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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2015, 12:06 PM EDT for 5 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 69 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
- Jun 20, 2015, 12:06 PM EDT (16:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2015, 1:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
Counties Clay County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 156 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 329 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 836 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Jun 20, 5:44 AM EDT, 6 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 5:44 AM EDT, 6 hours 22 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 352 AM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015 VAZ003-004-WVZ013-024>026-033>036-046-210800- DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-LINCOLN-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-MCDOWELL-WYOMING- RALEIGH-FAYETTE-POCAHONTAS- 352 AM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND PORTIONS OF NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN 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. IN ADDITION...SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. HOWEVER...CONDITIONS COULD BECOME FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ISOLATED TORNADO TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-014-017-210800- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON- JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON- JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-PUTNAM-WIRT- 352 AM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO 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. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. WVZ015-016-018>020-027>032-037>040-047-210800- KANAWHA-ROANE-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS- HARRISON-TAYLOR-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-RANDOLPH- 352 AM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN 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. IN ADDITION...SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. HOWEVER...CONDITIONS COULD BECOME FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ISOLATED TORNADO TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 12:06 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1206 PM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015
WVZ015-026-027-033>037-201715-
CLAY-NICHOLAS-KANAWHA-BOONE-FAYETTE-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-
1206 PM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015
...A LINE OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT
RALEIGH...NICHOLAS...CLAY... NORTHEASTERN MCDOWELL...
FAYETTE...EASTERN BOONE...EASTERN WYOMING AND SOUTHEASTERN KANAWHA
COUNTIES...
AT 1204 PM EDT...A LINE OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WERE
ALONG A LINE...EXTENDING FROM NEAR EAST BANK TO NEAR COALDALE...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BECKLEY...SUMMERSVILLE...FAYETTEVILLE...RICHWOOD...RAINELLE...
PINEVILLE...CLAY...BABCOCK STATE PARK...OAK HILL...MONTGOMERY...
MULLENS...CHESAPEAKE...MARMET...MOUNT HOPE...MABSCOTT...ANSTED...
SOPHIA...BELLE...CEDAR GROVE AND EAST BANK.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE SHOWERS...AND MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3817 8175 3862 8104 3825 8046 3808 8071
3810 8088 3806 8087 3806 8080 3804 8083
3798 8077 3795 8081 3787 8075 3782 8094
3773 8091 3759 8109 3758 8120 3751 8121
3746 8131 3742 8128 3727 8145
TIME...MOT...LOC 1604Z 268DEG 26KT 3824 8149 3735 8139
13The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 1:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Fayette and 13 more | 65 min |
| Jun 20, 1:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson, Pleasants, Wood | 79 min |
| Jun 20, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Upshur | 48 min |
| Jun 20, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis, Taylor, Upshur | 64 min |
| Jun 20, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wirt, Wood | 43 min |
| Jun 20, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 61 min |
| Jun 20, 4:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 20, 4:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Athens, Morgan, Perry, Vinton, Washington | 6 hr |
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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.