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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

June 11, 2014Doddridge County, Harrison County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Jun 11, 2014, 4:49 PM EDT for Doddridge County, Harrison County, West Virginia. It was in force for 41 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 11, 2014, 4:49 PM EDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2014, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

Counties Doddridge County, WV, Harrison County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 116 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1314 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 163 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 11, 3:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 3:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
326 PM EDT WED JUN 11 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.  WARM FRONT MOVES THROUGH SUNDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...AND
ASSOCIATED UPPER TROUGH MOVING INTO THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. PW VALUES OBSERVED ACROSS THE REGION ARE AROUND 1.25 TO
1.50 INCHES ATTM. STORMS ARE FIRING WITH HEATING ALONG LEFT OVER
BOUNDARIES FROM YESTERDAYS STORMS. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE
AS WELL THIS AFTERNOON PRODUCING HAIL...WIND AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
MUCH OF THE CWA UNDER A SLIGHT RISK...AS WELL AS EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL POTENTIAL.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
EVENING HOURS. A WEAK TROF IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE REGION DURING
THE DAY TOMORROW WILL KEEP THE CHANCES FOR CONVECTION GOING.

&&

.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVES OUT OF THE AREA BY THURSDAY NIGHT...BUT A
NEW SYSTEM WITH A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA LEADING TO
MORE CONVECTION. FAIRLY UNSTABLE...BUT LIGHT FLOW SO NOT REALLY
CONCERNED WITH SEVERE BUT WATER COULD BE AN ISSUE. CLEARING OUT ON
FRIDAY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT.

HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FOR DRY WEATHER SAT...ALTHOUGH THE GFS SHOWS
THE RETURN OF MOISTURE FROM THE SW WITH THE FRONT PIVOTING AND
RETURNING AS A WARM FRONT LATE IN THE DAY.

TEMPERATURES FOLLOWED GUIDANCE SO THEY WERE NOT ADJUSTED MUCH.

&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE PERIOD. CHANCES OF
PRECIP WILL INCREASE A BIT MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS A LOW APPROACHES.
TIMING AND CHANCES ARE SOMEWHAT QUESTIONABLE THIS FAR OUT WITH
SOME MODEL DISAGREEMENT.  TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE
THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY...

CONVECTION IS FIRING BACK UP ATTM...AS ATMOSPHERE IS BECOMING MORE
UNSTABLE WITH AFTERNOON HEATING. EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND
BRIEF MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS IN VICINITY OF STORMS. PATCHY FOG OR
MVFR STRATUS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT BETWEEN 06Z-12Z
TONIGHT. CONDITIONS IMPROVE TO VFR AFTER 13Z THURSDAY BEFORE TROF
MOVES THROUGH. TCU WILL BE COMMON AND EVEN A FEW STORMS MAY
DEVELOP BY 18Z THURSDAY.

FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY...

FORECAST CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM.

ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: TIMING OF CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING COULD VARY FROM CURRENT FORECAST. IN THE WAKE OF THE
EVENING CONVECTION. TIMING OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF MVFR/IFR FOG
COULD VARY.

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       18   19   20   21   22   23   00   01   02   03   04   05
EDT 1HRLY       14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   00   01
CRW CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
HTS CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    M    M    M    M
BKW CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
EKN CONSISTENCY  H    H    M    M    M    M    M    M    M    M    L    L
PKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
CKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    M    M    M    M    M    H    H    H    H    H

AFTER 18Z THURSDAY...
IFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN ROUNDS OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS 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...JS
SHORT TERM...LS
LONG TERM...LS
AVIATION...JS

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 2:11 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
211 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>009-013-
014-024-025-121815-
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-MINGO-LOGAN-
211 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

WVZ010-011-015>020-026>040-046-047-121815-
PLEASANTS-TYLER-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-BOONE-
CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-
FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
211 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 279 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH THUNDERSTORMS COULD CAUSE WATER PROBLEMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 11, 4:26 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 4:30 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
430 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014

WVZ035-036-112100-
FAYETTE WV-RALEIGH WV-
430 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE AND EASTERN
RALEIGH COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EDT...

AT 422 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF
BECKLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 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.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR BABCOCK STATE PARK AROUND 440 PM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-64 NEAR BECKLEY BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 131 AND 134.

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 3775 8101 3786 8117 3810 8093 3797 8078
      3795 8080 3792 8079

50

Local storm report, Jun 11, 4:42 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
442 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014

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

0438 PM     HAIL             1 N SPENCER             38.82N  81.36W
06/11/2014  E1.00 INCH       ROANE              WV   AMATEUR RADIO

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL BETWEEN BECKLEY AND SKELTON

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1401023

ARB

Local storm report, Jun 11, 4:43 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
443 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014

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

0420 PM     HAIL             1 N SPENCER             38.82N  81.36W
06/11/2014  E1.00 INCH       ROANE              WV   AMATEUR RADIO

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL BETWEEN BECKLEY AND SKELTON

&&

CORRECTED EVENT TIME

EVENT NUMBER RLX1401023

ARB

Local storm report, Jun 11, 4:44 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
444 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014

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

0420 PM     HAIL             BECKLEY                 37.79N  81.19W
06/11/2014  E1.00 INCH       RALEIGH            WV   AMATEUR RADIO

            QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN BECKLEY

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1401024

ARB

Special weather statement, Jun 11, 4:49 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
449 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014

WVZ011-020-030>032-112130-
DODDRIDGE WV-HARRISON WV-LEWIS WV-TAYLOR WV-TYLER WV-
449 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR TYLER...TAYLOR...NORTHEASTERN
DODDRIDGE...HARRISON AND NORTHERN LEWIS COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM EDT...

AT 445 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 18 MILES WEST OF
CLARKSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR SEDALIA AROUND 455 PM...WALLACE AROUND 500
PM...LUMBERPORT AROUND 505 PM AND ENTERPRISE AROUND 510 PM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
118 AND 129.

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 3948 8071 3947 8065 3945 8061 3946 8058
      3944 8053 3947 8050 3947 8047 3944 8028
      3940 8021 3940 8016 3937 8012 3909 8052
      3930 8080 3952 8076

06

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, 9:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Raleigh, Wyoming	66 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, 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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Special Weather Statements in West Virginia, 2014 Every 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.