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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

March 21, 201634 counties in West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Mar 21, 2016, 10:30 AM EDT for 34 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for . No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 21, 2016, 10:30 AM EDT (14:30 UTC)
Expired
Mar 21, 2016, 9:45 AM EDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
All 34 counties

Barbour County, WV, Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Mason County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 205 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 12:00Z on 2016-03-21Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2016-03-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 154 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1272 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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 Mar 21, 6:51 AM EDT, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 6:51 AM EDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 21, 3:03 AM EDT, 7 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
303 AM EDT MON MAR 21 2016

OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-220715-
PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-
LAWRENCE OH-
303 AM EDT MON MAR 21 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

GUSTY WINDS TUESDAY WILL COMBINE WITH LOW RH VALUES TO RAPIDLY
DRY OUT 10 HR FUELS. THIS WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASING FIRE DANGER
THREAT TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A FIRE DANGER STATEMENT...PERHAPS EVEN
RED FLAG WARNINGS...MAY EVENTUALLY BE NEEDED. MOISTURE WILL
INCREASE IN THE FORM OF CLOUD COVER ON WEDNESDAY HELPING TO EASE
THE FIRE DANGER...WITH RAIN EXPECTED ON THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

KYZ101>103-105-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-013>020-024>040-046-047-220715-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-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-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-
WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
303 AM EDT MON MAR 21 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

GUSTY WINDS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WILL COMBINE WITH LOW RH VALUES
TO RAPIDLY DRY OUT 10 HR FUELS. THIS WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASING
FIRE DANGER THREAT BOTH AFTERNOONS. A FIRE DANGER STATEMENT MAY
EVENTUALLY BE NEEDED.

MOISTURE WILL INCREASE IN THE FORM OF CLOUD COVER ON
THURSDAY HELPING TO EASE THE FIRE DANGER...WITH RAIN EXPECTED
LATER THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 21, 10:30 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1030 AM EDT MON MAR 21 2016

WVZ005>011-013>020-024>040-046-047-211345-
MASON-CABELL-CALHOUN-KANAWHA-JACKSON-LOGAN-MCDOWELL-PUTNAM-LEWIS-
RALEIGH-LINCOLN-CLAY-RITCHIE-ROANE-TYLER-FAYETTE-DODDRIDGE-WAYNE-
RANDOLPH-UPSHUR-GILMER-BARBOUR-PLEASANTS-POCAHONTAS-WEBSTER-TAYLOR-
NICHOLAS-HARRISON-MINGO-BRAXTON-BOONE-WIRT-WOOD-WYOMING-
1030 AM EDT MON MAR 21 2016

...THIS MESSAGE IS FOR TEST PURPOSES ONLY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WV HAS ISSUED A
TESTMESSAGE FOR THE WEST VIRGINIA STATEWIDE TORNADO DRILL.

THIS INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA AND IS VALID UNTIL
1050 AM EST.

THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE.

THIS IS A TEST. REPEAT...THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE FOR THE WEST
VIRGINIA STATEWIDE TORNADO DRILL. THERE IS NO SEVERE WEATHER
OCCURRING AT THIS TIME.

THIS TEST MESSAGE IS PART OF THE ANNUAL WEST VIRGINIA TORNADO DRILL.
IF THIS WERE AN ACTUAL SEVERE WEATHER EVENT...YOU WOULD BE GIVEN
INFORMATION ABOUT THE HAZARD. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND THE
WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AGENCY ENCOURAGES THE USE OF THIS TIME TO EITHER ACTIVATE
OR REVIEW YOUR SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY PLANS.

REPEATING...THIS HAS BEEN A TEST TORNADO WARNING MESSAGE FOR THE
2016 WEST VIRGINIA TORNADO DRILL. THIS CONCLUDES THE TEST.

THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. REPEAT...THIS IS A TEST.

LAT...LON 3810 7993 3805 8027 3826 8043 3810 8088
      3768 8088 3721 8156 3729 8185 3814 8264
      3842 8260 3860 8218 3903 8203 3889 8193
      3888 8192 3887 8190 3927 8168 3961 8095
      3943 8054 3944 7990 3904 7978 3896 7935
TIME...MOT...LOC 1321Z 238DEG 49KT 3859 8104

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 21, 10:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBarbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 28 more20 min
Mar 21, 11:12 AM EDTFire Weather WatchRLXAthens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Morgan and 3 more15 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in West Virginia, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016

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.