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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

February 12, 201613 counties in West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Feb 12, 2016, 11:04 PM EST for 13 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 56 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
Feb 12, 2016, 11:04 PM EST (04:04 UTC)
Expired
Feb 13, 2016, 12:00 AM EST
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV

Counties Barbour County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Clay County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Webster County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:06 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, 4.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Roanoke, VA at 00:00Z on 2016-02-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-02-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
817 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Feb 12, 8:42 PM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 12, 8:42 PM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
842 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2016

.SYNOPSIS...
ARCTIC FRONT CROSSES TONIGHT...ACCOMPANIED BY SNOW SHOWERS INTO
SATURDAY...AND BITTERLY COLD WEATHER FOR THE WEEKEND. A COMPLEX
SYSTEM COULD BRING MIXED PRECIPITATION EARLY NEXT WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/...
830 PM UPDATE...ADJUSTED POP FOR TIMING OF SNOW SHOWERS/SQUALLS
BASED ON CURRENT RADAR AND TRENDS. SNOWFALL WILL BE HIGHLY
VARIABLE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT...SO GENERALLY WENT
WITH A WIDESPREAD AVERAGE OF UP TO A HALF INCH FOR THE
LOWLANDS...HOWEVER LOCALIZED HEAVY SNOWFALL COULD DROP A QUICK
INCH IN SOME PLACES.

6 PM UPDATE... ARCTIC FRONT IS APPROACHING THE REGION AND
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS/SQUALLS WILL ENTER THE OHIO VALLEY IN THE
NEXT HOUR OR TWO AND PROGRESS EASTWARD ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA
THROUGH MIDNIGHT. DID NOT MAKE MAJOR CHANGES TO THE FORECAST AT
THIS TIME BUT WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY AS THE
FRONT MOVES IN. SOME LOCALIZED HEAVY SNOW SQUALLS ARE POSSIBLE AND
A QUICK INCH OF SNOW IN THESE WILL BE POSSIBLE. PLANNING ON
HANDLING THE HEAVIER SQUALLS WITH SPSS AS THEY PUSH THROUGH THE
REGION.

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND ITS LIGHT SNOW WILL SHIFT EAST BY
EVENING...WITH ACCUMULATIONS MOSTLY CONFINED TO THE FAR SOUTH.
BEHIND THIS SYSTEM...COLD ADVECTION AND UPSLOPE FLOW WILL
TRANSITION THE LIGHT SNOW TO SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MOUNTAINS. THEN
     GOOD MODEL AGREEMENT ON TIMING OF THE ARCTIC FRONT DIVING
SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. THERE COULD BE A LINE OF WINDY SNOW
SQUALLS WITH THE FRONT...OTHERWISE...MAINLY SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS
BEHIND THE FRONT INTO SATURDAY...MOST NUMEROUS IN THE MOUNTAINS
AND LEAST IN THE WEST. ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WILL
MOSTLY BE ON THE LIGHT SIDE AND REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.
NO HEADLINES FOR SNOW...CANCELLED THE SW VA ADVISORY FOR
SNOW...BUT WIND CHILLS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN STORY
THIS PERIOD. LITTLE CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST IN TERMS OF
HEADLINES FOR WIND CHILL...FOCUSING ON THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
MOUNTAINS AND THEIR FOOTHILLS. IT WILL BE NOTED IN THE ADVISORY
THAT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS IN RANDOLPH AND POCAHONTAS MAY REACH
VALUES OF WARNING CRITERIA. LOOK FOR TEMPS TO DIVE TONIGHT AND
RECOVER VERY LITTLE FOR SATURDAY...TRULY IN THE DEEP
FREEZE...MADE EVEN WORSE EVERYWHERE BY THE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS.
SO EVEN THOUGH WE DO NOT MEET WIND CHILL CRITERIA IN THE LOW
LANDS...APPARENT TEMPS WILL NOT BE MUCH ABOVE ZERO DURING
SATURDAY. BE PREPARED!

&&

.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
COLD AIR BEGINS A SLOW RETREAT AS THE NEXT SYSTEM APPROACHES.
PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN IN THE SOUTH SUNDAY EVENING...AND
GRADUALLY PUSH NORTH AS THE FAR NE CORNER OF A WAVE LIFTS NORTH AS A
SYSTEM BEGINS TO DEVELOP OVER THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY.
THIS LOW IS SLOW TO DEEPEN...BUT AS IT IS DEVELOPING AS IT MOVES
INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THERE IS A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY ON ITS TRACK AND
THEREFORE PRECIPITATION TYPES.  RIGHT NOW THE EURO KEEPS A SOLID
WARM WEDGE IN OVER US LENDING MORE TOWARDS A RAIN SOLUTION WHILE THE
GFS AND NAM TREND COLDER WHICH WOULD GIVE US A SNOW SOLUTION.
DEFINITELY NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH FOR ANY WATCHES AT THE MOMENT.

