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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

June 10, 20146 counties in West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Jun 10, 2014, 9:09 PM EDT for 6 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 66 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: Jun 10, 2014, 9:09 PM EDT (01:09 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2014, 10:15 PM EDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

Counties Boone County, WV, Clay County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 204 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-p

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: 990 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1215 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 44 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 Jun 10, 6:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 6:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
648 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BRINGS UNSETTLED WEATHER THROUGH THURSDAY.
A COLD FRONT CROSSES FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...FOLLOWED BY HIGH
PRESSURE TO START THE WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
DID AN EARLIER UPDATE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON...TO BRING LIKELY POPS
INTO OUR SW COUNTIES THIS EVENING.  THINKING OVERALL THERE SHOULD BE
A WEAKENING TREND ON THE CONVECTION FROM 00Z TO 03Z.  LEADING CELLS
MAY PULSE UP UNTIL THEN. OF COURSE...ANY SHOWER COULD CONTAIN A
DOWNPOUR IN THE SOUTH AND WEST.

ALSO LEFT CHANCE POPS FOR THE LATE NIGHT/OVERNIGHT HOURS MAINLY OVER
THE WESTERN COUNTIES...IN THE DEEPER MOISTURE PLUME.

&&

.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
UNSETTLED PATTERN FOR THE PERIOD WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDER
CONTINUING. PW VALUES HOVERING AROUND 1.6 MEANS WE SHOULD EXPECT
SOME FAIRLY HIGH RAIN AMOUNTS...PARTICULARLY IN THE MOUNTAINOUS
COUNTIES THURSDAY AFTERNOON. FLOW WILL ALSO BE LIGHT....SO HYDRO
MAY BECOME A PROBLEM THURSDAY.

COLD FRONT ON FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...HOWEVER NOT EXPECTING TOO
MUCH IN THE WAY OF WATER ISSUES SINCE PW VALUES WILL BE DROPPING.
BEHIND THE FRONT...WE WILL START TO CLEAR OUT AND WARM UP.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
CLEARING SKIES BEHIND THE FRONT ON FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL INCREASE THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD UNDER HIGH
PRESSURE. DECENT MOISTURE WILL ALLOW FOR SOME DIURNAL
THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
HAVE CONVECTION MOVING NNE INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA AND THROUGH SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA THIS EVENING AS IT
WEAKENS 00Z TO 03Z.  RAIN INDUCED VALLEY FOG OR SCUD CLOUDS MAY FORM
IN THE WAKE OF THE CONVECTION OVER SOUTHERN COUNTIES.

WITH LAYERED CLOUDS AND POSSIBLE LINGERING SHOWERS OVERNIGHT IN THE
OHIO VALLEY COUNTIES...WAS NOT QUITE AS THICK ON THE PREDAWN FOG AS
PREVIOUSLY FORECAST.

TIMING THE CONVECTION ON WEDNESDAY TOUGH...TRIED TO INCREASE 15Z TO
18Z IN THE WEST...THEN 18Z TO 21Z IN THE CKB TO EN CORRIDOR.

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

FORECAST CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM.

ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: IN THE WAKE OF THE EVENING CONVECTION...RAIN
INDUCED FOG COULD FORM...WITH VSBY LOWER THAN FORECAST.

TIMING ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPMENT ON WEDNESDAY
COULD VARY FROM FORECAST.

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    M    M    M    H    H
HTS CONSISTENCY  M    M    M    M    M    M    H    M    M    M    H    H
BKW CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
EKN CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    M    M    H    H
PKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    M    M    H    H
CKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    M    M    H    H

AFTER 00Z THURSDAY...
IFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN ROUNDS OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS
WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY...WITH POSSIBLE LOCAL FOG 06Z TO 12Z
LATE AT NIGHT/EARLY MORNING.

&&

.RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WV...NONE.
OH...NONE.
KY...NONE.
VA...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...JS/LS
NEAR TERM...KTB
SHORT TERM...LS
LONG TERM...LS
AVIATION...KTB

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 7:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
720 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>009-
013>017-024>026-033>035-112330-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-
JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-
CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-MINGO-
LOGAN-BOONE-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-
720 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 278 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
TONIGHT...

