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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

October 7, 2014Wyoming County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Oct 7, 2014, 11:31 PM EDT for Wyoming County, West Virginia. It was in force for 29 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: Oct 7, 2014, 11:31 PM EDT (03:31 UTC)
Expired: Oct 8, 2014, 12:00 AM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

County Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 165 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: 44 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 671 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 488 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 524 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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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 Oct 7, 11:19 PM EDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 7, 11:19 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1119 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
STRONG DISTURBANCE WHIPS THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH WEAK COLD FRONT
OVERNIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WEDNESDAY. MOISTURE INCREASES AGAIN LATE
THURSDAY IN FAST ZONAL FLOW.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
TORNADO WATCH HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTHERN COUNTIES. LINE OF
CONVECTION SHIFTING S AND SHOULD BE OUT OF CWA IN NEXT FEW HRS.
WILL BE WATCHING TO SEE IF LOW STRATUS AND/OR FOG DEVELOPS AS SOME
OF THE MODELS ARE SUGGESTING. SHOULD STRATUS INDEED DEVELOP...THEN
IT MAY TAKE UNTIL MID MORNING FOR IT TO SCT OUT GIVEN INVERSION.

&&

.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
BRIEF PERIOD OF DRIER WEATHER WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AS HIGH
PRESSURE BRIEFLY BUILDS INTO THE REGION. ACTIVE WEATHER HOWEVER WILL
RETURN LATER IN THE DAY THURSDAY...AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY ASSOCIATED
WITH LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST U.S. MOVES NORTHEAST INTO THE
REGION. THIS...ALONG WITH MULTIPLE WAVES OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING
ALONG THE FRONT...WILL TRIGGER ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE AT TIMES WITH ANY STORMS.
THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY BETWEEN MODELS CONCERNING PLACEMENT OF
FRONT/TRACK OF WAVES ACROSS THE AREA...BUT CONTINUED TO LEAN MORE
TOWARDS THE ECMWF/HPC SOLUN...KEEPING HIGHER POPS ACROSS THE SOUTH.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
USED WPC THINKING WITH SOME MINOR TWEAKS.  PERIOD WILL START WITH
FRONT JUST TO OUR SOUTH.  THIS FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH ACROSS THE
REGION SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LIFTS
INTO THE MID-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.

WPC TEMPS LOOKED GOOD AND WERE GENERALLY USED.

&&

.AVIATION /03Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
STRONG MID LEVEL 500 MB DISTURBANCE WHIPS THROUGH 00Z TO 03Z
WEDNESDAY/THIS EVENING.  850 MB FLOW JET MAX OF 50 TO 55 KNOTS AHEAD
OF THIS FEATURE.  VEERING OF LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME
CONVECTIVE CELLS TO BE ROTATING.

STILL EXPECTED WIDESPREAD FAST MOVING CONVECTION TO MOVE THRU S
WV/SW VA THIS EVENING.

WIDESPREAD CEILINGS 2 TO 3 THSD FT AND VSBY AOB 3 MILES IN ANY
CONVECTION.   SOME CEILINGS 1 TO 2 THSD FT LINGERING OVER MOUNTAINS
IN WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT OVERNIGHT.

OTHERWISE EXPECT DRIER AIR TO QUICKLY CHARGE OUR WAY WITH MAINLY
SCATTERED CLOUDS 12Z TO 18Z.  EXPECT LOW LEVEL FLOW TO BE SUFFICIENT
ENOUGH TO PREVENT WIDESPREAD PREDAWN FOG.

FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY...

FORECAST CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM.

ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: AREAL COVERAGE OF THE LOWER CLOUDS ALONG AND IN
WAKE OF THE FRONT COULD VARY.

EXPERIMENTAL TABLE OF FLIGHT CATEGORY OBJECTIVELY SHOWS CONSISTENCY
OF WFO FORECAST TO AVAILABLE MODEL INFORMATION:
H = HIGH:   TAF CONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL.
M = MEDIUM: TAF HAS VARYING LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY WITH MODELS.
L = LOW:    TAF INCONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL.

DATE                                                  WED 10/08/14
UTC 1HRLY       02   03   04   05   06   07   08   09   10   11   12   13
EDT 1HRLY       22   23   00   01   02   03   04   05   06   07   08   09
CRW CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    M    M    H    H    H    M    H
HTS CONSISTENCY  M    M    H    H    H    M    M    M    M    M    M    H
BKW CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    M    M    M    H    H    H
EKN CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
PKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    M    M    M    M    H    H    H    H    H    H
CKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    M    M    H    H    H    M    M

AFTER 00Z THURSDAY...
IFR POSSIBLE IN SHOWERS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.