RIGHT NOW...CURRENT FORECAST IS A BLEND OF THE THREE WHICH FOLLOWS
CLOSELY TO THE WPC GUIDANCE. THIS WOULD GIVE A FEW INCHES OF SNOW AT
THE ONSET ALMOST AREA WIDE BEFORE SWITCHING TO A RAIN/SNOW MIX WITH
LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXCEPT IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE SOUTHERN COAL FIELDS MAY HAVE A LOCAL MAXIMA IN
SNOW SINCE THE COLD AIR LINGERS A LITTLE WHILE LONGER WAITING FOR
THE WARM AIR TO ARRIVE.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
STILL LOTS OF UNCERTAINTY CONCERNING EARLY NEXT WEEK STORM...AND
THUS...LOW CONFIDENCE IN THE FORECAST. GFS AND NAM SEEMS TO BE
TRENDING COLDER/MORE EASTERLY WITH THE LOW EARLY NEXT WEEK...WHILE
THE ECMWF CONTINUES TO SHOW A WARMER/MORE WESTERLY TRACK WITH THE
SYSTEM. THE UNCERTAINTY IN THE PATH...OF COURSE...CREATES CONUNDRUMS
IN THE PRECIPITATION TYPE AND AMOUNT FORECAST. REGARDLESS OF WHICH
MODEL...GOOD 40+KT LLJ WILL AID IN HIGH MOISTURE TRANSPORT INTO THE
REGION. ONE THING THAT DOES LOOK FAIRLY CERTAIN...IS MOUNTAINOUS
COUNTIES SHOULD GET DECENT ACCUMULATIONS...WITH LOWLANDS LESS
CERTAIN...AS MAY TRANSITION TO A RAIN SNOW MIX OR EVEN ALL RAIN
MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW...THEN
POSSIBLY BACK TO A MIX OR ALL RAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTHEAST OHIO
ZONES ARE ALSO QUITE UNCERTAIN...AS DEPENDING ON THE PATH OF THE
SYSTEM...THERE MAY BE A SHARP GRADIENT...WITH THE POSSIBILITY THAT
SOUTHEAST OHIO ZONES COULD SEE LITTLE TO NO PRECIPITATION. IN
ADDITION...IF THE STORM TAKES A MORE WESTERLY TRACK...MAY EVEN SEE
PERIODS OF A WINTRY MIX INCLUDING PERIODS OF SLEET ACROSS THE AREA
PARTICULARLY MONDAY NIGHT. SO ALL IN ALL...STILL LOTS OF
UNCERTAINTY...BUT WILL START HIGHLIGHTING THIS SYSTEM IN THE HWO. IN
ADDITION...ANY SNOW THAT OCCURS...WILL BE A HEAVY WET SNOW.

IN ADDITION TO THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION...EXPECTING QPF OF OVER AN
INCH ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...AND UP TO AN INCH ACROSS THE LOWLANDS.
THIS...PARTICULARLY IF QUITE A BIT OF IT FALLS AS RAIN...COULD LEAD
TO RISES ON AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS...AND POTENTIALLY LEAD TO STRONG
RISES ON THE MAIN STEM RIVERS NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL NEED TO BE
CLOSELY MONITORED.

STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECAST.

&&

.AVIATION /02Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AN ARCTIC FRONT IS DROPPING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA
TONIGHT...AND BRIEF IFR OR EVEN LIFR CONDITIONS IN HEAVY SNOW
SQUALLS ALONG THE FRONT IS LOOKING MORE AND MORE LIKELY AS IT
PASSES THROUGH. ALSO EXPECTING GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35
KTS...WHICH WILL ALSO BREAK CROSSWIND THRESHOLDS AT SOME
TERMINALS. THE ARCTIC FRONT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY MAINLY MOUNTAIN
SNOW SHOWERS AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS INTO SATURDAY.

FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 00Z SUNDAY...

FORECAST CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM

ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: SNOW SHOWERS/SQUALLS WILL BE SCATTERED SO
SOME TERMINALS MAY MISS HEAVIER SNOW AND IFR CONDITIONS.
ALSO...THE TIMING OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE TAFS COULD BE SLIGHTLY
OFF...BUT TRIED TO TIME OUT THE CURRENT LINE AT EACH SITE BASED ON
THE CURRENT RADAR TRENDS. UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS TOMORROW MAY LINGER
A BIT LONGER ALONG THE MOUNTAINS.

