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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

April 3, 2014Braxton County, Nicholas County, Webster County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Apr 3, 2014, 6:33 PM EDT for Braxton County, Nicholas County, Webster County, West Virginia. It was in force for 57 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
Apr 3, 2014, 6:33 PM EDT (22:33 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2014, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV

Counties Braxton County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Webster County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 165 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2014-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2014-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1533 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 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 Apr 3, 6:17 PM EDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 6:17 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 10:39 AM EDT, 7 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1039 AM EDT THU APR 3 2014

VAZ003-004-WVZ015>018-024>029-033>038-046-041445-
DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-
BRAXTON-GILMER-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-
POCAHONTAS-
1039 AM EDT THU APR 3 2014

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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...AS A COLD FRONT PASSES
FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

OHZ076-WVZ008>011-019-020-030>032-039-040-047-041445-
WASHINGTON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-LEWIS-
HARRISON-TAYLOR-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-RANDOLPH-
1039 AM EDT THU APR 3 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY STRONG WINDS AND EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...AS A COLD FRONT PASSES
FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-083>087-WVZ005>007-013-014-041445-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-JACKSON OH-
VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-
1039 AM EDT THU APR 3 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN WEST
VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AS
A COLD FRONT APPROACHES OUR AREA. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE
PRIMARY THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AS THE COLD FRONT
PASSES THROUGH THE AREA. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG DAMAGING
WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 3, 4:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
453 PM EDT THU APR 3 2014

KYZ105-WVZ005>008-013>016-024>026-032215-
BOONE WV-CABELL WV-JACKSON WV-KANAWHA WV-LAWRENCE KY-LINCOLN WV-
LOGAN WV-MASON WV-MINGO WV-PUTNAM WV-ROANE WV-WAYNE WV-
453 PM EDT THU APR 3 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR LAWRENCE COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...AND
SOUTHERN ROANE...WAYNE...NORTHERN BOONE...CABELL...SOUTHERN
JACKSON...KANAWHA...LINCOLN...WESTERN LOGAN...SOUTHERN MASON...
WESTERN MINGO AND PUTNAM COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 615 PM
EDT...

AT 450 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM
15 MILES NORTHWEST OF WINFIELD TO BEECH FORK STATE PARK TO
SALYERSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR CLIFFORD AROUND 500 PM...KENNA AROUND 515
PM...LOONEYVILLE AROUND 530 PM AND TURTLE CREEK AROUND 545 PM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 12 AND 57 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND
128 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 31...THE WEST
VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 86 AND 95.

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 3873 8200 3870 8144 3863 8112 3825 8146
      3763 8215 3763 8222 3768 8231 3778 8234
      3795 8252 3795 8256 3789 8259 3788 8263
      3797 8287

05
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 6:24 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 3, 6:33 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
Apr 3, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWayne35 min
Apr 3, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBoone, Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo and 2 more82 min
Apr 3, 5:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam, Roane39 min
Apr 3, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne57 min
Apr 3, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Kanawha, Nicholas and 1 more47 min
Apr 3, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas42 min
Apr 3, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Fayette, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Raleigh and 1 more60 min
Apr 3, 6:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMingo51 min
Apr 3, 6:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLogan, Mingo52 min
Apr 3, 7:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBoone, Raleigh43 min
Apr 3, 7:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBoone, Raleigh42 min
Apr 3, 7:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXWayne54 min
Apr 3, 7:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBoone, Logan, Mingo66 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in West Virginia, 2014Every special weather statement in 2014

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.