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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

July 12, 2011Logan County, McDowell County, Wyoming County, West Virginia; Buchanan County, Dickenson County, Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Jul 12, 2011, 1:37 AM EDT for Logan County, McDowell County, Wyoming County, West Virginia; Buchanan County, Dickenson County, Virginia. It was in force for 53 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 12, 2011, 1:37 AM EDT (05:37 UTC)
Expired: Jul 12, 2011, 2:30 AM EDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

Counties Buchanan County, VA, Dickenson County, VA, Logan County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 226 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: 221 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1865 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 1 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.1

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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 12, 1:03 AM EDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 1:03 AM EDT, 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 10:06 PM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1006 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2011

KYZ101>103-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ006>011-017-019-130215-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-VINTON-
MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE-CABELL-MASON-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-WIRT-RITCHIE-
1006 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2011

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 635 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT TUESDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

KYZ105-VAZ003-004-WVZ005-013>016-018-020-024>040-046-047-130215-
LAWRENCE-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-
CALHOUN-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-
HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-
UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
1006 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 11:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1131 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2011

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ086-087-WVZ005>008-013>015-120445-
BOYD KY-CABELL WV-CARTER KY-GALLIA OH-GREENUP KY-JACKSON WV-
KANAWHA WV-LAWRENCE OH-LAWRENCE KY-LINCOLN WV-MASON WV-PUTNAM WV-
WAYNE WV-
1131 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2011

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BOYD...CABELL...
CARTER...GALLIA...GREENUP...LAWRENCE...MASON...NORTHERN
LAWRENCE...NORTHWESTERN KANAWHA...NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN...
PUTNAM...SOUTHERN JACKSON AND WAYNE COUNTIES...

AT 1126 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM 4 MILES
NORTH OF POINT PLEASANT TO ASHLAND TO 8 MILES NORTH OF CARTER CAVES
STATE PARK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH 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 STORMS WILL BE NEAR GLOBE AROUND 1145 PM...LEON AROUND
MIDNIGHT...GIVEN AROUND 1215 AM AND LIBERTY AROUND 1230 AM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 149 AND 191 IN KENTUCKY...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 45
IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 118 AND 127 IN WEST
VIRGINIA.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

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

LAT...LON 3834 8332 3834 8324 3842 8324 3874 8299
      3875 8287 3860 8285 3858 8279 3878 8267
      3884 8246 3901 8224 3901 8215 3864 8154
      3806 8228 3798 8303 3811 8290 3817 8292
      3818 8306 3826 8316 3819 8327 3828 8334

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Special weather statement, Jul 11, 11:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 12, 12:01 AM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 12, 12:45 AM EDT, 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 12, 12:50 AM EDT, 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 12, 1:37 AM 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 11, 10:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wood	48 min
Jul 11, 11:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Mason	28 min
Jul 11, 11:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Cabell, Mason, Putnam, Wayne	74 min
Jul 11, 11:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Calhoun, Gilmer, Jackson, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt and 1 more	82 min
Jul 12, 12:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam, Wayne	59 min
Jul 12, 12:05 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Wayne	2 hr
Jul 12, 12:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo	55 min
Jul 12, 4:13 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	RLX	Cabell, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam, Wayne	14 hr
Jul 12, 7:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Mingo	31 min
Jul 11, 9:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Morgan, Perry	59 min
Jul 11, 9:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Perry	50 min
Jul 11, 9:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Perry	36 min
Jul 11, 10:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens, Morgan	35 min
Jul 11, 11:04 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Athens, Washington	3 hr
Jul 11, 9:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Dickenson	33 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in West Virginia, 2011 Special Weather Statements in Virginia, 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.