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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2011, 9:12 PM EDT for Randolph County, Upshur County, West Virginia. It was in force for 48 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
- Aug 7, 2011, 9:12 PM EDT (01:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2011, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
Counties Randolph County, WV, Upshur County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 278 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1296 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
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 Aug 7, 8:45 PM EDT, 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 8:45 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 603 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2011 OHZ083-086-WVZ007-008-016-018-028>030-039-040-082215- JACKSON-GALLIA-MASON-ROANE-CALHOUN-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-UPSHUR- BARBOUR- 603 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .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. KYZ101>103-105-OHZ087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005-006-013>015-024>027-033>038- 046-047-082215- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-CABELL-LINCOLN- PUTNAM-KANAWHA-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH- FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- 603 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...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. OHZ066-067-075-076-084-085-WVZ009>011-017-019-020-031-032-082215- PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-VINTON-MEIGS-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER- WIRT-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-HARRISON-TAYLOR- 603 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2011 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 738 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO...CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN 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. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .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, Aug 7, 7:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
741 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2011
WVZ008>011-016>020-029>031-080045-
CALHOUN WV-DODDRIDGE WV-GILMER WV-HARRISON WV-JACKSON WV-LEWIS WV-
PLEASANTS WV-RITCHIE WV-ROANE WV-TYLER WV-WIRT WV-WOOD WV-
741 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH DOWNPOURS WILL AFFECT
CALHOUN...DODDRIDGE...GILMER...HARRISON...NORTH CENTRAL
ROANE...NORTHEASTERN JACKSON...NORTHWESTERN
LEWIS...PLEASANTS...RITCHIE...SOUTHEASTERN WOOD...TYLER AND WIRT
COUNTIES...
AT 738 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM 5 MILES
NORTH OF MIDDLEBOURNE TO 10 MILES EAST OF PARKERSBURG TO 4 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF FORKED RUN STATE PARK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. WINDS OF THIS
MAGNITUDE CAN KNOCK DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND UNHEALTHY TREES. 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 PETROLEUM AROUND 745 PM...HIGHLAND AROUND
800 PM...WALLACE AROUND 815 PM...CLARKSBURG AROUND 830 PM AND SHOCK
AROUND 845 PM.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-77 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 151 AND 164 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 121
AND 129.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3957 8083 3955 8078 3948 8071 3949 8067
3945 8061 3943 8054 3947 8050 3947 8047
3944 8027 3940 8019 3936 8020 3904 8060
3869 8107 3900 8172 3927 8128
30Local storm report, Aug 7, 8:15 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON, WV
815 PM EDT SUN AUG 07 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0753 PM TSTM WND DMG CAIRO 39.21N 81.16W
08/07/2011 RITCHIE WV 911 CALL CENTER
TREE DOWN ACROSS RTE 31 NEAR RTE 50
&&
EVENT NUMBER RLX1100815
ARBLocal storm report, Aug 7, 8:31 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 8:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis and 2 more | 48 min |
| Aug 8, 2:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants | 46 min |
| Aug 8, 3:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Ritchie | 40 min |
| Aug 8, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Gilmer, Lewis, Ritchie | 44 min |
| Aug 8, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lewis | 48 min |
| Aug 8, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Lewis, Upshur, Webster | 52 min |
| Aug 8, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lawrence | 51 min |
| Aug 8, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Dickenson | 60 min |
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Special Weather Statements in West Virginia, 2011Every special weather statement in 2011
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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.