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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

October 13, 20116 counties in West Virginia; Washington County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Oct 13, 2011, 3:41 PM EDT for 6 counties in West Virginia; Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 64 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, 3:41 PM EDT (19:41 UTC)
Expired: Oct 13, 2011, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

Counties Washington County, OH, Calhoun County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 163 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: 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, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 13, 2:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 13, 3:53 AM EDT, 11 hours 48 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, 1 hour 36 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, 45 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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Special weather statement, Oct 13, 3:41 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
341 PM EDT THU OCT 13 2011

OHZ076-WVZ009>011-017>020-132045-
CALHOUN WV-DODDRIDGE WV-PLEASANTS WV-RITCHIE WV-TYLER WV-
WASHINGTON OH-WIRT WV-WOOD WV-
341 PM EDT THU OCT 13 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CALHOUN...EASTERN WASHINGTON...
PLEASANTS...RITCHIE...TYLER...WEST CENTRAL DODDRIDGE...WIRT AND WOOD
COUNTIES...

AT 332 PM EDT...A SQUALL LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED 4
MILES NORTH OF SPENCER...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.

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

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR PALESTINE...MUNDAY...ELIZABETH...AND
BROHARD AROUND 345 PM...FREEPORT...MACFARLAN...GREENCASTLE...AND
SMITHVILLE AROUND 350 PM...PETROLEUM AND WALKER AROUND 355 PM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-77 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 1 AND 17 IN OHIO...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 157 AND 186 IN
WEST VIRGINIA.

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

LAT...LON 3960 8134 3955 8103 3961 8095 3960 8084
      3950 8073 3920 8087 3910 8081 3901 8104
      3885 8100 3878 8105 3871 8099 3862 8108
      3865 8116 3891 8126 3892 8151 3901 8153
      3906 8166 3959 8158 3959 8149 3965 8147

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 13, 2:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Gilmer	40 min
Oct 13, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Harrison	49 min
Oct 13, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pleasants, Tyler	45 min

Nearby

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