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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

February 29, 2012Wayne County, West Virginia; Lawrence County, Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Feb 29, 2012, 1:11 PM EST for Wayne County, West Virginia; Lawrence County, Kentucky. It was in force for 34 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: Feb 29, 2012, 1:11 PM EST (18:11 UTC)
Expired: Feb 29, 2012, 1:45 PM EST
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

Counties Lawrence County, KY, Wayne County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 173 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.

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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: 18 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -228 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 454 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 791 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 857 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.5

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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 Feb 29, 1:10 PM EST, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 29, 1:10 PM EST, 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 29, 1:04 PM EST, 7 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 29, 11:00 AM EST, 2 hours 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1100 AM EST WED FEB 29 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0914 AM     HEAVY RAIN       CAMDEN ON GAULEY        38.37N  80.60W
02/29/2012  M1.11 INCH       WEBSTER            WV   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1200100

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Special weather statement, Feb 29, 11:19 AM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1119 AM EST WED FEB 29 2012

WVZ008-015-016-018-027>030-036>038-291700-
BRAXTON WV-CALHOUN WV-CLAY WV-FAYETTE WV-GILMER WV-JACKSON WV-
KANAWHA WV-LEWIS WV-NICHOLAS WV-ROANE WV-WEBSTER WV-
1119 AM EST WED FEB 29 2012

...AN AREA STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BRAXTON...
CLAY...KANAWHA...NICHOLAS...NORTH CENTRAL FAYETTE...ROANE...SOUTH
CENTRAL LEWIS...SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON...SOUTHERN CALHOUN...SOUTHERN
GILMER AND WEST CENTRAL WEBSTER COUNTIES...

AT 1112 AM EST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF
CHARLESTON...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND PEA-SIZED HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR CLENDENIN...WALTON...POND GAP...AND
GANDEEVILLE AROUND 1125 AM...PROCIOUS...AMMA...GLEN...AND LEFT HAND
AROUND 1130 AM...CLAY AND WALLBACK AROUND 1135 AM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 51 AND 57 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND
131 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 80...THE WEST
VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 88 AND 95.

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

LAT...LON 3813 8067 3824 8178 3846 8173 3847 8172
      3848 8173 3877 8167 3889 8042

08

Special weather statement, Feb 29, 11:25 AM EST, 1 hour 46 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1125 AM EST WED FEB 29 2012

WVZ017>020-029>032-039-040-291715-
BARBOUR WV-CALHOUN WV-DODDRIDGE WV-GILMER WV-HARRISON WV-LEWIS WV-
RITCHIE WV-TAYLOR WV-UPSHUR WV-WIRT WV-
1125 AM EST WED FEB 29 2012

...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BARBOUR...
DODDRIDGE...EASTERN WIRT...HARRISON...LEWIS...NORTHERN
CALHOUN...NORTHERN GILMER...NORTHERN UPSHUR...RITCHIE AND TAYLOR
COUNTIES...

AT 1118 AM EST...THE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED 7
MILES EAST OF ELIZABETH...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR SMITHVILLE AROUND 1130 AM...AUBURN AROUND
1140 AM...JANE LEW AROUND 1150 AM...LOST CREEK AROUND NOON...PHILIPPI
AROUND 1210 PM AND NESTORVILLE AROUND 1220 PM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
87 AND 129.

THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROAD...ROUTE 50 BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 27 AND 82 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 3905 7987 3892 8053 3894 8134 3924 8126
      3934 8089 3930 8088 3938 8077 3943 8060
      3943 8024 3940 8020 3941 8011 3939 8008
      3943 8000 3943 7989 3931 7989 3924 7983
      3915 7982

08

Special weather statement, Feb 29, 12:19 PM EST, 52 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1219 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012

OHZ067-075-076-083>086-WVZ007>010-017-019-291830-
ATHENS OH-GALLIA OH-JACKSON WV-JACKSON OH-MASON WV-MEIGS OH-MORGAN
OH-PLEASANTS WV-RITCHIE WV-VINTON OH-WASHINGTON OH-WIRT WV-WOOD
1219 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012

...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ATHENS...JACKSON...
MEIGS...MORGAN...NORTH CENTRAL MASON...NORTHERN GALLIA...NORTHERN
JACKSON...NORTHERN WIRT...PLEASANTS...VINTON...WASHINGTON...WESTERN
RITCHIE AND WOOD COUNTIES...

AT 1212 PM EST...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 13 MILES
NORTH OF WHEELERSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 75 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR OAK HILL...JACKSON...COALTON...AND BYER
AROUND 1225 PM...WELLSTON...HAMDEN...AND MCARTHUR AROUND 1230 PM...
VINTON...WILKESVILLE AND RADCLIFFE AROUND 1235 PM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-77 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 1 AND 10 IN OHIO...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 150 AND 186 IN
WEST VIRGINIA.

THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROAD...ROUTE 50 BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 1 AND 36 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 3962 8158 3959 8158 3959 8154 3931 8103
      3902 8121 3884 8267 3885 8277 3894 8276
      3895 8281 3906 8281 3940 8236 3939 8230
      3944 8229 3948 8225 3947 8218 3956 8215
      3955 8204 3964 8203 3977 8186

08

Local storm report, Feb 29, 1:06 PM EST, 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 29, 1:11 PM EST, 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
Feb 29, 10:26 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Cabell, Jackson, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam, Wayne and 1 more	34 min
Feb 29, 11:19 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Braxton, Clay, Kanawha, Nicholas, Roane	41 min
Feb 29, 11:25 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour, Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis, Ritchie, Taylor	50 min
Feb 29, 12:19 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pleasants, Wirt, Wood	71 min
Feb 29, 12:59 PM EST	Flash Flood Watch	RLX	Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 22 more	9 hr
Feb 29, 1:26 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison and 5 more	57 days
Feb 29, 1:54 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RLX	Wayne	36 min
Feb 29, 2:10 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Gilmer, Jackson, Mason, Ritchie, Wirt and 1 more	45 min
Feb 29, 2:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne	60 min
Feb 29, 3:25 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Barbour, Calhoun, Doddridge, Harrison, Jackson, Mason and 7 more	6 hr
Feb 29, 3:29 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas	46 min
Feb 29, 3:35 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Raleigh, Wyoming	55 min
Feb 29, 4:17 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pocahontas	58 min
Feb 29, 6:01 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone, Fayette, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Nicholas and 4 more	3 hr
Feb 29, 2:43 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Meigs	62 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in West Virginia, 2012 Special Weather Statements in Kentucky, 2012 Every special weather statement in 2012

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.