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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Jul 24, 2012, 2:07 PM EDT for Clay County, Nicholas County, West Virginia. It was in force for 38 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 24, 2012, 2:07 PM EDT (18:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2012, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
Counties Clay County, WV, Nicholas County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:06 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
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 1035 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 834 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 8.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Jul 24, 11:00 AM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 11:00 AM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1100 AM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012
.SYNOPSIS...
UNSETTLED PATTERN IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT THROUGH MID WEEK. COLD
FRONT FRIDAY. UPPER LEVEL TROUGH THIS WEEKEND.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
ACTIVE PATTERN.
TRIED TO FINE TUNE HOURLY POPS A BIT...BUT IT WILL BE A
FLUID/CHANGING PROCESS AS THE CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS/STORMS CONTINUE TO
EVOLVE. ONE BATCH DEVELOPED BETWEEN 11 AND 12Z BETWEEN CRW AND BKW
AND WILL BE CROSSING THE SRN MOUNTAINS LATE THIS MORNING. ANY
SHOWER COULD BE A DOWNPOUR. ALSO CLUSTERS OF CONSIDERABLE
LIGHTNING.
700 FLOW UPSTREAM ABOUT 35 TO 40 KNOTS...WAS ONLY 25 KNOTS EARLIER
AT CRW BUT HAS INCREASED TO 35 KNOT AFTER 13Z. SO INDIVIDUAL CELLS
SHOULD MOVE FAST ENOUGH TO LIMIT WATER...BUT IN THIS PATTERN
TRAINING IS POSSIBLE. AS A RESULT...WILL BE MONITORING FOR POSSIBLE
FLASH FLOOD WATCH OR LOCALIZED WARNING.
MOST SUNSHINE SHOULD BE BETWEEN CRW AND CKB...AND MAY BE THE LAST TO
DEVELOP THE CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON. WILL LOWER MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURE A BIT IN THE TRI STATE AROUND HTS DUE TO CONVECTION AND
CLOUDS.
OF COURSE...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH A POSSIBILITY TOO WITH CAPE
BETWEEN 2000 AND 3000 J/KG...BUT MORNING ACTIVITY WILL CERTAINLY BE
A FACTOR.
&&
.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
WARM FRONT WILL DICTATE WHERE THE AXIS OF DEEPEST MOISTURE SETS
UP...AND THUS WHERE THE CONCENTRATION OF HIGHER POPS WILL EXIST IN
THE SHORT TERM. SAID FRONT FINALLY LIFTS NORTH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH
SLIGHT RIDGING ALOFT TAKING OVER TEMPORARILY WHILE IN THE WARM
SECTOR THURSDAY...WITH AN APPROACHING TROUGH AXIS FROM THE MIDWEST
FOR FRIDAY. THIS PROGRESSIVE PATTERN WILL BRING A COLD FRONT THROUGH
ON FRIDAY...SETTING UP A SLIGHT CHANGE FOR THE WEEKEND.
TROPICAL ATMOSPHERE REMAINS IN PLACE WEDNESDAY...AND WILL HAVE TO
PAY ATTENTION TO AREAS RECEIVING RAINFALL TODAY AND TONIGHT TO
DETERMINE POTENTIAL IMPACTS. HPC QPF IS NOT QUITE AS BULLISH...BUT
STILL CANNOT DISCOUNT LOCALIZED ISSUE POTENTIAL GIVEN THE PREVAILING
NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WEDNESDAY.
TEMPERATURES SET TO SPIKE WITH THE RIDGING ALOFT THURSDAY AND LOWER
CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
COLD FRONT TO PUSH INTO SOUTHEAST OHIO COUNTIES THURSDAY NIGHT...AND
EVENTUALLY TO THE MOUNTAINS FRIDAY WITH WELL DEFINED FRONTOGENETIC
FORCING. WILL GET SOME ENHANCEMENT TO THE LOW LEVEL JET THURSDAY
NIGHT...SETTING THE STAGE FOR A POSSIBLE NOCTURNAL CONVECTIVE EVENT.
NAM CURRENTLY HAS ELEVATED CAPE OVER THE MIDDLE OHIO VALLEY DURING
THAT TIME PERIOD AS WELL IN SUPPORT OF THE JET. DAYTIME HEATING ADDS
TO THE THREAT FRIDAY...WITH THE LOW LEVEL JET STILL IN PLACE.
WILL SEE A MODEST COOLING TREND WITH LONG TERM MODELS HEDGING
TOWARDS LOWER 500HPA HEIGHTS TOWARDS THE WEEKEND.
IN THE END...ABLE TO MAINTAIN GOOD CONTINUITY FROM THE PREVIOUS
FORECAST WITH MODELS RELATIVELY STABILIZED IN THEIR SOLUTIONS.
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
USED HPC THINKING WITH SOME TWEAKS. A FEW SYSTEM WILL PUSH ACROSS
THE REGION ON FRIDAY WITH A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS. A
COLD FRONT SHOULD THEN MOVE SOUTHEAST ON SATURDAY AND HIGH
PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FOR SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. A WARM FRONT WILL
THEN PUSH BACK TO THE NORTHEAST ON MONDAY.
