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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

July 6, 2015Wyoming County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2015, 12:05 AM EDT for Wyoming County, 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
Jul 6, 2015, 12:05 AM EDT (04:05 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2015, 1:00 AM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV

County Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 197 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 00:00Z on 2015-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 186 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 00:00Z on 2015-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
186 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
920 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.9

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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 Jul 5, 10:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 10:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 2:45 PM EDT, 9 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
245 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2015

KYZ102-103-105-VAZ003-004-WVZ005-006-013>016-018-024>030-033>040-046-
047-061845-
CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-CABELL-LINCOLN-
PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-CALHOUN-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-
LEWIS-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-
BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
245 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2015

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

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON 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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THE FLASH FLOOD CONCERN INCREASES AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY...WITH ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

KYZ101-OHZ087-WVZ007-008-017-019-020-031-032-061845-
GREENUP-LAWRENCE OH-MASON-JACKSON WV-WIRT-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-HARRISON-
TAYLOR-
245 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WEST
VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SLOW MOVING SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
LOCALLY HEAVIER RAIN IS POSSIBLE. SINCE THE GROUND IS WETTER THAN
NORMAL...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY NEED TO BE EXPANDED FURTHER
NORTH...FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE COUNTIES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THE FLASH FLOOD CONCERN INCREASES AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY...WITH ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

OHZ066-067-075-076-083>086-WVZ009>011-061845-
PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-WOOD-
PLEASANTS-TYLER-
245 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHERN
WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON OR TUESDAY EVENING COULD BE
STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS THE MAIN THREAT.

DOWNPOURS COULD ALSO OCCUR. ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND
STORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY. SO THE CONCERNS FOR FLASH
FLOODING INCREASE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY INCREASE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 5, 10:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 12:05 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXWashington89 min
Jul 5, 8:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBoyd88 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in West Virginia, 2015Every 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.