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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2015, 10:39 PM EDT for Barbour County, West Virginia. It was in force for 66 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
- Aug 10, 2015, 10:39 PM EDT (02:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2015, 11:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
County Barbour County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 567 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1183 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Aug 10, 2:34 PM EDT, 8 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 2:34 PM EDT, 8 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 234 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2015 .SYNOPSIS... WEAK LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS IN UPPER OHIO VALLEY MOVES NORTHEAST TONIGHT...DRAGGING A COLD FRONT THRU LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. DRIER WITH COOLER NIGHTS WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... A SERIES OF VORT MAXES AND INSTABILITY ARE TRIGGERING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MUGGY AIRMASS THAT IS OUT AHEAD OF A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER NW OHIO AND ITS TRAILING COLD FRONT. THIS LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NE AND THE ITS COLD FRONT TO MOVE ACROSS THE CWA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND EXIT TUESDAY MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND BE MORE NUMEROUS WITH THE COLD FRONT TONIGHT. LOW CLOUDS AND LINGERING MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE THE SLIGHT CHC OF SHOWERS IN THE WV MOUNTAINS TOMORROW MORNING. DRYER AND COOLER AIR WILL WORK IN BEHIND THE FRONT TO DRY US OUT DURING THE DAY TOMORROW. CONSENSUS GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... UPPER TROUGH ACROSS THE EASTERN U.S. ALONG WITH SEVERAL EMBEDDED SHORTWAVES...WILL KEEP A MENTION OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST FOR THE SHORT TERM PERIOD. IN ADDITION...SOMEWHAT COOLER WEATHER WILL BE REALIZED TOO. THE POTENTIAL FOR A MORE POTENT WAVE IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...BUT THIS STILL REMAINS IN QUESTION AS MODELS VARY ON THE HANDLING OF THIS SITUATION. HIGH PRESSURE THEN NUDGES IN FROM THE WEST THIS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...FOR A BRIEF BREAK IN THE WEATHER. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... WEEKEND AND BEYOND REMAINS RATHER UNCERTAIN. ANOTHER FRONT WILL APPROACH OVER THE WEEKEND. GFS TENDS TO BRING THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THROUGH THE CWA OVER THE WEEKEND...WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WHILE ECMWF IS A DRIER SOLUN...AND TENDS TO WASH OUT THE FRONT ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF CWA. FOR NOW...WENT AHEAD AND PUT A SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE CWA. && .AVIATION /19Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... INCREASED THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE OVER MUCH OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON WITH LOCALIZED MVFR AND POSSIBLE IFR IN SHRA/TSRA/CIGS. COLD FRONT TO PUSH THROUGH OVERNIGHT TONIGHT WITH MVFR/IFR CIGS/SHRA/TSRA WITH THE FRONT. BEHIND THE FRONT LINGERING MVFR/IFR SHOWERS/FOG/CIGS TO 12Z TUESDAY AND LINGER PAST 12Z TUESDAY IN THE WV MOUNTAINS. CONDITIONS IMPROVE TO VFR...MAINLY BETWEEN 15Z- 18Z TUESDAY. FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY... FORECAST CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM. ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: SPECIFIC TIMING AND DURATION OF ROUNDS OF CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT TONIGHT WILL VARY. EXPERIMENTAL TABLE OF FLIGHT CATEGORY OBJECTIVELY SHOWS CONSISTENCY OF WFO FORECAST TO AVAILABLE MODEL INFORMATION: H = HIGH: TAF CONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL. M = MEDIUM: TAF HAS VARYING LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY WITH MODELS. L = LOW: TAF INCONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL. UTC 1HRLY 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 EDT 1HRLY 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 CRW CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H M M M HTS CONSISTENCY H H H H H H M M M M M M BKW CONSISTENCY H H H H H H M H H H H H EKN CONSISTENCY H H H H H H M M M M M M PKB CONSISTENCY H H H H H H M M M M M M CKB CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H M M M AFTER 18Z TUESDAY... NEAR AND IN WAKE OF FRONT...LINGERING IFR CEILINGS IN LIGHTER SHOWERS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. KY...NONE. VA...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JS/SL NEAR TERM...JS SHORT TERM...SL LONG TERM...SL AVIATION...JS
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 6:30 AM EDT, 16 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 630 AM EDT MON AUG 10 2015 KYZ101>103-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ006>011-014-017-019-020- 111030- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH-VINTON- MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS- TYLER-PUTNAM-WIRT-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE- 630 AM EDT MON AUG 10 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO AND MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING. BRIEF STRONG WIND GUSTS AND DOWNPOURS WOULD BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. KYZ105-VAZ003-004-WVZ005-013-015-016-018-024>040-046-047-111030- LAWRENCE KY-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-LINCOLN-KANAWHA-ROANE-CALHOUN- MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL- WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS- RANDOLPH- 630 AM EDT MON AUG 10 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 5:00 PM EDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
500 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2015
WVZ015-026-036-102145-
KANAWHA-BOONE-FAYETTE-
500 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE AND
SOUTHEASTERN KANAWHA COUNTIES...
AT 459 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR BURNWELL...OR 18 MILES
EAST OF MADISON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FAYETTEVILLE...OAK HILL...MONTGOMERY...ANSTED...SMITHERS...GAULEY
BRIDGE...HAWKS NEST STATE PARK...POWELLTON...BURNWELL...HANDLEY...
SYLVESTER...ESKDALE...SHARON...LEEWOOD AND DAWES.
HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3801 8156 3815 8156 3823 8113 3821 8111
3820 8107 3797 8106
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 269DEG 26KT 3810 8147
26Special weather statement, Aug 10, 5:38 PM EDT, 5 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
538 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2015
OHZ075-083>086-WVZ007>009-102245-
VINTON-ATHENS-MEIGS-GALLIA-JACKSON-MASON-JACKSON-WOOD-
538 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MEIGS...SOUTHERN VINTON...
JACKSON...NORTHEASTERN GALLIA...SOUTHWESTERN WOOD...NORTHWESTERN
MASON AND NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTIES...
AT 537 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR WELLSTON...MOVING EAST
AT 30 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JACKSON...WELLSTON...POINT PLEASANT...RIPLEY...POMEROY...RACINE...
RUTLAND...FORKED RUN STATE PARK...RAVENSWOOD...NEW HAVEN...MASON...
SANDYVILLE...TUPPERS PLAINS...LUBECK...MIDDLEPORT...CHESTER...
HAMDEN...SYRACUSE...HARTFORD CITY AND COALTON.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3917 8279 3917 8277 3920 8276 3921 8162
3881 8162 3896 8281
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 271DEG 46KT 3905 8251
26Special weather statement, Aug 10, 6:31 PM EDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 9:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 65 min |
| Aug 10, 9:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Putnam | 63 min |
| Aug 10, 10:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Clay | 56 min |
| Aug 10, 11:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour | 47 min |
| Aug 11, 12:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 1 min |
| Aug 10, 8:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton | 3 hr |
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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.