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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

July 10, 2013Doddridge County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Jul 10, 2013, 1:48 AM EDT for Doddridge County, West Virginia. It was in force for 87 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 10, 2013, 1:48 AM EDT (05:48 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2013, 3:15 AM EDT
In force: 87 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

County Doddridge County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 140 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.

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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: 1340 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 944 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 155 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 Jul 9, 10:26 PM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 10:26 PM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1026 PM EDT TUE JUL 9 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
MUGGY MIDSUMMER ENVIRONMENT. DISTURBANCES ALOFT BRING MORE ROUNDS
OF SHOWERS/STORMS INTO THURSDAY. FLASH FLOOD CONCERNS CONTINUE.
WELCOME RELIEF IN WAKE OF COLD FRONT THURSDAY. DRIER FRIDAY/SATURDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/...
WILL UPDATE THE FORECAST BASED ON CURRENT RADAR TRENDS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY/...
THE 12Z GFS WAS EVEN FASTER WITH THE DRIER AIR ARRIVING ON
THURSDAY.  BUT...WILL NOT GO THAT FAST ON REMOVING THE POPS.

WILL STILL LEAVE AT LEAST SOME CHANCE POPS WITH THE SURFACE
FRONT.  HAVE FRONT PASSING THE OHIO RIVER COUNTIES AROUND PKB BY
15Z...THEN REACHING THE WV MOUNTAINOUS AROUND BKW AROUND 21Z.
STILL THINKING LOW STRATUS OR FOG FORMING THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
DAWN FRIDAY. WITH WET SOILS...TRIED TO KEEP THE AREAS UNDER THE
STRATUS AND FOG A BIT HIGHER ON THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE ON THURSDAY
NIGHT.

BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS ARE FROM THE NORTH ON FRIDAY...LOWERING DEW
POINTS DURING THE DAY.  A WELCOME AND NEEDED CHANGE IN OUR MID
SUMMER ENVIRONMENT EXPECTED.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
WILL GENERALLY FOLLOW WPC THINKING FOR THIS PORTION OF THE
FORECAST. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL GENERALLY BE IN CONTROL
THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD. A COLD FRONT SHOULD THEN APPROACH FROM
THE NORTHWEST LATE.

HOWEVER...ECMWF AND GFS BOTH SUGGEST AN UPPER TROUGH WILL DEVELOP
ACROSS THE EASTERN STATES.  THE GFS ACTUALLY INDICATES THE SOUTHERN
PORTION OF THE TROUGH WILL CUT-OFF AND MOVE WEST...ALLOWING AN UPPER
RIDGE TO BUILD ACROSS THE AREA BY SUNDAY...WITH NORTHWEST FLOW
DEVELOPING SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY.  THE ECMWF ACTUALLY KEEPS THE
TROUGH IN THE VICINITY INTO TUESDAY.

COMBINATION OF EASTERLY FLOW AND THE POSSIBLE UPPER LEVEL WEAKNESS
SHOULD KEEP MAINLY DIURNAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES...
ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.

&&

.AVIATION /03Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE RESTRICTIONS OVER
SOUTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA THIS EVENING. ANOTHER
ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY. SOME MVFR FOG RESTRICTIONS ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION
LATER TONIGHT IN AREAS RECEIVING RAINFALL...BUT SOME WINDS STIRRING
SHOULD LIMIT FOG DEVELOPMENT.

FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY...

FORECAST CONFIDENCE...MEDIUM.

ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: TIMING AND EXTENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
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       20   21   22   23   00   01   02   03   04   05   06   07
EDT 1HRLY       16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   00   01   02   03
CRW CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    M    M    M
HTS CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    M    M    M
BKW CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    M    M    M
EKN CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    H    H    H
PKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    M    M    M
CKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    M    M    M

AFTER 00Z THURSDAY...
IFR POSSIBLE IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THURSDAY.
IFR IN FOG POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING.

