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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Jul 27, 2012, 12:46 PM EDT for Wyoming County, West Virginia. It was in force for 29 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 27, 2012, 12:46 PM EDT (16:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2012, 1:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
County Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 408 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -166 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 912 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 27, 11:32 AM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 11:32 AM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 343 AM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012 VAZ003-004-WVZ009>011-017-019-020-024>026-030>040-046-047-280745- DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-WIRT-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO- LOGAN-BOONE-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE- NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- 343 AM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN 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. KYZ105-WVZ005-013>016-018-027>029-280745- LAWRENCE KY-WAYNE-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-CALHOUN-CLAY-BRAXTON- GILMER- 343 AM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT MAY STALL FOR A TIME ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT WITH ROUNDS OF STORMS PROVIDING FOR POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAIN. WITH THE HEAVY RAINS RECEIVED YESTERDAY...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE NEEDED SHOULD CONFIDENCE INCREASE. .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. OHZ066-067-075-076-083>085-280745- PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS- 343 AM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT. .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. KYZ101>103-OHZ086-087-WVZ006>008-280745- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV- 343 AM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT MAY STALL FOR A TIME ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT WITH ROUNDS OF STORMS PROVIDING FOR POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAIN. WITH THE HEAVY RAINS RECEIVED YESTERDAY...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE NEEDED SHOULD CONFIDENCE INCREASE. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT. .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, Jul 27, 12:46 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Kanawha, Nicholas and 2 more | 31 min |
| Jul 26, 8:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Calhoun, Jackson, Mason | 35 min |
| Jul 26, 9:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Kanawha, Putnam, Roane | 29 min |
| Jul 26, 10:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Nicholas | 36 min |
| Jul 27, 11:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 19 more | 14 hr |
| Jul 27, 1:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wyoming | 33 min |
| Jul 27, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lawrence | 29 min |
| Jul 27, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson, Vinton | 27 min |
| Jul 27, 7:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence | 29 min |
| Jul 27, 12:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Carter, Greenup | 112 min |
| Jul 27, 1:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Carter, Lawrence | 117 min |
| Jul 27, 2:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Carter, Lawrence | 2 hr |
| Jul 27, 2:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Carter, Greenup | 111 min |
| Jul 27, 4:37 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Carter, Greenup | 113 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.