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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2012, 9:00 PM EDT for Putnam County, West Virginia. It was in force for 15 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
- Jul 3, 2012, 9:00 PM EDT (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2012, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
County Putnam County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 266 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
- 389 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1500 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 Jul 3, 7:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 7:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 350 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-013>020-024>032- 042000- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON- JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-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- 350 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO AND MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HEAT ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HEAT ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ003-004-WVZ033>040-046-047-042000- DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER- UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- 350 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. 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, Jul 3, 7:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
709 PM EDT TUE JUL 03 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0705 PM HAIL ST. ALBANS 38.38N 81.82W
07/03/2012 E0.50 INCH KANAWHA WV 911 CALL CENTER
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS HALF INCH HAIL
&&
EVENT NUMBER RLX1200374
ARBSpecial weather statement, Jul 3, 7:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
709 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012
WVZ015-032345-
KANAWHA WV-
709 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL KANAWHA COUNTY...
AT 704 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF NITRO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE WITH THIS STORM. WIND
GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR SOUTH CHARLESTON AROUND 720 PM...CHARLESTON
AROUND 735 PM AND MARMET AROUND 745 PM.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 46 AND 57 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND
106 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 3...THE WEST
VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 88 AND 95.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN
URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3843 8185 3846 8174 3837 8145 3817 8158
3820 8166 3822 8164 3822 8169 3827 8181
3831 8181 3832 8183 3831 8189 3832 8191
16Special weather statement, Jul 3, 7:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 713 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012 WVZ031-032-040-032345- BARBOUR WV-HARRISON WV-TAYLOR WV- 713 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL HARRISON...TAYLOR AND WESTERN BARBOUR COUNTIES... AT 708 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CLARKSBURG... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR MEADLAND AROUND 725 PM...ROSEMONT AROUND 730 PM...FLEMINGTON AROUND 735 PM AND TYGART LAKE STATE PARK AROUND 745 PM. THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 115 AND 126. PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. LAT...LON 3932 7997 3911 8008 3927 8041 3938 8035 16
Local storm report, Jul 3, 8:01 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 8:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Putnam | 33 min |
| Jul 3, 9:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha, Putnam | 30 min |
| Jul 3, 9:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 30 min |
| Jul 4, 2:31 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | RLX | Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 18 more | 28 hr |
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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.