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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

July 24, 2014Randolph County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Jul 24, 2014, 4:01 AM EDT for Randolph County, West Virginia. It was in force for 59 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 24, 2014, 4:01 AM EDT (08:01 UTC)
Expired: Jul 24, 2014, 5:00 AM EDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

County Randolph County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 186 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 179 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: 575 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1359 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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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 24, 2:03 AM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 2:03 AM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 3:17 PM EDT, 12 hours 44 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
317 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2014

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-
013>020-024>040-046-047-241930-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-
JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-
CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-
ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-
GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-
NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
317 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM THROUGH TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
TONIGHT. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL
BE THE MAIN HAZARD.

.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

Special weather statement, Jul 24, 2:53 AM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
253 AM EDT THU JUL 24 2014

WVZ027-028-030-037>039-047-240745-
BRAXTON WV-CLAY WV-LEWIS WV-NICHOLAS WV-RANDOLPH WV-UPSHUR WV-
WEBSTER WV-
253 AM EDT THU JUL 24 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHERN UPSHUR...NORTHERN
WEBSTER...BRAXTON...CLAY...NORTHERN RANDOLPH...SOUTHERN LEWIS AND
NORTHERN NICHOLAS COUNTIES UNTIL 345 AM EDT...

AT 251 AM EDT... AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH POCKETS
OF HEAVY RAINFALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM JUNIOR TO ROCK CAVE
TO EXCHANGE TO PROCIOUS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS...WITH THE
HEAVIEST AMOUNTS MEASURING UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN 15 MINUTES.
RAINFALL OF THIS INTENSITY WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND
QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR FRAMETOWN...AND GASSAWAY AROUND 300
AM...KANAWHA HEAD...ALTON...IVYDALE...AND COALTON AROUND 305 AM...
ELKINS...AND SUTTON AROUND 310 AM...STRANGE CREEK AND ALEXANDER
AROUND 315 AM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
37 AND 76.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

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 3865 8006 3856 8042 3836 8093 3848 8128
      3858 8112 3869 8102 3877 8086 3887 8047
      3897 7992 3883 7960

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Special weather statement, Jul 24, 3:56 AM EDT, 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
356 AM EDT THU JUL 24 2014

WVZ027-028-037-038-240845-
BRAXTON WV-CLAY WV-NICHOLAS WV-WEBSTER WV-
356 AM EDT THU JUL 24 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR WESTERN WEBSTER...SOUTHERN
BRAXTON...NORTHERN CLAY AND NORTHERN NICHOLAS COUNTIES UNTIL 445 AM
EDT...

AT 349 AM EDT...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM PROCIOUS TO HARRISON TO
STRANGE CREEK...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS...WITH
RAINFALL AMOUNTS MEASURING UP TO 1 INCH IN 30 MINUTES. RAINFALL OF
THIS INTENSITY WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL
ROADSIDE DITCHES AND CAUSE RAPID RISES SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS.

SHOULD ADDITIONAL SHOWERS OR STORMS FORM TO THE WEST...REPETITIVE
RAINFALL COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR...AND A FLASH FLOOD
WARNING WOULD BE NEEDED IF CONFIDENCE INCREASES IN THIS SCENARIO.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR HARRISON AROUND 415 AM AND BIRCH
RIVER AROUND 445 AM.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

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 3850 8124 3855 8110 3857 8091 3853 8052
      3843 8051 3840 8068

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Special weather statement, Jul 24, 4:01 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
401 AM EDT THU JUL 24 2014

WVZ028-038-039-046-047-240900-
BRAXTON WV-POCAHONTAS WV-RANDOLPH WV-UPSHUR WV-WEBSTER WV-
401 AM EDT THU JUL 24 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHERN UPSHUR...NORTHERN
WEBSTER...SOUTHERN BRAXTON...RANDOLPH AND NORTHEASTERN POCAHONTAS
COUNTIES UNTIL 500 AM EDT...

AT 355 AM EDT...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
RAINFALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM HARMAN TO MILL CREEK TO
LITTLE BIRCH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS...WITH
RAINFALL MEASUREMENTS OF AROUND ONE HALF INCH IN 30 MINUTES.
RAINFALL OF THIS INTENSITY WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND
QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR DAILEY AROUND 405
AM...DRYFORK...AND HOLLY RIVER STATE PARK AROUND 410
AM...HARMAN...HELVETIA...AND HACKER VALLEY AROUND 415 AM...MILL
CREEK AROUND 425 AM...GLADY AROUND 430 AM...PICKENS AND HUTTONSVILLE
AROUND 435 AM.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

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 3892 7937 3893 7944 3889 7946 3889 7951
      3884 7953 3878 7950 3866 7959 3864 7962
      3861 7975 3848 8025 3857 8086 3883 8007
      3900 7960 3898 7951 3896 7935

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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 23, 8:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Kanawha	44 min
Jul 23, 8:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wayne	64 min
Jul 23, 9:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone	61 min
Jul 23, 10:51 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Boone, Kanawha, Raleigh	114 min
Jul 24, 2:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Braxton, Clay, Randolph, Upshur	52 min
Jul 24, 3:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Clay	49 min
Jul 24, 4:42 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Clay	108 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.