LATEST TEMP GUIDANCE IS VERY CLOSE TO THE PREVIOUS TEMP FORECAST
FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...SO VERY FEW CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE
PREVIOUS NUMBERS. GUIDANCE LOOKS GOOD FOR TEMPERATURES MONDAY AND
WAS USED.
&&
.AVIATION /15Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
12Z TUESDAY THRU 12Z WEDNESDAY...
WEATHER DOMINATED BY MESOSCALE FEATURES IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT.
KEYING IN ON UPPER MIDWEST DEVELOPING TSTM COMPLEX THAT WILL
ACCELERATE SOUTHEASTWARD TODAY. EXPECT THIS FEATURE WILL BEGIN
AFFECTING SOUTHEAST OHIO AROUND 13Z-14Z...REACHING A CKB-CRW LINE
AROUND 16Z-17Z...AND INTO THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS BY 20Z-21Z. VFR
CEILINGS AHEAD OF AND BEHIND THE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX...MVFR TO
LOCALLY IFR WITHIN THE COMPLEX. FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACCOMPANYING THIS
COMPLEX WILL REACH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA BEFORE STALLING OUT BY 00Z.
BY 00Z...CONVECTION ENDS NORTH...AND DECREASES CENTRAL AND SOUTH.
AFTER 00Z...HAVE INTRODUCED MAINLY SOME MVFR FOG TO ACCOUNT FOR
POTENTIAL IN POST RAIN AREAS...BUT DEVELOPMENT AND INTENSITY DEPENDS
ON CLOUDS AND BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS.
FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 12Z WEDNESDAY...
FORECAST CONFIDENCE: LOW TO MEDIUM .
ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: TIMING OF CONVECTIVE COMPLEX DROPPING SOUTHEAST
ACROSS AREA COULD BE SLOWER THAN FORECAST. FOG DEVELOPMENT AND
INTENSITY MAINLY AFTER 00Z IN POST RAIN AREAS...WILL VARY BASED ON
CLOUDS AND WINDS.
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.
UTC 1HRLY 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01
EDT 1HRLY 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
CRW CONSISTENCY M M M H H H H M M M M M
HTS CONSISTENCY M M M M H M M M M H H H
BKW CONSISTENCY M H H H H H H H H H H H
EKN CONSISTENCY M H H H H H H M H H H H
PKB CONSISTENCY M H M M M M M M H H M M
CKB CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H
AFTER 12Z WEDNESDAY...
IFR POSSIBLE IN STORMS THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
&&
.RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR WVZ005>008-013>016-
018-024>030-033>040-046-047.
OH...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR OHZ083-086-087.
KY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR KYZ101>103-105.
VA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR VAZ003-004.
&&
SYNOPSIS...JMV/26
NEAR TERM...KTB
SHORT TERM...26
LONG TERM...JSH
AVIATION...KTB/JMVHazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 12:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1239 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ083-086-087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>007-013>015-024>026- 033>036-251645- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-JACKSON OH-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH- DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-MINGO- LOGAN-BOONE-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE- 1239 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 509 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN 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. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN WEDNESDAY WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. WVZ008-016-018-027>030-037>040-046-047-251645- JACKSON WV-ROANE-CALHOUN-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER- UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- 1239 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN 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. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN WEDNESDAY WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. OHZ075-084-085-WVZ009>011-017-019-020-031-032-251645- ATHENS-VINTON-MEIGS-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-WIRT-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE- HARRISON-TAYLOR- 1239 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS DAMAGING WINDS. THERE IS ALSO A POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN WEDNESDAY WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. OHZ066-067-076-251645- PERRY-MORGAN-WASHINGTON- 1239 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN WEDNESDAY WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 12:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1240 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012
KYZ101>103-105-OHZ087-WVZ005-006-241715-
BOYD KY-CABELL WV-CARTER KY-GREENUP KY-LAWRENCE OH-LAWRENCE KY-
WAYNE WV-
1240 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BOYD...CARTER...GREENUP...
LAWRENCE...NORTH CENTRAL LAWRENCE...NORTHERN WAYNE AND SOUTHWESTERN
CABELL COUNTIES...
AT 1239 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM 19 MILES
WEST OF WEST PORTSMOUTH TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF PORTSMOUTH TO 10 MILES
NORTH OF LAKE VESUVIUS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR WARNOCK AROUND 1250 PM...OLIVE HILL AROUND
100 PM...GRAYSON LAKE STATE PARK AROUND 110 PM AND WILLARD AROUND 120
PM.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 157 AND 191 IN KENTUCKY...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 20
IN WEST VIRGINIA.
PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3856 8310 3873 8303 3876 8289 3859 8284
3859 8276 3868 8277 3869 8271 3875 8270
3876 8267 3885 8266 3885 8263 3884 8259
3878 8258 3878 8253 3833 8218 3830 8221
3822 8260 3819 8307 3837 8324 3842 8324
12Special weather statement, Jul 24, 12:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1259 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012
KYZ101>103-105-OHZ087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005-006-013-024>026-033>035-
242100-
BOONE WV-BOYD KY-BUCHANAN VA-CABELL WV-CARTER KY-DICKENSON VA-
GREENUP KY-LAWRENCE OH-LAWRENCE KY-LINCOLN WV-LOGAN WV-MCDOWELL WV-
MINGO WV-RALEIGH WV-WAYNE WV-WYOMING WV-
1259 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT
BOYD...BUCHANAN...CARTER...GREENUP...LAWRENCE...LOGAN...MCDOWELL...
MINGO...NORTHEASTERN DICKENSON...SOUTH CENTRAL RALEIGH...
SOUTHWESTERN BOONE...SOUTHWESTERN CABELL...SOUTHWESTERN
LAWRENCE...SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN...WAYNE AND WYOMING COUNTIES...
AT 1248 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF
CARTER CAVES STATE PARK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THSES 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.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 149 AND 191 IN KENTUCKY...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 12
IN WEST VIRGINIA.
THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROAD...ROUTE 119 BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 1 AND 47.
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.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3834 8324 3850 8319 3876 8290 3858 8282
3866 8278 3752 8120 3730 8140 3723 8173
3703 8214 3727 8236 3754 8198 3755 8213
3767 8229 3795 8252 3788 8263 3796 8301
3817 8292 3826 8316 3819 8325 3832 8334
21Local storm report, Jul 24, 1:48 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
148 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0120 PM TSTM WND DMG HUNTINGTON 38.41N 82.43W
07/24/2012 CABELL WV CO-OP OBSERVER
SMALL BRANCHES BROKEN. HEAVY RAIN AND CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING.
&&
EVENT NUMBER RLX1200431
ARBLocal storm report, Jul 24, 1:50 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
150 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0120 PM TSTM WND GST 1 S CEREDO 38.38N 82.55W
07/24/2012 M38 MPH WAYNE WV ASOS
FROM 340
&&
EVENT NUMBER RLX1200432
ARBSpecial weather statement, Jul 24, 1:52 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
152 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012
WVZ013-015-026-034>036-241845-
BOONE WV-FAYETTE WV-KANAWHA WV-LINCOLN WV-RALEIGH WV-WYOMING WV-
152 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BOONE...EASTERN LINCOLN...
KANAWHA...NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING...WESTERN FAYETTE AND WESTERN RALEIGH
COUNTIES...
AT 152 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM 11 MILES
NORTH OF CHARLESTON TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHARLESTON TO 10 MILES
WEST OF MADISON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE 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 TURTLE CREEK AROUND 200 PM...PINCH AROUND
210 PM...POND GAP AROUND 220 PM...MONTGOMERY AROUND 230 PM...BRADLEY
AROUND 240 PM AND PROSPERITY AROUND 250 PM.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 47 AND 57 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND
113 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 7...THE WEST
VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 46 AND 95.
PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3814 8206 3837 8185 3844 8180 3847 8172
3853 8175 3855 8173 3829 8123 3825 8121
3823 8116 3823 8113 3819 8108 3816 8100
3791 8111 3765 8137
12Special weather statement, Jul 24, 2:07 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
207 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012
WVZ015-016-018-027-028-036>038-241845-
BRAXTON WV-CALHOUN WV-CLAY WV-FAYETTE WV-KANAWHA WV-NICHOLAS WV-
ROANE WV-WEBSTER WV-
207 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CLAY...EAST CENTRAL KANAWHA...
NICHOLAS...NORTHEASTERN FAYETTE...SOUTHEASTERN ROANE...SOUTHERN
CALHOUN...SOUTHERN WEBSTER AND SOUTHWESTERN BRAXTON COUNTIES...
AT 202 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM 12 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF SPENCER TO 13 MILES WEST OF CLAY TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST
OF CHARLESTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND PEA-SIZED HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.
THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR STRANGE CREEK AROUND 220 PM...BIRCH RIVER
AROUND 230 PM...BOGGS AROUND 240 PM AND COWEN AROUND 250 PM.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
9 AND 54.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3834 8032 3834 8035 3828 8035 3823 8038
3826 8044 3808 8070 3808 8079 3805 8081
3806 8083 3809 8080 3809 8088 3825 8121
3830 8125 3844 8152 3854 8137 3878 8122
3838 8027
12The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 10:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 14 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 24, 12:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Wayne, Wyoming | 4 hr |
| Jul 24, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam, Roane | 33 min |
| Jul 24, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Raleigh | 53 min |
| Jul 24, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette, Raleigh | 15 min |
| Jul 24, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Raleigh | 24 min |
| Jul 24, 2:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas, Webster | 63 min |
| Jul 24, 12:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lawrence | 35 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in West Virginia, 2012Every 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.