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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Jun 26, 2015, 5:50 AM EDT for 7 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 55 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 26, 2015, 5:50 AM EDT (09:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2015, 6:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
Counties Clay County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Mason County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Roane County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:50 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 195 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1863 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.6
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 26, 4:59 AM EDT, 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 4:59 AM EDT, 51 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1201 AM PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015 OHZ066-067-075-076-084-WVZ009>011-019-020-030>032-039-040-270015- PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-VINTON-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-RITCHIE- DODDRIDGE-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-UPSHUR-BARBOUR- 1201 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO...AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY. THIS COULD CAUSE WATER ISSUES ON SMALL STREAMS. STRONG RISES COULD ALSO OCCUR ON RIVERS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE NEEDED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. OHZ083-085>087-WVZ006>008-014>018-027>029-036>038-046-047-270015- JACKSON OH-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-PUTNAM- KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS- WEBSTER-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- 1201 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO AND MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. THIS COULD CAUSE WATER ISSUES ON SMALL STREAMS. STRONG RISES COULD ALSO OCCUR ON RIVERS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE NEEDED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. WVZ013-025-026-033>035-270015- LINCOLN-LOGAN-BOONE-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH- 1201 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. LOCAL DOWNPOURS COULD CAUSE THE USUAL POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. THIS COULD CAUSE WATER ISSUES ON SMALL STREAMS. STRONG RISES COULD ALSO OCCUR ON RIVERS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE NEEDED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. KYZ105-VAZ003-004-WVZ005-024-270015- LAWRENCE KY-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-MINGO- 1201 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. OVERNIGHT SHOWERS OR STORMS COULD STILL PRODUCE LOCAL DOWNPOURS. IF REPETITIVE SHOWERS DEVELOP...LOCAL FLASH FLOODING COULD OCCUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON OR FRIDAY EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. THIS COULD CAUSE WATER ISSUES ON SMALL STREAMS. STRONG RISES COULD ALSO OCCUR ON RIVERS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE NEEDED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. KYZ101>103-270015- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD- 1201 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. THIS COULD CAUSE WATER ISSUES ON SMALL STREAMS. STRONG RISES COULD ALSO OCCUR ON RIVERS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE NEEDED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. KTB
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 25, 9:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Mingo, Wayne | 38 min |
| Jun 25, 10:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone | 58 min |
| Jun 25, 10:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 50 min |
| Jun 25, 11:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lincoln | 48 min |
| Jun 26, 4:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 4:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell | 49 min |
| Jun 26, 5:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 22 more | 35 hr |
| Jun 26, 6:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Jackson, Nicholas, Roane and 2 more | 59 min |
| Jun 26, 5:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mason | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Putnam | 62 min |
| Jun 26, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam, Roane and 1 more | 60 min |
| Jun 26, 7:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Jackson, Roane | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 7:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Jackson, Kanawha and 2 more | 66 min |
| Jun 26, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson | 27 min |
| Jun 26, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Vinton | 59 min |
| Jun 26, 7:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Gallia | 40 min |
| Jun 25, 9:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lawrence | 25 min |
| Jun 25, 9:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lawrence | 26 min |
| Jun 25, 8:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Dickenson | 49 min |
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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.