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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

July 19, 2013Perry County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Jul 19, 2013, 4:12 PM EDT for Perry County, Ohio. It was in force for 63 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 19, 2013, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2013, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV

County Perry County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 143 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2013-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2933 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2013-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2933 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
784 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-4 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 19, 4:10 PM EDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 4:10 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 2:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
214 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013

KYZ102-103-105-WVZ005-006-013>016-018-024>030-201815-
CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-WAYNE-CABELL-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-
CALHOUN-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-
214 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

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

   HEAT ADVISORY.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. SHOULD
REPETITIVE CELLS MOVE OVER THE SAME LOCALIZED AREA...FLOODING
CONCERNS MAY DEVELOP ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY INTO
SATURDAY NIGHT. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF HEAVY
RAINFALL AS WELL AS STRONG WIND GUSTS AND SMALL HAIL.

ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...TRENDS
WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED FOR POTENTIAL FLOOD CONCERNS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

VAZ003-004-WVZ033>040-046-047-201815-
DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-
UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
214 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...CENTRAL
WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. SHOULD
REPETITIVE CELLS MOVE OVER THE SAME LOCALIZED AREA...FLOODING
CONCERNS MAY DEVELOP ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY INTO
SATURDAY NIGHT. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF HEAVY
RAINFALL AS WELL AS STRONG WIND GUSTS AND SMALL HAIL.

ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...TRENDS
WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED FOR POTENTIAL FLOOD CONCERNS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

KYZ101-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ007>011-017-019-020-031-032-
201815-
GREENUP-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-
GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-WIRT-
RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-HARRISON-TAYLOR-
214 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN 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.

   HEAT ADVISORY.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. SHOULD
REPETITIVE CELLS MOVE OVER THE SAME LOCALIZED AREA...FLOODING
CONCERNS MAY DEVELOP ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY
NIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...TRENDS
WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED FOR POTENTIAL FLOOD CONCERNS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
301 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013

WVZ008-009-017>019-192000-
CALHOUN WV-JACKSON WV-RITCHIE WV-WIRT WV-WOOD WV-
301 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN JACKSON...
NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN...SOUTHEASTERN WOOD...SOUTHWESTERN RITCHIE AND
WIRT COUNTIES...

AT 259 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF ELIZABETH...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND PEA-SIZED HAIL 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.
EXPECT INTENSE LIGHTNING FROM THIS STORM. DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN NOR
SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN
A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR PEEWEE AROUND 315 PM...MORRISTOWN AROUND 330
PM...PALESTINE AROUND 345 PM...PALESTINE AROUND 350 PM...ELIZABETH
AROUND 355 PM AND CHERRY AROUND 400 PM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
151 AND 163 IN WEST VIRGINIA.

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.

YOU MAY REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.

LAT...LON 3921 8126 3896 8114 3891 8139 3894 8145
      3893 8147 3893 8149 3889 8153 3887 8163
      3904 8171

09
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:16 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
316 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013

WVZ046-047-192015-
POCAHONTAS WV-RANDOLPH WV-
316 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN POCAHONTAS AND
SOUTHWESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTIES...

AT 314 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF
CASS SCENIC RAILROAD STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HAIL UP TO NICKEL 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. EXPECT INTENSE LIGHTNING FROM THIS STORM. DO NOT STAY
IN THE OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...
MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR MINGO AROUND 325 PM...SNOWSHOE AROUND 330
PM...CASS SCENIC RAILROAD STATE PARK AROUND 345 PM...DUNMORE AROUND
355 PM...GREENBANK AROUND 405 PM AND BOYER AROUND 410 PM.

YOU MAY REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.

LAT...LON 3856 7966 3852 7965 3849 7969 3843 7968
      3840 7971 3836 7972 3835 7976 3830 7980
      3831 8018 3847 8021 3852 8018 3865 7965
      3858 7964

09
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:49 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
349 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013

OHZ067-075-076-084-085-192030-
ATHENS OH-MEIGS OH-MORGAN OH-VINTON OH-WASHINGTON OH-
349 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ATHENS...NORTHERN MEIGS...
SOUTHEASTERN VINTON...SOUTHERN MORGAN AND WESTERN WASHINGTON
COUNTIES...

AT 344 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM 4
MILES SOUTH OF GLOUSTER TO 5 MILES NORTH OF ALBANY TO 9 MILES EAST OF
WELLSTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE 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. EXPECT INTENSE LIGHTNING FROM THESE STORMS. DO NOT
STAY IN THE OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING
THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR TRIMBLE...WILKESVILLE...AND ALBANY AROUND
355 PM...CARPENTER...AND ATHENS AROUND 400 PM...SALEM CENTER AROUND
405 PM...DYESVILLE AROUND 410 PM...STROUD RUN STATE PARK AROUND 415
PM...DEXTER AND AMESVILLE AROUND 420 PM.

YOU MAY REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.

LAT...LON 3955 8157 3935 8169 3906 8188 3903 8237
      3904 8244 3908 8243 3929 8228 3949 8217

09
Local storm report, Jul 19, 3:55 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
355 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013

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

0336 PM     HAIL             1 S SNOWSHOE            38.40N  80.00W
07/19/2013  E0.25 INCH       POCAHONTAS         WV   CO-OP OBSERVER

            WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED AT LESS THAN 40 MPH AS WELL.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1300791

TAX
Local storm report, Jul 19, 4:04 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 4:12 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 3:28 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryRLXBoone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 18 more15 hr
Jul 19, 1:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBraxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis and 2 more50 min
Jul 19, 1:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBarbour, Braxton, Lewis, Taylor, Upshur48 min
Jul 19, 2:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXCalhoun, Gilmer, Jackson, Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane and 2 more53 min
Jul 19, 3:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXWirt59 min
Jul 19, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXPocahontas59 min
Jul 19, 3:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXDoddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler3 hr
Jul 19, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLincoln41 min
Jul 19, 6:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLincoln39 min
Jul 19, 7:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXFayette59 min
Jul 19, 3:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXAthens, Meigs41 min
Jul 19, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMorgan, Perry58 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.