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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Apr 3, 2014, 8:49 PM EDT for McDowell County, West Virginia; Buchanan County, Dickenson County, Virginia. It was in force for 56 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, 8:49 PM EDT (00:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2014, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
Counties Buchanan County, VA, Dickenson County, VA, McDowell County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 287 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
- 1245 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 421 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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, 7:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 7:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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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
Local storm report, Apr 3, 6:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 11:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell | 47 min |
| Apr 4, 2:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer and 12 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 4, 4:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson, Vinton | 25 min |
| Apr 4, 5:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Athens, Jackson, Meigs | 27 min |
| Apr 3, 10:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 57 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Virginia, 2014Special 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.