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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

March 15, 20124 counties in West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Mar 15, 2012, 7:24 AM EDT for 4 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 66 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: Mar 15, 2012, 7:24 AM EDT (11:24 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 2012, 8:30 AM EDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

Counties Boone County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Putnam County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 228 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: 13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -152 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2195 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 106 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 Mar 15, 6:05 AM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 6:05 AM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
605 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

.SYNOPSIS...
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WITH SHOWERS TODAY INTO SATURDAY. HIGH
PRESSURE SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. QUITE WARM THROUGHOUT.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
A DISTURBANCE IS EVIDENT ON RADAR AND SATELLITE MOVING INTO THE
REGION FROM THE WEST EARLY THIS MORNING. HAVE ATTEMPTED TO TIME THIS
FEATURE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. BEHIND THE FEATURE...ABUNDANT
MOISTURE REMAINS. THINK THIS WILL LEAD TO A DECENT CHANCE OF
AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WITH SO MUCH
MOISTURE AROUND...CAN NOT RULE OUT SOME SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS
LATER IN THE NIGHT AS WELL.

&&

.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
MDLS CONT TO HAVE THEIR USUAL STRUGGLES REGARDING INDIVIDUAL UPR
DISTURBANCES ARND NORTHERN PERIPHERAL OF RIDGE. THIS CONT TO PRESENT
A LOW CONFIDENCE FCST REGARDING PCPN CHANCES/TIMING AND ULTIMATELY
MAXT. AS IT STANDS THE HIGHEST CONFIDENCE ON PCPN CHANCES IS
FRI...WITH LKLY POPS ACROSS SOUTHERN HALF OF CWA. MOST OF THE
THUNDER SHOULD BE DIURNALLY DRIVEN BUT DID KEEP SCHC DURING THE
NIGHT.

GIVEN REASONING ABOVE...LEANED TOWARD LWR END OF GUIDANCE FOR HIGHS.
SHOULD ANY DAY END UP MAINLY PCPN FREE...THEN TEMPS ARND 80F ARE
LIKELY.

&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
MODELS STRENGTHEN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BY SUNDAY...WHICH WILL DOMINATE
SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. EXPECT GENERALLY DRY BUT QUITE WARM
CONDITIONS.

&&

.AVIATION /12Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
MOISTURE WILL BE INCREASING ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING AS AN
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL PRODUCE
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WITH A MOISTURE LADEN
ATMOSPHERE REMAINING BEHIND THE DISTURBANCE THIS AFTERNOON...SOME
DAYTIME HEATING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND COULD
LINGER WELL INTO THE EVENING HOURS. OUTSIDE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING.
SOME PATCHY FOG COULD FORM LATE TONIGHT.

FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 12Z FRIDAY...

FORECAST CONFIDENCE...MEDIUM.

ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: TIMING OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD VARY.

EXPERIMENTAL TABLE OF FLIGHT CATEGORY OBJECTIVELY SHOWS CONSISTENCY
OF WFO FORECAST TO AVAILABLE MODEL INFORMATION:
H = HIGH:   TAF CONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL.
M = MEDIUM: TAF HAS VARYING LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY WITH MODELS.
L = LOW:    TAF INCONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL.

DATE                    THU 03/15/12
UTC 1HRLY       08   09   10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19
EDT 1HRLY       04   05   06   07   08   09   10   11   12   13   14   15
CRW CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
HTS CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
BKW CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
EKN CONSISTENCY  M    M    M    M    M    M    H    H    H    H    H    H
PKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
CKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H

AFTER 12Z FRIDAY...
COULD SEE BRIEF DROPS INTO IFR IN HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY.