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.

DATE                                                                 SAT
UTC 1HRLY       00   01   02   03   04   05   06   07   08   09   10   11
EST 1HRLY       19   20   21   22   23   00   01   02   03   04   05   06
CRW CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    L    M    M    M    M    M    M
HTS CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    M    L    M    H    H    H    H    H    H
BKW CONSISTENCY  H    H    M    L    L    L    L    L    L    L    L    M
EKN CONSISTENCY  H    M    M    M    L    L    L    L    L    L    L    M
PKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    M    L    L    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
CKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    M    L    M    M    M    M    M    M

AFTER 00Z SUNDAY...
VFR CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY RETURN TO ALL LOCATIONS TOMORROW NIGHT.
OUR NEXT LARGE SYSTEM IS DUE TO ARRIVE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY
AND MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN RAIN OR SNOW.

&&

.RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WV...WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EST SUNDAY
     FOR WVZ032-035>040-046-047.
OH...NONE.
KY...NONE.
VA...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...JMV/JW/SL
NEAR TERM...JMV/MPK
SHORT TERM...TRM/JW
LONG TERM...SL
AVIATION...MPK
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 12, 3:37 PM EST, 7 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
337 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2016

WVZ032-035>040-046-047-132045-
TAYLOR-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-
RANDOLPH-
337 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2016

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EST
SUNDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WEST
VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN 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.

   WIND CHILL ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WIND CHILL ADVISORY.

A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA IN THE SUNDAY
EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY TIME FRAME. ALTHOUGH THE
PATH...PRECIPITATION TYPE...AND FORECAST SNOW AMOUNTS REMAIN
UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME...WINTER WEATHER HEADLINES MAY BE
NECESSARY.

IN ADDITION...WITH THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE
SYSTEM...AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND EVEN MAIN STEM RIVERS COULD
SEE SIGNIFICANT RISES EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-
013>020-024>031-033-034-132045-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-
JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-
CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-
ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-
GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-
337 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2016

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA IN THE SUNDAY
EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY TIME FRAME. ALTHOUGH THE
PATH...PRECIPITATION TYPE...AND FORECAST SNOW AMOUNTS REMAIN
UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME...WINTER WEATHER HEADLINES MAY BE
NECESSARY.

IN ADDITION...WITH THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE
SYSTEM...AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND EVEN MAIN STEM RIVERS COULD
SEE SIGNIFICANT RISES EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 12, 9:38 PM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
938 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2016

KYZ103-105-VAZ004-WVZ005-006-013-024>026-034>036-130400-
BOYD-LAWRENCE-BUCHANAN-CABELL-BOONE-LOGAN-FAYETTE-MINGO-WAYNE-
LINCOLN-WYOMING-RALEIGH-
938 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2016

...A SNOW SQUALL WILL AFFECT LAWRENCE...SOUTHEASTERN BOYD...
LINCOLN...WAYNE...NORTHWESTERN RALEIGH...BOONE...MINGO...NORTHWESTERN
WYOMING AND LOGAN COUNTIES...

AT 936 PM EST...A SNOW SQUALL WAS NEAR DUNLOW...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF
WAYNE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SQUALL.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WILLIAMSON...MADISON...LOUISA...LOGAN...WAYNE...BLAINE...BEECH FORK STATE
PARK...YATESVILLE LAKE STATE PARK...OCEANA...CHAPMANVILLE...MAN...FORT
GAY...DELBARTON...R.D. BAILEY LAKE...WHARTON...DURBIN...HOLDEN...ULYSSES...
CHARLEY AND HARTS.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 52 AND 54.
 ROUTE 119 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 56.

VISIBILITIES MAY DROP QUICKLY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE IN
THIS SQUALL.

USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL INTO OR THROUGH THIS DANGEROUS
SNOW SQUALL. RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND POTENTIALLY SLICK ROADS
ARE LIKELY TO LEAD TO ACCIDENTS. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE
SQUALL PASSES YOUR LOCATION.

