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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

July 3, 2011Wayne County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2011, 8:49 PM EDT for Wayne County, West Virginia. It was in force for 26 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
Jul 3, 2011, 8:49 PM EDT (00:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2011, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV

County Wayne County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 178 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2011-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 530 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2011-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
530 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1695 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jul 3, 8:19 PM EDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 8:19 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 3:43 AM EDT, 17 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
343 AM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-
013>020-024>040-046-047-040745-
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-
343 AM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND MUCH OF WEST
VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

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, Jul 3, 7:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
714 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011

WVZ028>030-032345-
BRAXTON WV-GILMER WV-LEWIS WV-
714 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL GILMER...
NORTHEASTERN BRAXTON AND SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTIES...

AT 712 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF GLENVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR SAND RUN AROUND 730 PM AND WALKERSVILLE
AROUND 745 PM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
77 AND 88.

PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3894 8040 3875 8042 3885 8073 3894 8072

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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 7:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
731 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011

WVZ038-039-047-040000-
RANDOLPH WV-UPSHUR WV-WEBSTER WV-
731 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN WEBSTER...
SOUTHWESTERN UPSHUR AND WEST CENTRAL RANDOLPH COUNTIES...

AT 729 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 16 MILES EAST OF
SUTTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR HACKER VALLEY AROUND 740 PM...EDEN AROUND 745
PM AND HELVETIA AROUND 800 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 3851 8011 3868 8049 3873 8047 3874 8045
      3872 8044 3873 8042 3872 8041 3874 8039
      3877 8040 3874 8010

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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 8:37 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 10:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXRoane30 min
Jul 4, 12:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXPocahontas95 min
Jul 4, 3:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXPocahontas81 min
Jul 4, 12:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBoone, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Raleigh, Wyoming37 min
Jul 4, 1:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXWyoming29 min
Jul 4, 1:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMcDowell67 min
Jul 4, 2:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMcDowell, Wyoming26 min
Jul 4, 2:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXRaleigh31 min
Jul 3, 8:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXAthens23 min
Jul 3, 9:34 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXAthens, Morgan, Perry116 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in West Virginia, 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.