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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

July 8, 2014Tyler County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2014, 2:39 PM EDT for Tyler County, West Virginia. It was in force for 36 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: Jul 8, 2014, 2:39 PM EDT (18:39 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2014, 3:15 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

County Tyler County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 121 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.

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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: 96 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 909 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 175 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 205 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 Jul 8, 2:36 PM EDT, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 2:36 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 2:38 PM EDT, 1 minute before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
238 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014

OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ007>011-016>020-028>032-039-040-047-
091845-
PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-
LAWRENCE OH-MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-
RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-UPSHUR-
BARBOUR-RANDOLPH-
238 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 403 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO...CENTRAL WEST
VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN 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.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

KYZ101>103-105-VAZ003-004-WVZ005-006-013>015-024>027-033>038-046-
091845-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-CABELL-
LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-
RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-POCAHONTAS-
238 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 1:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
138 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014

OHZ075-083>087-WVZ007>009-081815-
ATHENS OH-GALLIA OH-JACKSON WV-JACKSON OH-LAWRENCE OH-MASON WV-
MEIGS OH-VINTON OH-WOOD WV-
138 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHEASTERN VINTON...MEIGS...
NORTHERN LAWRENCE...SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON...GALLIA AND SOUTHERN ATHENS
COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...AND SOUTHWESTERN WOOD...NORTHWESTERN
JACKSON AND NORTHERN MASON COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 215 PM
EDT...

AT 133 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM 3
MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALBANY TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF RIO GRANDE TO 7
MILES EAST OF WHEELERSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. EXPECT INTENSE
LIGHTNING FROM THESE STORMS. DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER
UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A
THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR KYGER AROUND 150 PM...LAKIN AROUND 200
PM...BELLEVILLE AROUND 210 PM AND LETART AROUND 220 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 3921 8227 3920 8157 3870 8196 3876 8267
      3884 8266 3885 8274

30

Local storm report, Jul 8, 1:57 PM EDT, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
157 PM EDT TUE JUL 08 2014

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

0153 PM     HEAVY RAIN       4 SW BARTLETT           39.37N  81.87W
07/08/2014  M0.63 INCH       ATHENS             OH   COCORAHS

            .63 INCHES OF RAIN RECEIVED IN 15 MINUTES. ESTIMATED
            WIND GUSTS OF 40-50 MPH WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.

0153 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 SW BARTLETT           39.37N  81.87W
07/08/2014  E45 MPH          ATHENS             OH   COCORAHS

            .63 INCHES OF RAIN RECEIVED IN 15 MINUTES. ESTIMATED
            WIND GUSTS OF 40-50 MPH WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1401055
EVENT NUMBER RLX1401056

FB

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 2:37 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
237 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014

WVZ008>010-017>020-029-081915-
CALHOUN WV-DODDRIDGE WV-GILMER WV-JACKSON WV-PLEASANTS WV-RITCHIE WV-
WIRT WV-WOOD WV-
237 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR RITCHIE...WOOD...NORTHERN WIRT...
NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN...SOUTHERN DODDRIDGE...NORTHWESTERN GILMER...
NORTHERN JACKSON AND PLEASANTS COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 315 PM
EDT...

AT 236 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM 9
MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST. MARYS TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PARKERSBURG TO 9
MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORKED RUN STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND PEA-SIZED HAIL 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. EXPECT INTENSE LIGHTNING FROM THESE STORMS. DO NOT STAY IN
THE OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE
INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR ELLENBORO AROUND 250 PM...GREENWOOD AROUND
300 PM...SMITHBURG AROUND 310 PM AND AUBURN AROUND 320 PM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
157 AND 175 IN WEST VIRGINIA.

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 3934 8088 3930 8088 3934 8084 3931 8058
      3929 8060 3925 8056 3914 8063 3914 8066
      3909 8071 3909 8073 3903 8073 3896 8091
      3906 8181 3919 8158 3935 8138 3934 8135
      3938 8129

12

Local storm report, Jul 8, 2:39 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
239 PM EDT TUE JUL 08 2014

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

0235 PM     HAIL             IRONTON                 38.53N  82.68W
07/08/2014  E0.25 INCH       LAWRENCE           OH   PUBLIC

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1401057

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 2:39 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 1:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Mason	37 min
Jul 8, 2:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Mason, Wirt	42 min
Jul 8, 2:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell	30 min
Jul 8, 2:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Doddridge, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood	38 min
Jul 8, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Roane	42 min
Jul 8, 3:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Cabell, Putnam	44 min
Jul 8, 3:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam	22 min
Jul 8, 3:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis and 4 more	38 min
Jul 8, 3:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Harrison, Taylor	34 min
Jul 8, 3:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Clay, Kanawha	38 min
Jul 8, 4:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster	27 min
Jul 8, 4:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Fayette, Pocahontas, Webster	67 min
Jul 8, 4:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Randolph	23 min
Jul 8, 6:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wyoming	37 min
Jul 8, 7:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	McDowell	14 min
Jul 8, 2:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boyd, Greenup	24 min

Nearby

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.