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NEXT TWO
DAYS...AREAS THAT DO GET HIT WILL BECOME VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
BY WEDNESDAY...AREAS THAT GET HIT WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS MULTIPLE
TIMES COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING. THE THREAT CONTINUES
THURSDAY...ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL BE MOST LIKELY IN THE
MOUNTAINS BY THEN. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY DOWNPOURS DECREASES
FRIDAY...BUT SOME AREAS MAY BE VULNERABLE TO EVEN MODEST
DOWNPOURS BY THEN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

WVZ010-011-018>020-027>032-036>040-046-047-112330-
PLEASANTS-TYLER-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-
HARRISON-TAYLOR-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-
RANDOLPH-
720 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NEXT TWO
DAYS...AREAS THAT DO GET HIT WILL BECOME VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
BY WEDNESDAY...AREAS THAT GET HIT WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS MULTIPLE
TIMES COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING. THE THREAT CONTINUES
THURSDAY...ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL BE MOST LIKELY IN THE
MOUNTAINS BY THEN. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY DOWNPOURS DECREASES
FRIDAY...BUT SOME AREAS MAY BE VULNERABLE TO EVEN MODEST
DOWNPOURS BY THEN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

KTB

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 10, 8:33 PM EDT, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
833 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

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

0808 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ASHLAND                 38.46N  82.64W
06/10/2014                   BOYD               KY   PUBLIC

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN NEAR NEADE SPRINGS RD.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1401004

JM

Local storm report, Jun 10, 8:34 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
834 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

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

0810 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ASHLAND                 38.46N  82.64W
06/10/2014                   BOYD               KY   PUBLIC

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN NEAR 1840 HOODS CREEK PIKE ROAD

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1401005

JM

Local storm report, Jun 10, 8:37 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
837 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

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

0755 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FALLSBURG               38.17N  82.67W
06/10/2014                   LAWRENCE           KY   PUBLIC

            TREES BRANCHES DOWN

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1401006

JM

Local storm report, Jun 10, 8:39 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
839 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

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

0745 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 W GRAHN               38.28N  83.09W
06/10/2014                   CARTER             KY   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1401007

JM

Local storm report, Jun 10, 9:04 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
904 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

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

0830 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CROWN CITY              38.59N  82.29W
06/10/2014                   GALLIA             OH   AMATEUR RADIO

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1401008

JM

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 9:09 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
909 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

WVZ008-013>016-018-025>027-034>037-110215-
BOONE WV-CALHOUN WV-CLAY WV-FAYETTE WV-JACKSON WV-KANAWHA WV-
LINCOLN WV-LOGAN WV-NICHOLAS WV-PUTNAM WV-RALEIGH WV-ROANE WV-
WYOMING WV-
909 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHERN ROANE...WYOMING...BOONE...
SOUTHERN CALHOUN...CLAY...FAYETTE...SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON...KANAWHA...
NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN...EASTERN LOGAN...SOUTHWESTERN NICHOLAS...
SOUTHEASTERN PUTNAM AND RALEIGH COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 1015
PM EDT...

AT 906 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM 4
MILES NORTHWEST OF NITRO TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF MADISON TO 9 MILES WEST
OF WELCH...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH 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.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR POCA...CYCLONE...WHARTON...AND VAN AROUND
915 PM...ASHFORD...RACINE...BALD KNOB...AND SOUTH CHARLESTON AROUND
920 PM...PRENTER AND SETH AROUND 925 PM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 39 AND 57 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-64 NEAR BECKLEY BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 120 AND 129...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND 122 IN WEST
VIRGINIA...I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 40...THE WEST VIRGINIA
TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 39 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 3843 8196 3865 8162 3879 8107 3842 8100
      3810 8090 3789 8076 3752 8169

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 8:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Wayne	41 min
Jun 10, 8:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo	44 min
Jun 10, 8:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Jackson, Mason, Putnam	37 min
Jun 10, 9:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Roane, Wirt, Wood	44 min
Jun 10, 10:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Braxton, Clay, Nicholas, Roane, Webster	53 min
Jun 10, 10:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Lewis, Nicholas, Randolph and 2 more	41 min
Jun 10, 11:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Harrison, Lewis, Randolph, Taylor, Upshur	46 min
Jun 10, 11:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison	25 min
Jun 10, 11:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pocahontas	33 min
Jun 10, 11:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Harrison	12 min
Jun 11, 1:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Logan	25 min
Jun 11, 1:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	McDowell	27 min
Jun 11, 2:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone	36 min
Jun 11, 2:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	McDowell, Raleigh, Wyoming	24 min
Jun 11, 2:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Kanawha	31 min
Jun 11, 2:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Jackson, Roane, Wirt	41 min
Jun 11, 3:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Raleigh	27 min
Jun 11, 3:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Clay	37 min
Jun 11, 3:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Clay	36 min
Jun 11, 3:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Roane	24 min
Jun 11, 3:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Fayette	37 min
Jun 11, 3:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Fayette, Raleigh	28 min
Jun 11, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Gilmer	24 min
Jun 11, 4:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Fayette	30 min
Jun 11, 4:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison	41 min
Jun 11, 5:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Harrison, Lewis, Upshur	36 min
Jun 11, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Gallia	16 min
Jun 11, 12:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Dickenson	25 min
Jun 11, 1:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Buchanan	22 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.