&&

.RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WV...NONE.
OH...NONE.
KY...NONE.
VA...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...JSH/KTB/SL
NEAR TERM...KTB/30
SHORT TERM...JMV
LONG TERM...KMC
AVIATION...30

Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 7, 11:00 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1100 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-
013>020-024>040-046-047-090300-
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-
1100 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.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, Oct 7, 10:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1008 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014

WVZ024-025-080300-
LOGAN WV-MINGO WV-
1008 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHERN LOGAN AND SOUTHERN MINGO
COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM EDT...

AT 1007 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST
OF WILLIAMSON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND PEA-SIZED HAIL 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 DELBARTON AROUND 1020 PM...PIE AROUND 1030
PM...SARAH ANN AROUND 1040 PM AND BRUNO AROUND 1050 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 3760 8217 3762 8218 3762 8221 3765 8223
      3768 8231 3778 8234 3781 8240 3779 8181
      3768 8175 3766 8180 3760 8180 3760 8183
      3756 8185

12

Special weather statement, Oct 7, 10:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1029 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014

WVZ034-035-080300-
RALEIGH WV-WYOMING WV-
1029 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR EASTERN WYOMING AND SOUTHERN RALEIGH
COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM EDT...

AT 1027 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST
OF PINEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND PEA-SIZED HAIL 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 JOSEPHINE AROUND 1040 PM AND GHENT AROUND
1050 PM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...THE WEST VIRGINIA
TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 28 AND 36.

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 3755 8156 3773 8154 3770 8097 3763 8106
      3760 8106 3760 8107 3758 8109 3759 8114
      3757 8120 3754 8120 3751 8121

12

Local storm report, Oct 7, 11:10 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1110 PM EDT TUE OCT 07 2014

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

1057 PM     TSTM WND DMG     10 SW SHADY SPRING      37.60N  81.22W
10/07/2014                   RALEIGH            WV   911 CALL CENTER

            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. OUTHOUSE TAKEN OUT.
            THERE WERE SEVERAL CALLERS TO THE 911 CENTER THAT
            REPORTED SEEING SOME SORT OF FUNNEL CLOUD. SEARCH FOR
            POSSIBLE INJURED PEOPLE UNDERWAY.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1401224

TRM

Local storm report, Oct 7, 11:17 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1117 PM EDT TUE OCT 07 2014

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

1040 PM     TSTM WND DMG     10 SW SHADY SPRING      37.60N  81.22W
10/07/2014                   RALEIGH            WV   911 CALL CENTER

            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. OUTHOUSE TAKEN OUT.
            THERE WERE SEVERAL CALLERS TO THE 911 CENTER THAT
            REPORTED SEEING SOME SORT OF FUNNEL CLOUD. SEARCH FOR
            POSSIBLE INJURED PEOPLE UNDERWAY.

&&

CORRECTED EVENT TIME

EVENT NUMBER RLX1401224

JSH

Special weather statement, Oct 7, 11:25 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1125 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014

VAZ004-WVZ033-080415-
BUCHANAN VA-MCDOWELL WV-
1125 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MCDOWELL AND NORTHERN BUCHANAN
COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 AM EDT...

AT 1122 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTH OF
GRUNDY...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND PEA-SIZED HAIL 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 HURLEY AROUND 1130 PM...STACY AROUND 1140
PM...BRADSHAW AROUND 1150 PM...WAR AROUND MIDNIGHT...JENKINJONES
AROUND 1210 AM AND MAYBEURY AROUND 1220 AM.

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 3723 8172 3722 8174 3737 8221 3754 8198
      3753 8194 3751 8194 3752 8191 3741 8132
      3732 8136 3730 8140 3727 8142 3725 8150
      3720 8156 3719 8166

12

Special weather statement, Oct 7, 11:31 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1131 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014

WVZ033-034-080400-
MCDOWELL WV-WYOMING WV-
1131 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING AND EASTERN
MCDOWELL COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT...

AT 1128 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF PINEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH 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 STAY OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN
WYOMING COUNTY.

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 3741 8148 3759 8143 3758 8131 3755 8130
      3752 8122 3750 8123 3746 8130 3742 8128
      3741 8129 3741 8131 3738 8133

12

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 7, 8:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Mingo, Wayne	46 min
Oct 7, 8:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Roane	30 min
Oct 7, 8:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Fayette	29 min
Oct 7, 8:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Kanawha	24 min
Oct 7, 8:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Kanawha	33 min
Oct 7, 9:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Logan, Mingo	33 min
Oct 7, 9:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wyoming	41 min
Oct 7, 10:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Mingo	52 min
Oct 7, 10:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wyoming	31 min
Oct 7, 10:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Raleigh	19 min
Oct 7, 11:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	McDowell, Raleigh, Wyoming	13 min
Oct 7, 11:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	McDowell	50 min
Oct 7, 11:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	McDowell	32 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.