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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

August 22, 2014Boone County, Logan County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Aug 22, 2014, 2:49 PM EDT for Boone County, Logan County, West Virginia. It was in force for 56 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
Aug 22, 2014, 2:49 PM EDT (18:49 UTC)
Expired
Aug 22, 2014, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV

Counties Boone County, WV, Logan County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 231 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2014-08-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 634 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2014-08-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 180 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
634 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
669 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 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 Aug 22, 2:34 PM EDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 2:34 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 22, 4:16 AM EDT, 10 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
416 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-
013>020-024>040-046-047-230830-
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-
416 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA 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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

STRONG RISES MAY OCCUR ON SOME HEADWATERS RIVERS FROM THE RAINFALL
ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

KTB

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 22, 1:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
141 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014

WVZ013-015-026-035-221845-
BOONE WV-KANAWHA WV-LINCOLN WV-RALEIGH WV-
141 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR BOONE...SOUTHWESTERN KANAWHA...
NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN AND NORTHWESTERN RALEIGH COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM
EDT...

AT 138 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES EAST OF
HAMLIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 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.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR WOODVILLE AROUND 150 PM...JULIAN AROUND 155
PM...ASHFORD...AND DANVILLE AROUND 205 PM...FOSTER AROUND 210 PM...
RACINE...AND MADISON AROUND 215 PM AND SETH AROUND 225 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 3824 8204 3827 8200 3826 8200 3833 8192
      3834 8192 3837 8188 3803 8137 3800 8138
      3783 8159

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Special weather statement, Aug 22, 2:49 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
249 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014

WVZ013-025-026-221945-
BOONE WV-LINCOLN WV-LOGAN WV-
249 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR BOONE...CENTRAL LINCOLN AND LOGAN
COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT...

AT 246 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE FROM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAMLIN TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF
HAMLIN TO 14 MILES SOUTH OF HAMLIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH
AND SMALL HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR ALKOL AROUND 300 PM...DANVILLE
AROUND 315 PM...WHARTON AROUND 330 PM AND BALD KNOB AROUND 345 PM.

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.

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 3774 8207 3793 8214 3806 8219 3824 8196
      3790 8157 3773 8179

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 21, 9:28 PM EDTFlood WatchRLXLogan, McDowell, Mingo, Wayne, Wyoming6 hr
Aug 22, 3:07 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchRLXBarbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 22 more25 hr
Aug 22, 3:16 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPleasants, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood3 hr
Aug 22, 1:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBoone64 min
Aug 22, 3:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLogan, McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming87 min
Aug 22, 4:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXLincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming5 hr
Aug 22, 5:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXCabell, Wayne86 min
Aug 22, 6:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBoone, Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne3 hr
Aug 22, 7:52 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBoyd, Carter, Lawrence113 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.