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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

March 25, 20164 counties in West Virginia

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.

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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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2016-03-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 79 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2016-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 320 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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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 
$$

KISTNER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 1:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXCalhoun, Kanawha, Lincoln, Roane54 min
Mar 25, 1:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMason, Wood65 min
Mar 24, 9:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXJackson, Perry, Vinton59 min
Mar 24, 10:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXAthens, Morgan46 min
Mar 24, 11:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXAthens42 min
Mar 24, 11:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXJackson, Vinton48 min
Mar 25, 12:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLawrence46 min
Mar 25, 12:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXAthens, Meigs, Washington43 min
Mar 25, 1:03 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXWashington57 min
Mar 25, 2:49 PM EDTFreeze WarningRLXBoyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence19 hr

Nearby

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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.