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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Jul 19, 2011, 5:36 AM EDT for Doddridge County, Harrison County, Tyler County, West Virginia. It was in force for 54 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 19, 2011, 5:36 AM EDT (09:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2011, 6:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
Counties Doddridge County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Tyler County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 506 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1027 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 19, 4:12 AM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 4:12 AM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 424 AM EDT TUE JUL 19 2011 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>009-014-200830- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON- VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-WOOD-PUTNAM- 424 AM EDT TUE JUL 19 2011 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO AND MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HEAT ADVISORY. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREATS ARE DAMAGING WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. AS THE HEAT WAVE CONTINUES WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...HEAT ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. WVZ010-011-013-015>020-024>031-200830- PLEASANTS-TYLER-LINCOLN-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE- MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON- 424 AM EDT TUE JUL 19 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREATS ARE DAMAGING WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. AS THE HEAT WAVE CONTINUES WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...HEAT ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. VAZ003-004-WVZ032>040-046-047-200830- DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS- WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- 424 AM EDT TUE JUL 19 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREATS ARE DAMAGING WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. 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 19, 5:36 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 8:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wirt, Wood | 25 min |
| Jul 18, 10:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Tucker | 56 min |
| Jul 19, 6:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Doddridge, Lewis, Pleasants, Ritchie, Upshur | 60 min |
| Jul 19, 10:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Nicholas | 90 min |
| Jul 19, 2:46 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Calhoun, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln and 11 more | 29 hr |
| Jul 19, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Gilmer, Lewis, Upshur | 61 min |
| Jul 19, 7:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 61 min |
| Jul 18, 8:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Athens, Meigs | 63 min |
| Jul 18, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton | 60 min |
| Jul 18, 9:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson | 30 min |
| Jul 18, 10:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson, Lawrence | 72 min |
| Jul 19, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Perry | 51 min |
| Jul 19, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Athens, Meigs | 65 min |
| Jul 19, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lawrence | 61 min |
| Jul 19, 7:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Perry | 25 min |
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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.