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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

June 19, 2014Logan County, West Virginia

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.

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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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2014-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 84 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2014-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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 19, 2:30 PM EDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 2:30 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
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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

30

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 10:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMason, Wood24 min
Jun 18, 11:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXJackson, Mason, Wirt, Wood30 min
Jun 18, 11:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXWirt21 min
Jun 19, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMingo35 min
Jun 19, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLogan, Mingo40 min
Jun 19, 7:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXCabell25 min
Jun 18, 8:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXPerry34 min
Jun 18, 10:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXJackson, Meigs, Vinton30 min
Jun 18, 10:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMorgan25 min
Jun 19, 2:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXPerry47 min
Jun 19, 7:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBoyd, Carter61 min
Jun 19, 4:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXElliott25 min
Jun 19, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLawrence31 min
Jun 19, 6:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBoyd29 min

Nearby

Special 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.