LAT...LON 3811 8289 3817 8292 3835 8260 3830 8229
      3790 8121 3745 8209 3754 8197 3755 8213
      3765 8218 3763 8221 3767 8229 3776 8231
      3781 8240 3788 8242 3796 8253 3795 8258
      3788 8262 3800 8294 3796 8299 3799 8303
TIME...MOT...LOC 0236Z 294DEG 31KT 3805 8238

COOPER
Special weather statement, Feb 12, 9:50 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
950 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2016

KYZ101-103-OHZ085>087-WVZ005>011-013>020-026>032-037>040-047-130415-
BOYD-GREENUP-MEIGS-LAWRENCE-GALLIA-MASON-CABELL-CALHOUN-KANAWHA-
JACKSON-PUTNAM-LEWIS-LINCOLN-CLAY-RITCHIE-ROANE-TYLER-DODDRIDGE-
WAYNE-RANDOLPH-UPSHUR-GILMER-BARBOUR-PLEASANTS-WEBSTER-TAYLOR-
NICHOLAS-HARRISON-BRAXTON-BOONE-WIRT-WOOD-
950 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2016

AT 948 PM EST...A LINE OF SNOW SQUALLS WAS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF PENNSBORO TO NEAR RIPLEY TO NEAR LAKE
VESUVIUS...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS LINE OF SQUALLS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHARLESTON...HUNTINGTON...ASHLAND...CLARKSBURG...IRONTON...NITRO...
BUCKHANNON...GRAFTON...POINT PLEASANT...WESTON...GALLIPOLIS...RIPLEY...
PHILIPPI...SPENCER...WINFIELD...COAL GROVE...HARRISVILLE...GLENVILLE...
HAMLIN AND SUTTON.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 128.
 INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND 163.
 INTERSTATE 64 IN KENTUCKY NEAR MILE MARKER 191.
 INTERSTATE 64 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 57.
 WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 89 AND 95.
 ROUTE 119 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 58 AND 80.
 ROUTE 50 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 25 AND 82.

VISIBILITIES WILL DROP QUICKLY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE IN
THIS LINE.

USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL INTO OR THROUGH THIS LINE OF
SNOW SQUALLS. RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND POTENTIALLY SLICK
ROADS ARE LIKELY TO LEAD TO ACCIDENTS. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL
UNTIL THE SQUALL PASSES YOUR LOCATION.

LAT...LON 3851 8302 3892 8189 3952 8075 3947 8071
      3943 8058 3943 8053 3947 8048 3943 8028
      3939 8020 3941 8011 3939 8009 3945 7993
      3943 7989 3930 7989 3923 7981 3913 7984
      3910 7979 3903 7977 3845 8071 3815 8186
TIME...MOT...LOC 0248Z 294DEG 37KT 3937 8091 3883 8177 3861 8267

COOPER
Special weather statement, Feb 12, 9:53 PM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
953 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2016

WVZ015-026>028-035>038-046-130415-
CLAY-POCAHONTAS-WEBSTER-BRAXTON-KANAWHA-NICHOLAS-BOONE-FAYETTE-
RALEIGH-
953 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2016

...A SNOW SQUALL WILL AFFECT NORTHERN BOONE...SOUTHEASTERN KANAWHA...
SOUTHERN POCAHONTAS...NICHOLAS...CENTRAL WEBSTER...SOUTHERN CLAY AND
FAYETTE COUNTIES...

AT 951 PM EST...A SNOW SQUALL WAS NEAR ANSTED...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
FAYETTEVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SQUALL.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUMMERSVILLE...FAYETTEVILLE...RICHWOOD...MARLINTON...BABCOCK STATE PARK...
WEBSTER SPRINGS...OAK HILL...MONTGOMERY...CHESAPEAKE...MARMET...MOUNT
HOPE...ANSTED...BELLE...CEDAR GROVE...EAST BANK...GLASGOW...SMITHERS...
ADDISON (WEBSTER SPRINGS)...GAULEY BRIDGE AND PRATT.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 54 AND 90.
 INTERSTATE 64 IN WEST VIRGINIA NEAR MILE MARKER 137.
 ROUTE 119 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 55 AND 58.

VISIBILITIES MAY DROP QUICKLY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE IN
THIS SQUALL.

USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL INTO OR THROUGH THIS DANGEROUS
SNOW SQUALL. RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND POTENTIALLY SLICK ROADS
ARE LIKELY TO LEAD TO ACCIDENTS. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE
SQUALL PASSES YOUR LOCATION.