&&

.RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR WVZ005>011-
     013>020-026>032-039-040.
OH...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR OHZ066-067-
     075-076-083>087.
KY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR KYZ101>103-
     105.
VA...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...JMV/26
NEAR TERM...RPY
SHORT TERM...KTB
LONG TERM...JSH
AVIATION...RPY

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 2:07 PM EDT, 11 hours 41 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
207 PM EDT TUE JUL 9 2013

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-013>020-029-
101815-
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-GILMER-
207 PM EDT TUE JUL 9 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO AND MUCH OF THE WEST VIRGINIA LOWLANDS.

.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 FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH
TONIGHT.

.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.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY
INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

VAZ003-004-WVZ024-025-033>038-046-047-101815-
DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-MINGO-LOGAN-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-
NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
207 PM EDT TUE JUL 9 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...THE
SOUTHERN COAL FIELDS OF WEST VIRGINIA...AND THE MOUNTAINOUS
COUNTIES OF 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...

WVZ027-028-030>032-039-040-101815-
CLAY-BRAXTON-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-
207 PM EDT TUE JUL 9 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF 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.

.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.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY
INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

WVZ026-101815-
BOONE-
207 PM EDT TUE JUL 9 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR BOONE COUNTY...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.

.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.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

TRM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 9, 9:47 PM EDT, 4 hours 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
947 PM EDT TUE JUL 09 2013

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

0745 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 NE SISTERSVILLE       39.58N  80.97W
07/09/2013                   TYLER              WV   911 CALL CENTER

            POLECAT RUN FLOODED SECTION OF COUNTY RT 2.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1300731

NW

Local storm report, Jul 9, 10:02 PM EDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1002 PM EDT TUE JUL 09 2013

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

0930 PM     FLASH FLOOD      4 NW MEADLAND           39.36N  80.22W
07/09/2013                   HARRISON           WV   PUBLIC

            SUGARCAMP RUN FLOODING SUGAR CAMP RD.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1300732

NW

Local storm report, Jul 9, 10:08 PM EDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1008 PM EDT TUE JUL 09 2013

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

0950 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 SE SHINNSTON          39.36N  80.27W
07/09/2013                   HARRISON           WV   BROADCAST MEDIA

            SHINNS RUN OUT OF ITS BANKS AND FLOODING SALTWELL RD.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1300733

NW

Local storm report, Jul 9, 10:46 PM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1046 PM EDT TUE JUL 09 2013

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

1046 PM     HEAVY RAIN       3 SE FRENCH CREEK       38.86N  80.26W
07/09/2013  M1.00 INCH       UPSHUR             WV   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ONE INCH OF RAINFALL IN 30MIN.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1300734

JM

Local storm report, Jul 10, 12:03 AM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1203 AM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

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

1157 PM     HEAVY RAIN       1 NE KANAWHA HEAD       38.78N  80.34W
07/09/2013  M2.79 INCH       UPSHUR             WV   MESONET

            IN THE LAST 3 HOURS AT HEASTON RIDGE

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1300735

RPY

Special weather statement, Jul 10, 1:48 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 9, 8:30 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Harrison, Taylor	3 hr
Jul 9, 10:49 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Braxton, Lewis, Upshur	3 hr
Jul 10, 12:26 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Tyler	3 hr
Jul 10, 6:31 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Barbour, Randolph, Upshur	6 hr
Jul 10, 4:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Fayette, McDowell, Raleigh, Wyoming	2 hr
Jul 10, 5:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Mason	59 min
Jul 10, 5:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Calhoun, Roane	63 min
Jul 10, 5:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wood	63 min
Jul 10, 6:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Doddridge, Jackson, Mason, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler and 2 more	63 min
Jul 10, 6:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam, Wayne	64 min
Jul 10, 6:57 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wood	3 hr
Jul 9, 9:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Athens, Perry	8 hr
Jul 10, 5:30 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Athens, Perry	4 hr
Jul 10, 2:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Gallia	49 min
Jul 10, 2:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lawrence	65 min
Jul 10, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Perry	35 min
Jul 10, 5:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens, Morgan, Perry, Washington	57 min
Jul 10, 6:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Gallia, Lawrence	55 min
Jul 10, 6:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens, Morgan, Perry	3 hr

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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.