Alert archive / West Virginia / Special Weather Statements in 2012

Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

March 19, 2012Calhoun County, Gilmer County, Wirt County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Mar 19, 2012, 4:41 AM EDT for Calhoun County, Gilmer County, Wirt County, West Virginia. 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: Mar 19, 2012, 4:41 AM EDT (08:41 UTC)
Expired: Mar 19, 2012, 5:15 AM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

Counties Calhoun County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Wirt County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 182 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: 89 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1241 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 63 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.

115 
WWUS81 KRLX 190841
SPSRLX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
441 AM EDT MON MAR 19 2012

WVZ017>019-029-190915-
CALHOUN WV-GILMER WV-RITCHIE WV-WIRT WV-
441 AM EDT MON MAR 19 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN WIRT...GILMER...NORTHERN
CALHOUN AND SOUTHWESTERN RITCHIE COUNTIES...

AT 437 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF 
ELIZABETH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL
CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND
SMALL STREAMS. 

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR BROHARD AROUND 450 AM...BIG SPRINGS AROUND
500 AM...CEDAR CREEK STATE PARK AROUND 510 AM AND CEDARVILLE AROUND
520 AM.

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

LAT...LON 3894 8071 3882 8079 3876 8091 3875 8093
      3899 8141 3917 8129

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 18, 11:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wirt	39 min
Mar 18, 11:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Wood	30 min
Mar 18, 11:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Roane	31 min
Mar 19, 12:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Braxton	32 min
Mar 19, 1:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pleasants, Tyler	25 min
Mar 19, 2:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wood	38 min
Mar 19, 3:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson	27 min
Mar 19, 3:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Clay	32 min
Mar 19, 4:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Roane	25 min
Mar 19, 4:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Roane	49 min
Mar 19, 5:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson, Roane	28 min
Mar 19, 9:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas	2 hr
Mar 19, 4:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wood	25 min
Mar 19, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Ritchie	47 min
Mar 19, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Ritchie, Wood	36 min
Mar 19, 5:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Tyler	31 min
Mar 19, 6:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Doddridge, Tyler	46 min
Mar 19, 6:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Upshur	36 min
Mar 19, 7:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis, Upshur	27 min
Mar 19, 7:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour	32 min
Mar 19, 7:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Harrison, Lewis, Randolph, Upshur	45 min
Mar 18, 8:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Morgan, Perry	42 min
Mar 18, 8:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Morgan	35 min
Mar 18, 9:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Morgan, Washington	46 min
Mar 18, 9:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Perry	34 min
Mar 18, 9:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Morgan, Perry, Washington	46 min
Mar 18, 10:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens	34 min
Mar 18, 11:28 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Athens, Vinton	2 hr
Mar 19, 1:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens	32 min
Mar 19, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens	2 hr
Mar 19, 3:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens	36 min
Mar 19, 3:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens	71 min

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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.