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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at May 1, 2016, 6:27 PM EDT for Lewis County, West Virginia. It was in force for 48 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
- May 1, 2016, 6:27 PM EDT (22:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2016, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
County Lewis County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 460 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 May 1, 2:38 PM EDT, 3 hours 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 1, 2:38 PM EDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
238 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016
.SYNOPSIS...
UNSTABLE TODAY WITH COLD FRONT SINKING SOUTHEAST TONIGHT.
UNSETTLED MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. LARGE UPPER TROUGH BRINGS COOL AND
UNSETTLED WEATHER TOWARD END OF THE WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/...
BREAKS IN CLOUDS OFFER A CHANCE TO DESTABILIZE ATMOSPHERE FOR A
ROUND OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND STORMS.
LIS < 4 AND CAPE > 1000 J/KG AND EVEN UP TO 2000 J/KG IN SOME
LOCATIONS SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO GENERATE A ROUND OF STORMS THIS
AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAIN...POSING A THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING...AND A SMALL
CHANCE FOR DAMAGING WIND AND/OR HAIL. THE MAIN CONCERN IS STORMS
TRAIPSING ACROSS AREAS ALREADY HARD HIT BY LAST NIGHTS RAIN. SO
WILL NEED TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR FLASH FLOODING.
A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS OVERNIGHT AS WE GET A LITTLE BREAK IN THE
WEATHER BEFORE ANOTHER SYSTEM ARRIVES MONDAY.
&&
.SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...
COLD FRONT...WITH A SURFACE WAVE ALONG IT...EXITS TO THE EAST
MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. HAVE LIKELY POPS MONDAY NIGHT WITH
SHOWERS LINGERING TUESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH AND
LOBE OF VORTICITY CROSS. SHOULD GET A MAINLY DRY PERIOD TUESDAY
NIGHT. USED A CONSENSUS BLEND FOR TEMPERATURES WITH ONLY MINIMAL
CHANGE TO PREVIOUS FORECAST.
&&
.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
UPPER LEVEL LOW SINKS INTO THE REGION WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY
BRINGING COOLER TEMPERATURES WITH PERIODS OF PRECIPITATION. THIS
LOW LINGERS INTO THE WEEKEND SO MAINTAIN GENERALLY CHANCE POPS
THROUGH SATURDAY. MODELS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT MOVING IT OUT TO
SEA SUNDAY. STUCK CLOSE TO WPC FOR TEMPERATURES...BUT DID UNDERCUT
THEM A BIT WITH THE UPPER LOW OVERHEAD. MAY EVEN BE COLD ENOUGH
FOR SOME FLAKES OF SNOW MIXING IN WITH RAIN AT THE HIGHEST
ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS
FRIDAY AND AGAIN SATURDAY.
&&
.AVIATION /18Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
VFR EXCEPT UNDER SHOWERS WHERE IFR IS POSSIBLE. A FRONT WILL BRING
SHOWERS TO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE
STORMS COULD BE INTENSE. HIGH LOW LEVEL RH MAY POSE A THREAT FOR
FOG OVERNIGHT.
FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY...
FORECAST CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM.
ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: TIMING AND INTENSITY OF SHOWERS AND STORMS
COULD VARY. HEAVIER SHOWERS SHOULD PRODUCE IFR...BUT NOT CONFIDENT
ENOUGH IN THE TIMING TO PUT IN TAF.
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 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02
EDT 1HRLY 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
CRW CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H M H H H
HTS CONSISTENCY M H H H H H H H H H H H
BKW CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H
EKN CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H
PKB CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H
CKB CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H
AFTER 18Z MONDAY...
IFR POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..AND IN STRATUS LINGERING INTO MONDAY
MORNING.
&&
.RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR WVZ005>011-
013>020-024>040-046-047.
OH...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR OHZ066-067-
075-076-083>087.
KY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR KYZ101>103-
105.
VA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR VAZ003-004.
