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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at May 27, 2012, 6:21 PM EDT for Clay County, West Virginia. It was in force for 39 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
- May 27, 2012, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
County Clay County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 191 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 354 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 639 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
127 WWUS81 KRLX 272221 SPSRLX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 621 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012 WVZ015-027-036-037-272300- CLAY WV-FAYETTE WV-KANAWHA WV-NICHOLAS WV- 621 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE... SOUTHEASTERN KANAWHA...SOUTHWESTERN CLAY AND WEST CENTRAL NICHOLAS COUNTIES... AT 619 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY ALONG A LINE FROM 9 MILES SOUTH OF CLAY TO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLAY TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF FAYETTEVILLE. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. VERY HEAVY RAIN...UP TO A INCH PER HOUR...WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. EXPECT INTENSE LIGHTNING FROM THESE STORMS. DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR INDORE AROUND 700 PM. THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...THE WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 69 AND 75. PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. LAT...LON 3826 8097 3805 8138 3832 8150 3847 8115 $$ 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Webster | 26 min |
| May 27, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Randolph | 30 min |
| May 27, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Nicholas, Pocahontas, Webster | 31 min |
| May 27, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 25 min |
| May 27, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 32 min |
| May 27, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Nicholas, Webster | 30 min |
| May 27, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Nicholas | 46 min |
| May 27, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 27 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.