&&

.RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WV...NONE.
OH...NONE.
KY...NONE.
VA...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...RPY/JMV/30
NEAR TERM...RPY
SHORT TERM...30
LONG TERM...JMV
AVIATION...RPY

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 15, 3:43 AM EDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
343 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-
013>020-024>040-046-047-160745-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-
JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-
CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-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-
343 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

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

Local storm report, Mar 15, 5:13 AM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
513 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

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

0431 AM     HAIL             SOUTH SHORE             38.69N 82.95W
03/15/2012  U0.50 INCH       GREENUP            KY   PUBLIC

&&

NNNN

Local storm report, Mar 15, 5:14 AM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
514 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

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

0432 AM     HAIL             SOUTH SHORE             38.69N 82.95W
03/15/2012  U0.75 INCH       GREENUP            KY   PUBLIC

&&

NNNN

Local storm report, Mar 15, 5:35 AM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
535 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

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

0505 AM     HAIL             WORTHINGTON             38.55N 82.74W
03/15/2012  U0.50 INCH       GREENUP            KY   PUBLIC

&&

NNNN

Special weather statement, Mar 15, 6:45 AM EDT, 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
645 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

OHZ066-151345-
PERRY OH-
645 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN PERRY COUNTY...

AT 641 AM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED
4 MILES WEST OF SOMERSET...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. ADDITIONAL STORMS
WERE DEVELOPING BEHIND THESE.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE. THIS WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND
ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.

THIS WILL AFFECT SOMERSET...THORNVILLE...AND GLENFORD.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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

LAT...LON 3993 8242 3992 8222 3991 8222 3980 8228
      3976 8241 3983 8241 3983 8245 3984 8248
      3993 8247 3994 8246

Local storm report, Mar 15, 7:15 AM EDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
715 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

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

0700 AM     HAIL             HAMDEN                  39.17N 82.47W
03/15/2012  U0.25 INCH       VINTON             OH   PUBLIC

&&

NNNN

Special weather statement, Mar 15, 7:24 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
724 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

WVZ005>008-013>016-024>026-151230-
BOONE WV-CABELL WV-JACKSON WV-KANAWHA WV-LINCOLN WV-LOGAN WV-MASON WV-
MINGO WV-PUTNAM WV-ROANE WV-WAYNE WV-
724 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BOONE...EASTERN CABELL...
KANAWHA...LINCOLN...NORTHERN LOGAN...NORTHWESTERN MINGO...PUTNAM...
SOUTH CENTRAL MASON...SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON...SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE AND
SOUTHERN ROANE COUNTIES...

AT 720 AM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS
AND DIME SIZED HAIL...WERE ALONG A LINE FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF
WINFIELD TO 9 MILES EAST OF HAMLIN TO 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF
LOGAN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR SOD...ALKOL...MUD...AND ST. ALBANS AROUND
730 AM...WOODVILLE...WEST LOGAN...MITCHELL HEIGHTS...AND LOGAN AROUND
735 AM...LIBERTY AND DUNBAR AROUND 740 AM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 26 AND 57 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND
124 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 25...THE WEST
VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 78 AND 95.

USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING THIS MORNING.

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

LAT...LON 3825 8222 3864 8209 3867 8124 3828 8137
      3797 8152 3797 8154 3793 8157 3790 8156
      3779 8161 3789 8240

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 15, 7:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Mason, Putnam	32 min
Mar 15, 7:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam	33 min
Mar 15, 8:35 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone, Kanawha, Logan, Mingo	70 min
Mar 15, 9:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Logan, Mingo	35 min
Mar 15, 9:37 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	RLX	Boone, Cabell, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mason and 4 more	12 hr
Mar 15, 9:44 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo	10 hr
Mar 15, 10:51 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming	4 hr
Mar 15, 11:40 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Kanawha, Mason, Putnam	65 min
Mar 15, 11:52 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Lincoln, Putnam	8 hr
Mar 15, 12:22 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Cabell, Mason, Putnam, Wayne	113 min
Mar 15, 4:05 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Logan, Mingo	4 hr
Mar 15, 4:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lawrence	50 min
Mar 15, 6:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Perry	3 hr
Mar 15, 4:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Greenup	25 min
Mar 15, 1:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Buchanan, Dickenson	63 min

Nearby

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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.