&&
SYNOPSIS...JW/MZ
NEAR TERM...JW
SHORT TERM...MZ
LONG TERM...MZ
AVIATION...JWHazardous weather outlook, May 1, 4:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 425 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016 OHZ066-067-075-076-083>085-WVZ009-022030- PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-WOOD- 425 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO AND PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA LOWLANDS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING CONCERNS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. KYZ101>103-105-OHZ086-087-WVZ005>008-013>016-024>026-022030- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE-CABELL- MASON-JACKSON WV-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE- 425 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 134 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO...AND MUCH OF THE CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...SOUTHERN AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA LOWLANDS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING CONCERNS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. VAZ003-004-WVZ010-011-017>020-027>040-046-047-022030- DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-PLEASANTS-TYLER-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE- CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH- FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- 425 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA LOWLANDS...AND THE WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HAIL AND STRONG...GUSTY WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING CONCERNS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. TRM
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 1, 5:58 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
558 PM EDT SUN MAY 01 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0545 PM HAIL 5 N DANVILLE 38.15N 81.83W
05/01/2016 E0.50 INCH BOONE WV PUBLIC
&&
EVENT NUMBER RLX1600933
MECLocal storm report, May 1, 5:59 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
559 PM EDT SUN MAY 01 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0557 PM HAIL 2 N WILLIAMSON 37.70N 82.27W
05/01/2016 E1.75 INCH MINGO WV PUBLIC
REPORT OF CARS DENTED BY HAIL TO THE NORTH OF
WILLIAMSON.
&&
EVENT NUMBER RLX1600934
MACLocal storm report, May 1, 6:07 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
607 PM EDT SUN MAY 01 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0545 PM HAIL 3 ESE ASHTON 38.61N 82.11W
05/01/2016 E1.00 INCH MASON WV PUBLIC
&&
EVENT NUMBER RLX1600935
MECLocal storm report, May 1, 6:12 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
612 PM EDT SUN MAY 01 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 PM HAIL WAYNE 38.22N 82.44W
05/01/2016 M1.00 INCH WAYNE WV DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
&&
EVENT NUMBER RLX1600936
MECLocal storm report, May 1, 6:22 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
622 PM EDT SUN MAY 01 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 ESE HUNTINGTON 38.41N 82.40W
05/01/2016 CABELL WV 911 CALL CENTER
I64 11-12/13 MILE - THINKS DRAINS MAY BE CLOGGED. HWY
60 ARLINGTON BLVD... ROAD PONDING.
&&
EVENT NUMBER RLX1600937
MECSpecial weather statement, May 1, 6:27 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 627 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016 WVZ020-029>031-039-040-047-012315- BARBOUR-HARRISON-DODDRIDGE-LEWIS-RANDOLPH-UPSHUR-GILMER- 627 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN DODDRIDGE... NORTHERN UPSHUR...SOUTHERN HARRISON...LEWIS AND SOUTHWESTERN BARBOUR COUNTIES... AT 626 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 11 MILES WEST OF JACKSON MILL...OR 12 MILES WEST OF WESTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BUCKHANNON...WESTON...PHILIPPI...AUDRA STATE PARK...STONEWALL JACKSON... JACKSON MILL...LOST CREEK...JANE LEW...GROVE...LORENTZ...HODGESVILLE...ALUM BRIDGE...LEOPOLD...CENTURY...OVERHILL...LINN...TROY...ELLAMORE...CAMDEN AND HORNER. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 92 AND 111. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3901 8080 3919 8078 3917 8002 3890 8006 TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 276DEG 25KT 3909 8070 14
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 6:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan, Mingo | 3 hr |
| May 1, 8:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan and 4 more | 3 hr |
| May 1, 9:07 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Logan, Mingo, Nicholas and 5 more | 3 hr |
| May 1, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 23 min |
| May 1, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Mingo, Wayne | 38 min |
| May 1, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 41 min |
| May 1, 4:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Wayne | 6 hr |
| May 1, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Wayne | 46 min |
| May 1, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 42 min |
| May 1, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 51 min |
| May 1, 5:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 3 hr |
| May 1, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan, Mingo | 47 min |
| May 1, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Mason, Putnam | 41 min |
| May 1, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln | 48 min |
| May 1, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne | 44 min |
| May 1, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Raleigh | 43 min |
| May 1, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Wayne | 22 min |
| May 1, 6:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln and 2 more | 4 hr |
| May 1, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam | 25 min |
| May 1, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln | 18 min |
| May 1, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette | 50 min |
| May 1, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha | 48 min |
| May 1, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan, Mingo | 41 min |
| May 1, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh, Wyoming | 53 min |
| May 1, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming | 37 min |
| May 1, 7:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan, Mingo, Wayne, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| May 1, 7:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Raleigh, Wyoming | 35 min |
| May 1, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan, Wyoming | 37 min |
| May 1, 7:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell | 51 min |
| May 1, 8:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lawrence | 58 min |
| May 1, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Carter | 37 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.