Alert archive / West Virginia / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this wind advisory at Jan 29, 2012, 3:15 AM EST for 27 counties in West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Jan 29, 2012, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 29, 2012, 3:15 AM EST (08:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 29, 2012, 1:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 29, 2012, 8:44 PM EST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
All 40 counties
Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Athens County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Perry County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Washington County, OH, Barbour County, WV, Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Mason County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:21 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1704 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 109 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
289 WWUS71 KRLX 290815 NPWRLX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 315 AM EST SUN JAN 29 2012 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-013>020- 024>032-034>040-046-047-291615- /O.NEW.KRLX.WI.Y.0004.120129T1800Z-120130T0200Z/ GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON- JACKSON-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-WOOD-PLEASANTS- TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE- MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR- WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR- POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLATWOODS...RUSSELL...RACELAND... GRAYSON...OLIVE HILL...ASHLAND...LOUISA...NEW LEXINGTON... CROOKSVILLE...SOMERSET...MCCONNELSVILLE...MALTA...STOCKPORT... ATHENS...MARIETTA...BELPRE...JACKSON...WELLSTON...OAK HILL... MCARTHUR...HAMDEN...GALLIPOLIS...IRONTON...SOUTH POINT...KENOVA... CEREDO...WAYNE...HUNTINGTON...POINT PLEASANT...NEW HAVEN... RAVENSWOOD...RIPLEY...PARKERSBURG...VIENNA...ST. MARYS... BELMONT...PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE...MIDDLEBOURNE...HARTS... ALUM CREEK...HAMLIN...WEST HAMLIN...TEAYS VALLEY...HURRICANE... CHARLESTON...SOUTH CHARLESTON...SPENCER...ELIZABETH... GRANTSVILLE...HARRISVILLE...PENNSBORO...WEST UNION...WILLIAMSON... GILBERT CREEK...CHATTAROY...AMHERSTDALE-ROBINETTE...LOGAN... CHAPMANVILLE...MALLORY...SWITZER...HOLDEN...MAN...MADISON... CLAY...SUTTON...GASSAWAY...BURNSVILLE...GLENVILLE...WESTON... CLARKSBURG...BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...MULLENS...OCEANA... PINEVILLE...BECKLEY...FAYETTEVILLE...MONTGOMERY...SUMMERSVILLE... RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE...COWEN...BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI... BELINGTON...MARLINTON...ELKINS 315 AM EST SUN JAN 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST OHIO...EXTREME NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...AND MOST OF WEST VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...ESPECIALLY ASSOCIATED WITH COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE AREA...AND IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS...WEAK TREE BRANCHES MAY FALL. SOME WEAK ROOTED TREES MAY ALSO FALL...AIDED BY SATURATED GROUNDS. RESIDENTS SHOULD SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS. SOME LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL. CONSTRUCTION SITES ARE ALSO VULNERABLE LOCATIONS. SUDDEN CROSS WINDS MAY AFFECT MOTORISTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
137 WWUS71 KRLX 291739 NPWRLX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1239 PM EST SUN JAN 29 2012 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-013>020- 024>032-034>040-046-047-300145- /O.CON.KRLX.WI.Y.0004.120129T1800Z-120130T0200Z/ GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON- JACKSON-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-WOOD-PLEASANTS- TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE- MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR- WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR- POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLATWOODS...RUSSELL...RACELAND... GRAYSON...OLIVE HILL...ASHLAND...LOUISA...NEW LEXINGTON... CROOKSVILLE...SOMERSET...MCCONNELSVILLE...MALTA...STOCKPORT... ATHENS...MARIETTA...BELPRE...JACKSON...WELLSTON...OAK HILL... MCARTHUR...HAMDEN...GALLIPOLIS...IRONTON...SOUTH POINT...KENOVA... CEREDO...WAYNE...HUNTINGTON...POINT PLEASANT...NEW HAVEN... RAVENSWOOD...RIPLEY...PARKERSBURG...VIENNA...ST. MARYS... BELMONT...PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE...MIDDLEBOURNE...HARTS... ALUM CREEK...HAMLIN...WEST HAMLIN...TEAYS VALLEY...HURRICANE... CHARLESTON...SOUTH CHARLESTON...SPENCER...ELIZABETH... GRANTSVILLE...HARRISVILLE...PENNSBORO...WEST UNION...WILLIAMSON... GILBERT CREEK...CHATTAROY...AMHERSTDALE-ROBINETTE...LOGAN... CHAPMANVILLE...MALLORY...SWITZER...HOLDEN...MAN...MADISON... CLAY...SUTTON...GASSAWAY...BURNSVILLE...GLENVILLE...WESTON... CLARKSBURG...BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...MULLENS...OCEANA... PINEVILLE...BECKLEY...FAYETTEVILLE...MONTGOMERY...SUMMERSVILLE... RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE...COWEN...BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI... BELINGTON...MARLINTON...ELKINS 1239 PM EST SUN JAN 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST OHIO...EXTREME NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...AND MOST OF WEST VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...ESPECIALLY ASSOCIATED WITH COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE AREA...AND IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS...WEAK TREE BRANCHES MAY FALL. SOME WEAK ROOTED TREES MAY ALSO FALL...AIDED BY SATURATED GROUNDS. RESIDENTS SHOULD SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS. SOME LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL. CONSTRUCTION SITES ARE ALSO VULNERABLE LOCATIONS. SUDDEN CROSS WINDS MAY AFFECT MOTORISTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
065 WWUS71 KRLX 300144 NPWRLX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 844 PM EST SUN JAN 29 2012 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-013>020- 024>032-034>040-046-047-300245- /O.CAN.KRLX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120130T0200Z/ GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON- JACKSON-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-WOOD-PLEASANTS- TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE- MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR- WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR- POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLATWOODS...RUSSELL...RACELAND... GRAYSON...OLIVE HILL...ASHLAND...LOUISA...NEW LEXINGTON... CROOKSVILLE...SOMERSET...MCCONNELSVILLE...MALTA...STOCKPORT... ATHENS...MARIETTA...BELPRE...JACKSON...WELLSTON...OAK HILL... MCARTHUR...HAMDEN...GALLIPOLIS...IRONTON...SOUTH POINT...KENOVA... CEREDO...WAYNE...HUNTINGTON...POINT PLEASANT...NEW HAVEN... RAVENSWOOD...RIPLEY...PARKERSBURG...VIENNA...ST. MARYS... BELMONT...PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE...MIDDLEBOURNE...HARTS... ALUM CREEK...HAMLIN...WEST HAMLIN...TEAYS VALLEY...HURRICANE... CHARLESTON...SOUTH CHARLESTON...SPENCER...ELIZABETH... GRANTSVILLE...HARRISVILLE...PENNSBORO...WEST UNION...WILLIAMSON... GILBERT CREEK...CHATTAROY...AMHERSTDALE-ROBINETTE...LOGAN... CHAPMANVILLE...MALLORY...SWITZER...HOLDEN...MAN...MADISON... CLAY...SUTTON...GASSAWAY...BURNSVILLE...GLENVILLE...WESTON... CLARKSBURG...BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...MULLENS...OCEANA... PINEVILLE...BECKLEY...FAYETTEVILLE...MONTGOMERY...SUMMERSVILLE... RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE...COWEN...BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI... BELINGTON...MARLINTON...ELKINS 844 PM EST SUN JAN 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS ARE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING THIS EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. EVEN SO...GUSTS TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 11 PM. ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...SOME LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL. WINDS WILL SLACKEN SUBSTANTIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT...AS A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM BUILDS IN. $$
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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.