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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

July 8, 20114 counties in Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2011, 1:30 PM EDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 45 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 8, 2011, 1:30 PM EDT (17:30 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2011, 2:15 PM EDT
In force: 45 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), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 326 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 580 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 592 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.6

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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 8, 1:27 PM EDT, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 1:27 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 3:28 AM EDT, 10 hours 2 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
328 AM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

VAZ003-004-WVZ024>026-033>036-090730-
DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-
FAYETTE-
328 AM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND
SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS ARE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.

IF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA MULTIPLE
TIMES...FLASH FLOODING COULD BECOME A PROBLEM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-013>020-027>032-
037>040-046-047-090730-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-
VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-LINCOLN-
PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-CLAY-BRAXTON-
GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-
POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
328 AM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

IF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA MULTIPLE
TIMES...FLASH FLOODING COULD BECOME A PROBLEM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 9:59 AM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
959 AM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

OHZ067-075-076-085-WVZ007>011-014-016>019-081445-
ATHENS OH-CALHOUN WV-JACKSON WV-MASON WV-MEIGS OH-MORGAN OH-
PLEASANTS WV-PUTNAM WV-RITCHIE WV-ROANE WV-TYLER WV-WASHINGTON OH-
WIRT WV-WOOD WV-
959 AM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH DOWNPOURS WERE MOVING THROUGH THE
MID OHIO VALLEY...

AT 945 AM...THE DOWNPOURS WERE MOVING THROUGH ATHENS...WASHINGTON...
AND MORGAN COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...PLUS PUTNAM...JACKSON...
WOOD...WIRT...PLEASANT COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA.  THIS INCLUDED
AREAS AROUND SUCH COMMUNITIES AS POMEROY...ATHENS...COOLVILLE...
MARIETTA...ELEANOR...RAVENSWOOD...RIPLEY...ELIZABETH...SPENCER...
PARKERSBURG...WILLIAMSON...AND SAINT MARYS.

THE HEAVIER SHOWERS HAVE EXITED VINTON AND GALLIA COUNTIES IN
SOUTHEAST OHIO...AND MASON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA.

THE RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH.  BETWEEN 10 AND 11
O'CLOCK THE RAIN WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY OVER
TYLER..RITCHIE...AND CALHOUN COUNTIES...WHILE DECREASING OVER
MEIGS...JACKSON...AND PUTNAM COUNTIES.

RAIN RATES OF A HALF INCH IN 15 TO 30 MINUTES...WITH AN INCH IN 30
MINUTES TO AN HOUR COULD FALL.

THE USUAL STREET FLOODING AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING IS LIKELY.
IN RURAL AREAS...RUNOFF MAY FILL DITCH LINES AND FLOW OFF
HILLSIDES...AND SPILL ACROSS ROADS. POOR ROAD VISIBILITY WILL ALSO
OCCUR.

MOTORISTS NEED TO SLOW DOWN IN THESE DOWNPOURS.  ALLOW EXTRA TRAVEL
TIME.  INTERSTATE 77 CROSSES THIS AREA.

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

LAT...LON 3961 8127 3958 8126 3958 8104 3955 8103
      3960 8096 3960 8085 3947 8071 3945 8062
      3943 8071 3927 8091 3908 8083 3901 8103
      3897 8101 3883 8121 3850 8193 3850 8194
      3945 8196 3959 8158 3959 8149 3964 8146

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 11:13 AM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1113 AM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

WVZ010-011-019-020-028>032-037>040-047-081600-
BARBOUR WV-BRAXTON WV-DODDRIDGE WV-GILMER WV-HARRISON WV-LEWIS WV-
NICHOLAS WV-PLEASANTS WV-RANDOLPH WV-RITCHIE WV-TAYLOR WV-TYLER WV-
UPSHUR WV-WEBSTER WV-
1113 AM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF DOWNPOURS WERE MOVING INTO
NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...

JUST AFTER 11 AM...THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS WERE IN TYLER...PLEASANTS...
RITCHIE...GILMER AND BRAXTON COUNTIES.  AREAS AROUND SUCH
COMMUNITIES AS MIDDLEBOURNE...SAINT MARYS...SISTERSVILLE...
PENNSBORO... HARRISVILLE...GLENVILLE...SUTTON...AND BURNSVILLE WERE
BEING AFFECTED.

THE RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH.

THE RAIN WILL BE INCREASING IN INTENSITY OVER DODDRIDGE...LEWIS...
HARRISON...UPSHUR...AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES.  THIS INCLUDED SUCH TOWNS
AS THE WEST UNION...CLARKSBURG... BRIDGEPORT...BUCKHANNON..AND
ELKINS.

BETWEEN NOON AND 1 PM THE RAIN INTENSITY SHOULD INCREASE OVER
PORTIONS OF TAYLOR AND BARBOUR COUNTIES.

RAIN RATES OF A HALF INCH IN 15 TO 30 MINUTES...AND AN INCH
IN 45 MINUTES TO AN HOUR COULD FALL.

THE USUAL STREET FLOODING AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING IS LIKELY.
IN RURAL AREAS...RUNOFF MAY FILL DITCH LINES AND FLOW OFF
HILLSIDES...AND SPILL ACROSS ROADS. POOR ROAD VISIBILITY WILL ALSO
OCCUR.

MOTORISTS NEED TO SLOW DOWN IN THESE DOWNPOURS.  ALLOW EXTRA TRAVEL
TIME.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
52 AND 129.

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

LAT...LON 3893 7936 3889 7952 3867 7960 3868 7974
      3874 7978 3854 7987 3839 8023 3839 8024
      3848 8020 3850 8082 3943 8117 3944 8116
      3959 8099 3959 8084 3943 8054 3947 8047
      3939 8008 3945 7993 3904 7977 3895 7935

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 12:34 PM EDT, 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 8, 1:16 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 8, 1:22 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 1:30 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 7, 8:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Raleigh	25 min
Jul 7, 8:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Fayette	24 min
Jul 8, 7:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pleasants	43 min
Jul 8, 8:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson, Mason, Wirt, Wood	47 min
Jul 8, 9:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wirt, Wood	46 min
Jul 8, 11:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour, Braxton, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis and 5 more	47 min
Jul 8, 12:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour, Randolph, Taylor, Upshur, Webster	41 min
Jul 8, 3:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo	37 min
Jul 8, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Logan, Mingo	49 min
Jul 8, 4:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Raleigh, Wyoming	36 min
Jul 8, 6:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Washington	30 min
Jul 8, 8:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence	42 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Kentucky, 2011 Every 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.