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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Apr 29, 2014, 9:15 AM EDT for 7 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 60 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 29, 2014, 9:15 AM EDT (13:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2014, 10:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
Counties Cabell County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Mason County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Roane County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 234 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
- 178 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 493 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
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 29, 7:07 AM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 7:07 AM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 529 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2014 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>026-300930- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON- JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE- CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA- ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE- 529 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IF THE POSSIBILITY OF REPETITIVE HEAVIER SHOWERS BECOMES HIGHER OVER THE SAME STREAM BASINS...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WOULD BE POSTED FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE COUNTIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. IF THE POSSIBILITY OF REPETITIVE HEAVIER SHOWERS BECOMES HIGHER OVER THE SAME STREAM BASINS...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WOULD BE POSTED FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE COUNTIES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. WVZ027>040-046-047-300930- CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH- FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- 529 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IF THE POSSIBILITY OF REPETITIVE HEAVIER SHOWERS BECOMES HIGHER OVER THE SAME STREAM BASINS...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WOULD BE POSTED FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE COUNTIES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 9:15 AM EDT, 0 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 29, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne | 46 min |
| Apr 29, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Putnam | 39 min |
| Apr 29, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Putnam | 47 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.