Alert archive / West Virginia / Special Weather Statements in 2015
Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2015, 1:39 AM EDT for Barbour County, Lewis County, Upshur County, West Virginia. It was in force for 66 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 4, 2015, 1:39 AM EDT (05:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2015, 2:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
Counties Barbour County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Upshur County, WV
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 1:45 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | N Buckhannon, WV | MULTIPLE TREE LIMBS DOWN IN ROADWAY AT THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 20 AND 119. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR |
| Aug 4, 1:55 AM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Philippi, WV | NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED |
| Aug 4, 2:05 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 E Philippi, WV | LARGE BRANCHES DOES IN ROADWAY ALONG ROUTE 119 IN PHILLIPPI. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR |
| Aug 4, 2:05 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 E Philippi, WV | LARGE BRANCHES DOWN IN ROADWAY ALONG ROUTE 119 IN PHILLIPPI. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 1115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1156 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
605
WWUS81 KRLX 040539
SPSRLX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
139 AM EDT TUE AUG 4 2015
WVZ030>032-039-040-047-040645-
BARBOUR-TAYLOR-HARRISON-LEWIS-RANDOLPH-UPSHUR-
139 AM EDT TUE AUG 4 2015
...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN
HARRISON...NORTHEASTERN LEWIS...NORTHERN RANDOLPH...NORTHERN
UPSHUR...BARBOUR AND SOUTHERN TAYLOR COUNTIES...
AT 138 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR WESTON...MOVING EAST.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELKINS...BUCKHANNON...WESTON...PHILIPPI...AUDRA STATE PARK...
BELINGTON...STONEWALL JACKSON...JACKSON MILL...BEVERLY...WEST
MILFORD...JUNIOR...LOST CREEK...JANE LEW...FLEMINGTON...WOMELSDORF
(COALTON)...MONTROSE...HARMAN...PHEASANT RUN...HODGESVILLE AND
GALLOWAY.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3892 7937 3893 7945 3890 7945 3889 7952
3887 7951 3884 7954 3879 7950 3875 7954
3895 8051 3917 8054 3935 7990 3930 7989
3929 7986 3924 7985 3923 7981 3913 7984
3908 7978 3904 7978 3897 7951 3896 7935
TIME...MOT...LOC 0538Z 259DEG 43KT 3907 8036
$$
14The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 9:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 48 min |
| Aug 3, 10:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lincoln, Logan, Wayne | 48 min |
| Aug 3, 11:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Logan, Mingo | 39 min |
| Aug 4, 12:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Lewis, Randolph and 1 more | 59 min |
| Aug 4, 2:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Taylor | 27 min |
| Aug 4, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell, Mingo | 37 min |
| Aug 4, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 28 min |
| Aug 3, 9:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Carter | 46 min |
| Aug 4, 3:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lawrence | 40 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.