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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

October 13, 2011Harrison County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Oct 13, 2011, 2:56 PM EDT for Harrison County, West Virginia. It was in force for 49 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
Oct 13, 2011, 2:56 PM EDT (18:56 UTC)
Expired
Oct 13, 2011, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV

County Harrison County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 120 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2011-10-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 9 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2011-10-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 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
9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
471 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 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 Oct 13, 2:39 PM EDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 13, 2:39 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 13, 3:53 AM EDT, 11 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
353 AM EDT THU OCT 13 2011

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-
013>020-024>040-046-047-140800-
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-
353 AM EDT THU OCT 13 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

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, Oct 13, 2:05 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
205 PM EDT THU OCT 13 2011

WVZ020-029-030-131845-
DODDRIDGE WV-GILMER WV-LEWIS WV-
205 PM EDT THU OCT 13 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN GILMER...NORTHWESTERN
LEWIS AND SOUTHERN DODDRIDGE COUNTIES...

AT 200 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF
GLENVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR GLENVILLE AROUND 215 PM...TROY AROUND 230 PM
AND GROVE AROUND 245 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 3918 8059 3917 8058 3916 8056 3914 8054
      3886 8072 3883 8079 3884 8088 3907 8087
      3910 8081 3920 8086

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Special weather statement, Oct 13, 2:56 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
256 PM EDT THU OCT 13 2011

WVZ020-030-031-131945-
DODDRIDGE WV-HARRISON WV-LEWIS WV-
256 PM EDT THU OCT 13 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN DODDRIDGE...NORTH
CENTRAL LEWIS AND WESTERN HARRISON COUNTIES AT LEAST THROUGH
345 PM...

AT 246 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF
WESTON...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND PEA-SIZED HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR WEST MILFORD AROUND 310 PM...WOLF SUMMIT
AROUND 320 PM...SEDALIA AROUND 330 PM...LUMBERPORT AROUND 335 PM AND
WALLACE AROUND 340 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 3944 8033 3944 8028 3943 8027 3902 8049
      3903 8061 3944 8067 3946 8059 3944 8053
      3945 8052 3947 8049

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 13, 2:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXGilmer40 min
Oct 13, 3:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXCalhoun, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wirt, Wood64 min
Oct 13, 4:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXPleasants, Tyler45 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.