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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

June 22, 2012Braxton County, Calhoun County, Gilmer County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Jun 22, 2012, 2:12 PM EDT for Braxton County, Calhoun County, Gilmer County, West Virginia. It was in force for 63 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: Jun 22, 2012, 2:12 PM EDT (18:12 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2012, 3:15 PM EDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

Counties Braxton County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Gilmer County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 197 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: 56 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 849 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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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 Jun 22, 6:02 AM EDT, 8 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 6:02 AM EDT, 8 hours 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 3:13 AM EDT, 10 hours 59 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
313 AM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-
013>020-024>040-046-047-230715-
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-
313 AM EDT FRI JUN 22 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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

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, Jun 22, 1:25 PM EDT, 47 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
125 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012

WVZ016>018-221800-
CALHOUN WV-ROANE WV-WIRT WV-
125 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN ROANE...SOUTHERN WIRT
AND WESTERN CALHOUN COUNTIES...

AT 123 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST
OF SPENCER...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

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

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR LUCILLE AROUND 130 PM...CHERRY AROUND 140
PM...CRESTON AROUND 150 PM AND ANNAMORIAH AROUND 200 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 3880 8113 3884 8152 3890 8153 3892 8150
      3896 8155 3898 8153 3903 8154 3904 8120
      3904 8118 3903 8117 3904 8115 3904 8112

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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 1:41 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
141 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012

KYZ102-103-105-WVZ005-221815-
BOYD KY-CARTER KY-LAWRENCE KY-WAYNE WV-
141 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT BOYD...NORTHERN LAWRENCE...
SOUTHEASTERN CARTER AND WESTERN WAYNE COUNTIES...

AT 138 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WEBBVILLE...
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR BUCHANAN AROUND 200 PM AND CENTERVILLE AROUND
215 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 3832 8286 3830 8242 3805 8248 3814 8291
      3816 8292

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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 2:12 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
212 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012

WVZ016-018-027>029-037-221915-
BRAXTON WV-CALHOUN WV-CLAY WV-GILMER WV-NICHOLAS WV-ROANE WV-
212 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT BRAXTON...CALHOUN...GILMER...
NORTH CENTRAL NICHOLAS...NORTHERN CLAY AND SOUTHEASTERN ROANE
COUNTIES...

AT 202 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF GRANTSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS AND OTHER DEVELOPING AFTERNOON STORMS. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL
FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND
QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR STUMPTOWN...NICUT...TANNER...AND NEBO
AROUND 220 PM...NORMANTOWN...SHOCK...NEBO...AND IVYDALE AROUND 225
PM...NORMANTOWN AND ROSEDALE AROUND 230 PM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
26 AND 83.

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

LAT...LON 3842 8073 3851 8122 3853 8120 3853 8125
      3866 8130 3899 8103 3899 8069 3890 8060
      3886 8058 3887 8056 3885 8054 3886 8053
      3883 8047

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 22, 1:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wirt	35 min
Jun 22, 2:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Clay, Nicholas	57 min
Jun 22, 2:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wayne	41 min
Jun 22, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lewis	26 min
Jun 22, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lincoln	30 min
Jun 22, 3:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Lincoln	38 min
Jun 22, 3:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour, Taylor	57 min
Jun 22, 3:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Clay, Kanawha	66 min
Jun 22, 3:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas	39 min
Jun 22, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Fayette, Raleigh	51 min
Jun 22, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	McDowell	51 min
Jun 22, 1:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lawrence	34 min
Jun 22, 3:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Dickenson	51 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in West Virginia, 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.