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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

April 10, 2015Pleasants County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Apr 10, 2015, 6:40 AM EDT for Pleasants County, West Virginia. It was in force for 35 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: Apr 10, 2015, 6:40 AM EDT (10:40 UTC)
Expired: Apr 10, 2015, 7:15 AM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

County Pleasants County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 128 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: 30 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -172 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1143 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 227 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 339 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 Apr 10, 6:39 AM EDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 6:39 AM EDT, 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 10, 4:20 AM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 10, 3:34 AM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
334 AM EDT FRI APR 10 2015

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ083-084-086-087-WVZ005-006-013-100830-
BOYD KY-CABELL WV-CARTER KY-GALLIA OH-GREENUP KY-JACKSON OH-
LAWRENCE OH-LAWRENCE KY-LINCOLN WV-VINTON OH-WAYNE WV-
334 AM EDT FRI APR 10 2015

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR GREENUP...CARTER...BOYD AND LAWRENCE
COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY...AND VINTON...LAWRENCE...JACKSON AND GALLIA
COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...AND WAYNE...CABELL AND NORTHWESTERN
LINCOLN COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 430 AM EDT...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THROUGH 430 AM EDT.

WIND GUSTS TO 35 TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE
STORMS. VERY HEAVY RAIN OF QUARTER TO HALF INCH PER HOUR IS POSSIBLE
WITH THE STRONGER STORMS...WHICH WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS
AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 149 AND 191 IN KENTUCKY...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 32
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 3872 8304 3876 8289 3859 8276 3880 8266
      3895 8281 3937 8276 3939 8240 3859 8219
      3859 8222 3826 8200 3828 8197 3827 8197
      3785 8242 3795 8252 3788 8263 3796 8299
      3817 8292 3823 8331 3832 8334

09

Special weather statement, Apr 10, 4:33 AM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
433 AM EDT FRI APR 10 2015

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ075-083>087-WVZ005>007-101030-
ATHENS OH-BOYD KY-CABELL WV-CARTER KY-GALLIA OH-GREENUP KY-JACKSON OH-
LAWRENCE OH-LAWRENCE KY-MASON WV-MEIGS OH-VINTON OH-WAYNE WV-
433 AM EDT FRI APR 10 2015

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR GREENUP...CARTER...BOYD AND LAWRENCE
COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY...AND VINTON...WESTERN MEIGS...LAWRENCE...
JACKSON...GALLIA AND SOUTHWESTERN ATHENS COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST
OHIO...AND WAYNE...WESTERN CABELL AND WESTERN MASON COUNTIES IN WEST
VIRGINIA UNTIL 630 AM EDT...

AT 420 AM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH
THE AREA THIS MORNING. VERY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE FROM THESE
STORMS.  THIS WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL
ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AND
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 149 AND 191 IN KENTUCKY...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 18
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 3834 8324 3873 8303 3876 8289 3858 8281
      3876 8267 3884 8266 3885 8276 3895 8281
      3937 8275 3942 8228 3939 8196 3790 8247
      3795 8252 3788 8263 3799 8293 3797 8302
      3817 8292 3826 8316 3819 8327 3832 8334

21

Local storm report, Apr 10, 5:48 AM EDT, 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
548 AM EDT FRI APR 10 2015

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

0544 AM     FLASH FLOOD      MCARTHUR                39.25N  82.48W
04/10/2015                   VINTON             OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SECTIONS OF STATE ROUTES 356... 328 AND US ROUTE 50 ARE
            FLOODED AND CLOSED.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1501249

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Local storm report, Apr 10, 6:03 AM EDT, 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 10, 6:38 AM EDT, 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 10, 6:40 AM 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
Apr 9, 8:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Mason, Wirt, Wood	23 min
Apr 9, 8:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Randolph	52 min
Apr 9, 9:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Pleasants and 4 more	63 min
Apr 10, 3:34 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne	56 min
Apr 10, 4:33 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wayne	117 min
Apr 10, 5:58 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Wood	3 hr
Apr 10, 6:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Mason	37 min
Apr 10, 7:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wirt, Wood	44 min
Apr 10, 7:41 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wood	3 hr
Apr 10, 7:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison, Ritchie	62 min
Apr 10, 8:33 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Braxton, Clay, Gilmer, Kanawha, Lewis, Nicholas and 2 more	57 min
Apr 10, 9:33 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lewis, Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur, Webster	57 min
Apr 10, 10:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis and 6 more	37 min
Apr 10, 10:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster	29 min
Apr 10, 12:08 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Jackson, Wood	63 hr
Apr 10, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pleasants, Tyler, Wood	3 hr
Apr 10, 5:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pleasants, Tyler, Wood	6 hr
Apr 10, 4:39 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Athens, Jackson, Vinton	3 hr
Apr 10, 6:32 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Perry	3 hr

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Special Weather Statements in West Virginia, 2015 Every special weather statement in 2015

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.