LAT...LON 3819 7992 3809 7995 3804 8017 3811 8036
      3823 8036 3826 8043 3808 8071 3810 8088
      3809 8085 3806 8080 3795 8081 3787 8075
      3782 8094 3777 8090 3814 8190 3859 8057
      3845 8022 3839 8024 3843 8018 3827 7979
TIME...MOT...LOC 0251Z 294DEG 37KT 3815 8104

COOPER
Special weather statement, Feb 12, 10:37 PM EST, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1037 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2016

VAZ003-004-WVZ033-130500-
BUCHANAN-DICKENSON-MCDOWELL-
1037 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2016

...A SNOW SQUALL WILL AFFECT DICKENSON...BUCHANAN AND CENTRAL
MCDOWELL COUNTIES...

AT 1036 PM EST...A SNOW SQUALL WAS NEAR GRUNDY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SQUALL.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLINTWOOD...GRUNDY...HAYSI...JOHN FLANNAGAN LAKE...DAVENPORT...BREAKS
INTERSTATE...GARY...WAR...BIG ROCK...TRAMMEL...BRADSHAW...CLINCHCO...IAEGER...
JOLO...OAKWOOD...MCCLURE...ROSEANN...PANTHER...AVONDALE AND VANSANT.

VISIBILITIES MAY DROP QUICKLY IN THIS SQUALL.

USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL INTO OR THROUGH THIS SNOW
SQUALL. RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND POTENTIALLY SLICK ROADS ARE
LIKELY TO LEAD TO ACCIDENTS. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE
SQUALL PASSES YOUR LOCATION.

LAT...LON 3702 8248 3713 8255 3720 8255 3727 8235
      3753 8197 3727 8142 3726 8150 3721 8156
      3720 8168 3724 8174 3720 8176 3718 8185
      3713 8192 3712 8200 3705 8204 3704 8217
      3699 8226 3700 8229 3696 8235
TIME...MOT...LOC 0336Z 292DEG 29KT 3720 8206

COOPER
Special weather statement, Feb 12, 10:55 PM EST, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1055 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2016

VAZ004-WVZ005-013-024>026-033>036-130530-
BUCHANAN-BOONE-LOGAN-FAYETTE-MINGO-MCDOWELL-WAYNE-LINCOLN-WYOMING-
RALEIGH-
1055 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2016

...A SNOW SQUALL WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN LINCOLN...SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE...
RALEIGH...BOONE...MINGO...WYOMING...LOGAN AND MCDOWELL COUNTIES...

AT 1054 PM EST...A SNOW SQUALL WAS NEAR AMHERSTDALE-ROBINETTE...OR 9
MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOGAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SQUALL.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BECKLEY...WILLIAMSON...MADISON...WELCH...LOGAN...PINEVILLE...MULLENS...
MABSCOTT...OCEANA...SOPHIA...CHAPMANVILLE...GARY...MAN...DELBARTON...
NORTHFORK...SHADY SPRING...R.D. BAILEY LAKE...WHARTON...HOLDEN AND
DANIELS.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 28 AND 54.
 INTERSTATE 64 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 120 AND 136.
 ROUTE 119 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 55.

VISIBILITIES MAY DROP QUICKLY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE IN
THIS SQUALL.

USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL INTO OR THROUGH THIS SNOW
SQUALL. RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND POTENTIALLY SLICK ROADS ARE
LIKELY TO LEAD TO ACCIDENTS. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE
SQUALL PASSES YOUR LOCATION.

LAT...LON 3748 8205 3754 8197 3755 8213 3765 8218
      3763 8221 3767 8229 3776 8231 3794 8250
      3797 8248 3816 8192 3777 8089 3774 8092
      3768 8088 3771 8098 3759 8109 3758 8120
      3751 8121 3746 8131 3742 8128 3726 8147
TIME...MOT...LOC 0354Z 302DEG 26KT 3779 8183

COOPER
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 12, 8:43 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBraxton, Clay, Kanawha, Putnam62 min
Feb 12, 9:01 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMason, Wirt, Wood89 min
Feb 12, 9:09 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXPleasants, Ritchie, Tyler81 min
Feb 12, 9:38 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBoone, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne82 min
Feb 12, 9:50 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBarbour, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 12 more85 min
Feb 12, 9:53 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXFayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Webster82 min
Feb 12, 10:55 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBoone, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Raleigh, Wyoming95 min
Feb 12, 11:08 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBoone, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Raleigh and 2 more82 min
Feb 13, 12:14 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXFayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster46 min
Feb 13, 1:16 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBoone, Fayette, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Nicholas and 5 more59 min
Feb 13, 2:56 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchRLXMcDowell, Wyoming14 hr
Feb 12, 7:55 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXAthens, Jackson, Morgan, Perry, Vinton95 min
Feb 12, 10:37 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBuchanan, Dickenson83 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.