Alert archive / West Virginia / Special Weather Statements in 2016
Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Mar 25, 2016, 12:21 AM EDT for 4 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 39 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
- Mar 25, 2016, 12:21 AM EDT (04:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2016, 1:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
Counties Cabell County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Wayne County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 606 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 320 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 330 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
511
WWUS81 KRLX 250421
SPSRLX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1221 AM EDT FRI MAR 25 2016
KYZ105-WVZ005-006-013>015-024-025-250500-
LAWRENCE-CABELL-KANAWHA-LOGAN-MINGO-PUTNAM-WAYNE-LINCOLN-
1221 AM EDT FRI MAR 25 2016
...A LINE OF SHOWERS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE...LINCOLN...
WAYNE...PUTNAM...NORTHWESTERN KANAWHA AND SOUTHEASTERN CABELL
COUNTIES...
AT 1221 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED HEAVY SHOWERS WITH GUSTY WINDS
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ONA TO WAYNE TO CHARLEY...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NITRO...WINFIELD...WAYNE...HAMLIN...JEFFERSON...SOUTH CHARLESTON...ST.
ALBANS...DUNBAR...HURRICANE...BARBOURSVILLE...SISSONVILLE...MILTON...
ELEANOR...POCA...TORNADO...ULYSSES...KIAHSVILLE...ALUM CREEK...ONA AND
CROSS LANES.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 113 AND 117.
INTERSTATE 64 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 20 AND 53.
ROUTE 119 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 66 AND 67.
LAT...LON 3845 8223 3851 8210 3848 8206 3853 8206
3867 8173 3856 8163 3857 8160 3836 8172
3796 8213 3789 8243 3791 8246 3790 8248
3795 8250 3796 8255 3788 8261 3793 8276
TIME...MOT...LOC 0421Z 244DEG 33KT 3843 8221 3822 8241 3797 8269
$$
KISTNERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 1:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Calhoun, Kanawha, Lincoln, Roane | 54 min |
| Mar 25, 1:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mason, Wood | 65 min |
| Mar 24, 9:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson, Perry, Vinton | 59 min |
| Mar 24, 10:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Athens, Morgan | 46 min |
| Mar 24, 11:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Athens | 42 min |
| Mar 24, 11:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson, Vinton | 48 min |
| Mar 25, 12:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lawrence | 46 min |
| Mar 25, 12:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Athens, Meigs, Washington | 43 min |
| Mar 25, 1:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Washington | 57 min |
| Mar 25, 2:49 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 19 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.