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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

August 1, 2012Clay County, Kanawha County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2012, 5:40 PM EDT for Clay County, Kanawha County, West Virginia. It was in force for 65 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: Aug 1, 2012, 5:40 PM EDT (21:40 UTC)
Expired: Aug 1, 2012, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

Counties Clay County, WV, Kanawha County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 204 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: 159 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -130 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1008 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Aug 1, 1:58 PM EDT, 3 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 1:58 PM EDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
158 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012

.SYNOPSIS...
WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH TODAY. DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR
TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY INCREASES
FRIDAY INTO SUNDAY. COLD FRONT SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
ALTHOUGH A BIT HARD TO FIND IN OBSERVATIONS THE EXACT LOCATION IN
THE OBS...THINKING WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHING OHIO RIVER...WITH
CONVECTION STARTING TO KICK OFF ACROSS WV. DID NOT MAKE SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES TO POPS FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST...SEEING FAIR AGREEMENT IN
HI-RES MODELS THAT ISOLATED STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS
THE LOWLANDS...WITH A BIT HIGHER CHANCES OVER THE MOUNTAINS AS AN
ELEVATED HEAT SOURCE. NOT MUCH MID TO UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE STILL
AROUND...SO THINK MOST CELLS WILL HAVE A HARD TIME SUSTAINING
THEMSELVES. HOWEVER...WITH THAT SAID CANNOT RULE OUT A FEW STRONGER
STORMS LIKE YESTERDAY...WITH FLASH FLOODING A THREAT IF MULTIPLE
STORMS TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREA...OR ONE PERSISTENT STORM BECOMES
ROOTED TO AN OROGRAPHIC FEATURE. 3 HOUR FFG GUIDANCE IS AROUND 1
INCH FOR SOME OF OUR NORTHWESTERN ZONES...WITH 2 INCHES FOR MUCH OF
THE WV LOWLANDS...SO IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH TO GET WATER CONCERNS
GOING. THOUGHT ABOUT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH...BUT WITH ONLY ISOLATED
CONVECTION EXPECTED ISSUES SHOULD BE VERY LOCALIZED.

AS THE FRONT MOVES OFF TO THE EAST...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN MOVING
IN BRINGING DRY WEATHER THROUGH THURSDAY. AS MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS
DISCUSSION...MODELS STRUGGLING WITH LOWS TONIGHT AND HAVE A 5-10
DEGREE SPREAD IN MOS OUTPUT. STAYED CLOSE TO PREVIOUS
FORECAST...RIGHT BETWEEN MOS NUMBERS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLIDE EAST OF THE AREA BY FRIDAY.
STRENGTHENING BERMUDA HIGH WILL BRING WARMER AND MORE HUMID AIR
NORTH INTO OUR AREA FRIDAY. LOOKS TO BE ENOUGH MOISTURE AND
INSTABILITY FOR HEATING TO POP A FEW THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON
INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...MAINLY OVER THE SOUTH AND MOUNTAINS. STORMS WILL
BE MOSTLY DIURNALLY DEPENDENT...WITH LACK OF UPPER DISTURBANCES IN
WEAK WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT...SO MOST OF THE STORMS FRIDAY WILL BE OF
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING VARIETY.

OUTSIDE THE CONVECTION...ENOUGH SUNSHINE EXPECTED TO LIFT TEMPS BACK
INTO THE 90S LOW LANDS FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND LEAVE FOR A WARM AND
MUGGY FRIDAY NIGHT.

FOR SATURDAY...MODELS SIMILAR IN AN UPPER DISTURBANCE CROSSING THE
AREA FROM WEST TO EAST. WHILE NO FOCUSING MECHANISM UNDER THIS
DISTURBANCE IS EVIDENT IN THE MODELS...THEY DO DEPICT A BROAD SWATH
OF DEEPER MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY. POPS RAISED INTO THE HIGHER
CHANCE RANGE...ESPECIALLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
OTHERWISE...WHILE MAX TEMPS WILL BE SUPPRESSED SOMEWHAT BY THE
INCREASED CLOUDS AND CONVECTION...IN THE 80S...IT WILL STILL BE VERY
WARM AND HUMID.

&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
NOT MUCH CHANGE. MODELS ARE IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT ON A SIGNIFICANT
SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE REGION ON LATER ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY
NIGHT...WITH AN ATTENDING COLD FRONT. LOOKS LIKE AN ORGANIZED BAND
OF CONVECTION WILL PRECEDE THE FRONT ON SUNDAY...WITH CONVECTION
CONTINUING SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE THE FRONT PASSES MONDAY. CONVECTION
THEN TAPERS OFF BEHIND THE FRONT MONDAY FROM WEST TO EAST. HIGH
PRESSURE WITH DRIER AND SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR WILL MOVE IN BY TUESDAY
AND CONTINUE WEDNESDAY.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
A WEAK COLD FRONT...CURRENTLY LOCATED NEAR THE OHIO RIVER...WILL
CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND EAST OF THE FRONT. BEST COVERAGE
OF THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS...SO WENT WITH VCTS. WILL
HAVE TO MONITOR FOR ANY CELLS APPROACHING LOWLAND SITES...AND WILL
AMEND IF NECESSARY. EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS INTO TONIGHT...WITH
POSSIBLE DROPS INTO MVFR IN AND AROUND SHOWERS AND STORMS. PATCHY
DENSE FOG IS POSSIBLE AGAIN LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MORE LIKELY IN
THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS AND ANYWHERE THAT GETS A GOOD SHOWER THIS
EVENING.

FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY...

FORECAST CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM.

ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: TIMING OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD VARY.
TIMING AND DENSITY OF FOG COULD VARY.

