKB CONSISTENCY H H H H H M M H M M H H AFTER 00Z WEDNESDAY... NO ORGANIZED AREAS OF IFR EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. KY...NONE. VA...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JEE/JS NEAR TERM...MDP SHORT TERM...JEE LONG TERM...JEE AVIATION...MDP
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 3:52 AM EDT, 19 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 352 AM EDT MON JUN 27 2011 OHZ067-076-WVZ008>011-014>020-026>032-035>040-046-047-280800- MORGAN-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE- WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS- HARRISON-TAYLOR-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR- POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- 352 AM EDT MON JUN 27 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO...CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-075-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>007-013-024-025- 033-034-280800- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE-PERRY-ATHENS-JACKSON-VINTON-MEIGS- GALLIA-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-LINCOLN-MINGO-LOGAN- MCDOWELL-WYOMING- 352 AM EDT MON JUN 27 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. 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 27, 9:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
907 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011
OHZ083-084-086-087-280200-
GALLIA OH-JACKSON OH-LAWRENCE OH-VINTON OH-
907 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT JACKSON...NORTH CENTRAL
LAWRENCE...NORTHWESTERN GALLIA AND SOUTHEASTERN VINTON COUNTIES...
AT 859 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SCIOTO AND
PIKE COUNTIES IN OHIO...MOVING EAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS. LOCALIZED DOWNPOURS WILL ALSO FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND WILL
CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND
SMALL STREAMS.
STORMS WILL BE NEAR PETERSBURG AROUND 915 PM...OAK HILL AROUND 930
PM...CENTERPOINT AROUND 945 PM AND VINTON AROUND 1000 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 3910 8280 3911 8279 3910 8232 3873 8237
3875 8267 3884 8266 3885 8267 3885 8275
3885 8277 3894 8276 3895 8281
05Special weather statement, Jun 27, 9:36 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
936 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011
OHZ066-067-075-076-084-085-WVZ008>010-017-280230-
ATHENS OH-JACKSON WV-MEIGS OH-MORGAN OH-PERRY OH-PLEASANTS WV-
VINTON OH-WASHINGTON OH-WIRT WV-WOOD WV-
936 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ATHENS...MORGAN...NORTHEASTERN
JACKSON...NORTHEASTERN MEIGS...NORTHEASTERN VINTON...NORTHWESTERN
WIRT...PERRY...PLEASANTS...WASHINGTON AND WOOD COUNTIES...
AT 930 PM EDT...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM PERRY
AND VINTON COUNTIES IN OHIO SOUTHEASTWARD TO AROUND THE OHIO RIVER
FROM NORTHEASTERN JACKSON TO PLEASANTS COUNTIES IN WEST
VIRGINIA...MOVING EAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH A
FEW OF THE STORMS. LOCALIZED DOWNPOURS WILL ALSO FALL FROM THESE
STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL
ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-77 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 1 AND 17 IN OHIO...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 154 AND 186 IN
WEST VIRGINIA.
PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3991 8217 3983 8216 3978 8207 3976 8164
3959 8158 3959 8149 3965 8146 3958 8118
3896 8152 3937 8253 3939 8230 3947 8229
3947 8218 3953 8216 3960 8239 3975 8238
3983 8241 3984 8248 3992 8247 3993 8246
05Special weather statement, Jun 27, 10:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1046 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011
OHZ066-067-076-WVZ009>011-018>020-029-030-280345-
CALHOUN WV-DODDRIDGE WV-GILMER WV-LEWIS WV-MORGAN OH-PERRY OH-
PLEASANTS WV-RITCHIE WV-TYLER WV-WASHINGTON OH-WOOD WV-
1046 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT DODDRIDGE...GILMER...MORGAN...
NORTHEASTERN WOOD...NORTHERN CALHOUN...NORTHWESTERN LEWIS...
PERRY...PLEASANTS...RITCHIE...TYLER AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 1035 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE EASTWARD
AROUND 20 MPH ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWESTERN WEST
VIRGINIA.
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH A
FEW OF THESE STORMS. LOCALIZED DOWNPOURS WILL FALL FROM THESE
STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL
ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-77 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 1 AND 17 IN OHIO...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 180 AND 186 IN
WEST VIRGINIA.
PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3978 8207 3976 8164 3959 8158 3959 8149
3965 8147 3955 8103 3960 8084 3948 8071
3944 8055 3922 8059 3884 8078 3875 8112
3899 8121 3903 8117 3928 8143 3950 8205
3955 8205 3956 8223 3973 8236 3985 8220
05Special weather statement, Jun 27, 11:49 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1149 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011
OHZ067-076-WVZ009>011-016>020-028>032-039-040-280445-
BARBOUR WV-BRAXTON WV-CALHOUN WV-DODDRIDGE WV-GILMER WV-HARRISON WV-
LEWIS WV-MORGAN OH-PLEASANTS WV-RITCHIE WV-ROANE WV-TAYLOR WV-
TYLER WV-UPSHUR WV-WASHINGTON OH-WIRT WV-WOOD WV-
1149 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BARBOUR...CALHOUN...DODDRIDGE...
EAST CENTRAL MORGAN...GILMER...HARRISON...LEWIS...NORTH CENTRAL
BRAXTON...NORTHEASTERN ROANE...NORTHERN UPSHUR...PLEASANTS...
RITCHIE...TAYLOR...TYLER...WASHINGTON...WIRT AND WOOD COUNTIES...
AT 1136 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM WASHINGTON
COUNTY OHIO AND WOOD COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA EASTWARD TO HARRISON AND
LEWIS COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA...MOVING EAST AT AROUND 25 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH A FEW OF THESE STORMS.
DOWNPOURS WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS AS THEY REPEAT ACROSS THE SAME
AREA FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. THIS WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS
AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS...POSSIBLY
CAUSING MINOR WATER PROBLEMS IN THOSE AREAS MOST PRONE TO HEAVY
RAINS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THE RAINS WILL END SHORTLY AFTER
MIDNIGHT VICINITY OF THE OHIO RIVER...WHILE INCREASING ACROSS
NORTHCENTRAL INTO NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA THROUGH 1 AM.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-77 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 1 AND 17 IN OHIO...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 157 AND 186 IN
WEST VIRGINIA...I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 77 AND 129.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3967 8160 3959 8158 3959 8149 3965 8147
3960 8134 3961 8127 3955 8103 3961 8095
3960 8084 3948 8071 3943 8054 3947 8047
3939 8008 3946 7993 3943 7989 3927 7985
3898 7989 3872 8122 3904 8161 3959 8176
05The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 9:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wood | 54 min |
| Jun 27, 10:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler | 59 min |
| Jun 28, 12:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis, Pleasants, Ritchie and 2 more | 49 min |
| Jun 28, 1:12 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Ritchie | 2 hr |
| Jun 28, 2:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur, Webster | 40 min |
| Jun 28, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell | 53 min |
| Jun 27, 9:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson | 53 min |
| Jun 28, 3:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 3 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.