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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Jun 19, 2014, 3:00 PM EDT for Logan County, West Virginia. It was in force for 30 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 19, 2014, 3:00 PM EDT (19:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2014, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
County Logan County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:02 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 957 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 19, 2:30 PM EDT, 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 2:30 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 3:41 AM EDT, 11 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 341 AM EDT THU JUN 19 2014 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-013>020-026>032- 036>040-046-047-200745- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON- JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON- JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT- CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON- TAYLOR-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- 341 AM EDT THU JUN 19 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO AND MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. VAZ003-004-WVZ024-025-033>035-200745- DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-MINGO-LOGAN-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH- 341 AM EDT THU JUN 19 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. ANY SHOWER OR STORM COULD CONTAIN A DOWNPOUR...WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH OR WARNING MAY BE NECESSARY IF THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT INCREASES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED INTO THE WEEKEND. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WOULD BE NEEDED IF THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT INCREASES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 3:00 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
300 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014
WVZ025-026-191930-
BOONE WV-LOGAN WV-
300 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR WESTERN BOONE AND NORTHERN LOGAN
COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM EDT...
AT 258 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF MADISON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME 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. EXPECT INTENSE LIGHTNING FROM THIS STORM. DO NOT
STAY IN THE OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING
THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR JEFFREY AROUND 330 PM.
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 3802 8202 3803 8192 3803 8194 3804 8195
3805 8191 3795 8177 3788 8197
30The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 10:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mason, Wood | 24 min |
| Jun 18, 11:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Wirt, Wood | 30 min |
| Jun 18, 11:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wirt | 21 min |
| Jun 19, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mingo | 35 min |
| Jun 19, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan, Mingo | 40 min |
| Jun 19, 7:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell | 25 min |
| Jun 18, 8:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Perry | 34 min |
| Jun 18, 10:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson, Meigs, Vinton | 30 min |
| Jun 18, 10:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Morgan | 25 min |
| Jun 19, 2:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Perry | 47 min |
| Jun 19, 7:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boyd, Carter | 61 min |
| Jun 19, 4:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Elliott | 25 min |
| Jun 19, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lawrence | 31 min |
| Jun 19, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boyd | 29 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.