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       18   19   20   21   22   23   00   01   02   03   04   05
EDT 1HRLY       14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   00   01
CRW CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
HTS CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
BKW CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
EKN CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
PKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
CKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H

AFTER 18Z THURSDAY...
IFR POSSIBLE IN DENSE FOG IN THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS THURSDAY MORNING.

&&

.RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WV...NONE.
OH...NONE.
KY...NONE.
VA...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...JMV/MZ
NEAR TERM...MZ
SHORT TERM...JMV
LONG TERM...KTB/JMV
AVIATION...MZ

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 1:52 PM EDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
152 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012

KYZ102-103-105-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-013>020-024>040-046-047-021800-
CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-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-
152 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING.
DUE TO THE EXPECTED ISOLATED NATURE OF THE CONVECTION...A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH WAS NOT ISSUED...BUT HIGHLY LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING
DUE TO PERSISTENT STORMS...OR MULTIPLE STORMS MOVING OVER THE SAME
AREA IS POSSIBLE...AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

KYZ101-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-021800-
GREENUP-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-
GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-
152 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND
SOUTHEAST OHIO.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

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, Aug 1, 3:29 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
329 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012

KYZ105-WVZ005-024-025-012030-
LAWRENCE KY-LOGAN WV-MINGO WV-WAYNE WV-
329 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN LOGAN...
SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE...SOUTHERN WAYNE AND WESTERN MINGO COUNTIES...

AT 320 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST
OF INEZ...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE SMALL HAIL.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR KERMIT AROUND 350 PM...WILSONDALE AROUND 355
PM...BREEDEN AROUND 410 PM...LENORE AROUND 420 PM AND DINGESS AROUND
430 PM.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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 3810 8253 3801 8223 3795 8228 3798 8215
      3793 8198 3762 8219 3768 8231 3775 8233
      3781 8240 3790 8245 3790 8248 3795 8252
      3795 8256 3790 8260 3795 8266

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Special weather statement, Aug 1, 3:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
348 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012

WVZ025-026-034-012045-
BOONE WV-LOGAN WV-WYOMING WV-
348 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT LOGAN...NORTHWESTERN WYOMING AND
SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTIES...

AT 342 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST
OF LOGAN...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

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

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR MOUNT GAY...AND MITCHELL HEIGHTS AROUND 355
PM...WEST LOGAN...AND LOGAN AROUND 400 PM...LOGAN AROUND 405 PM...
SWITZER...AND CHAUNCEY AROUND 410 PM...SARAH ANN AROUND 415 PM AND
JEFFREY AROUND 430 PM.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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 3766 8181 3766 8183 3767 8184 3768 8186
      3774 8209 3775 8211 3803 8194 3803 8192
      3794 8158 3763 8173

14

Special weather statement, Aug 1, 4:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
403 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012

WVZ013-025-026-035-012045-
BOONE WV-LINCOLN WV-LOGAN WV-RALEIGH WV-
403 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN LOGAN...NORTHWESTERN
RALEIGH...SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN AND SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTIES...

AT 354 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTH OF
LOGAN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE
WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL
STREAMS.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR TURTLE CREEK...MADISON...AND DANVILLE AROUND
410 PM...JEFFREY...SHARPLES...AND BLAIR AROUND 415 PM...VAN AROUND
420 PM...WHARTON...AND PRENTER AROUND 425 PM AND BALD KNOB AROUND 430
PM.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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 3793 8210 3813 8203 3802 8146 3798 8146
      3797 8142 3779 8149 3779 8153 3777 8156

14

Special weather statement, Aug 1, 4:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
409 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012

WVZ031-012100-
HARRISON WV-
409 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT HARRISON COUNTY...

AT 404 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF MANNINGTON...AND WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO
POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.

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 3945 8031 3942 8022 3940 8020 3933 8020
      3919 8034 3935 8055 3936 8053 3937 8054
      3943 8055 3947 8049

28

Local storm report, Aug 1, 4:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
414 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0400 PM     HAIL             LOGAN                   37.83N 82.05W
08/01/2012  U0.88 INCH       LOGAN              WV   PUBLIC

&&

NNNN

Special weather statement, Aug 1, 5:40 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
540 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012

WVZ015-016-027-036-037-012245-
CLAY WV-FAYETTE WV-KANAWHA WV-NICHOLAS WV-ROANE WV-
540 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN KANAWHA...SOUTH CENTRAL
ROANE...SOUTHERN CLAY...WEST CENTRAL NICHOLAS AND WESTERN FAYETTE
COUNTIES...

AT 536 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES WEST OF
CLAY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE
WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL
STREAMS.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR PROCIOUS AROUND 600 PM...EAST BANK AROUND 605
PM...CEDAR GROVE AROUND 610 PM...GLEN...GLASGOW...AND SHARON AROUND
615 PM...PRATT...AND DAWES AROUND 620 PM...POND GAP AND HANDLEY
AROUND 630 PM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-77 NEAR MILE MARKER 96
IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 14 AND 26...THE WEST
VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 58 AND 95.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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 3795 8130 3810 8153 3812 8152 3812 8155
      3814 8155 3814 8157 3818 8162 3817 8163
      3819 8165 3822 8165 3823 8167 3861 8134
      3843 8091 3792 8128

14

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 31, 8:00 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Braxton, Nicholas, Webster	2 hr
Aug 1, 2:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wirt	60 min
Aug 1, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson	26 min
Aug 1, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Mingo	61 min
Aug 1, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Logan	57 min
Aug 1, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone	42 min
Aug 1, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Harrison	51 min
Aug 1, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas	49 min
Aug 1, 6:15 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Barbour, Randolph, Upshur	3 hr
Aug 1, 6:37 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Kanawha	113 min
Aug 1, 7:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Harrison	58 min
Aug 1, 6:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Buchanan	33 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.