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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at May 2, 2016, 4:02 PM EDT for 5 counties in West Virginia; Boyd County, Carter County, Lawrence County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 hr. 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 2, 2016, 4:02 PM EDT (20:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
Counties Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Cabell County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Wayne County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 987 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
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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 2, 2:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 2, 2:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
219 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016
.SYNOPSIS...
SHOWERS AND STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT AS COLD FRONT
AND UPPER DISTURBANCE PASS THROUGH. LARGE UPPER TROUGH BRINGS COOL
AND UNSETTLED WEATHER FOR REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
10 AM UPDATE...EXPANDED FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE ALL OF
WV...OUR NE KY ZONES...AND OUR SE OHIO ZONES BORDERING THE OHIO
RIVER. OTHERWISE...NO CHANGES.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
THE WILD WEATHER RIDE THAT THE AREA HAS SEEN THE PAST FEW DAYS
WILL CONTINUE. SHORT WAVE OUT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT
WILL PUSH ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY
BETWEEN MODEL GUIDANCE ON WHERE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WITH THIS
SYSTEM WILL END UP...BUT AS OF NOW IT APPEARS OUR EASTERN FORECAST
AREA ALONG THE MOUNTAINS SHOULD SEE THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE
RANGE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. THE HEAVY RAINS FROM THE LAST FEW DAYS
HAVE PRIMED THE AREA FOR FLASH FLOODING AND ANY CONVECTION THAT
FORMS WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY...AS RUNOFF RATES WILL BE
EXTREMELY HIGH. WPC HAS ALSO HIGHLIGHTED THE EASTERN FORECAST AREA
IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR TODAY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED
STARTING AT NOON TODAY...THIS MAY BE A BIT EARLY BUT WANTED TO
PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF WIGGLE ROOM HEAR IN CASE WE SEE ANY EARLY
CONVECTION DEVELOP AS EARLIER HRRR RUNS WAS HINTING AT.
ALSO...INSTABILITY THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE CLOSE TO YESTERDAYS
VALUES...WITH CAPE OF 1000 - 1500 J/KG AND 0-6KM SHEAR OF 35 - 40
KTS IS EXPECTED. SPC HAS HIGHLIGHTED OUR EASTERN AREA IN A
MARGINAL RISK AND THERE WILL BE SOME POTENTIAL FOR THE POSSIBILITY
FOR SEVERE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL START TO WIND DOWN LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING.
&&
.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...
BY TUESDAY MORNING A COLD FRONT ACROSS VA...EXTENDING SOUTH INTO
THE CAROLINAS. THE AREA WILL BE UNDER A WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT
WITH NEAR CALM FLOW. HOWEVER... AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH
EVIDENT ON LOBES OF VORTICITY AT H500 AND LINGERING LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE COULD KEEP RAIN SHOWERS BEHIND THE FRONT. CODED LIKELY
POPS ALONG THE MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN SLOPES GRADUALLY CHANGING TO
CHANCE POPS OVER THE LOWLANDS TODAY.
USED THE SUPERBLEND GUIDANCE FOR TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD.
&&
.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
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 MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
18Z MONDAY THRU 18Z TUESDAY...
SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...AS A
COLD FRONT SLOWLY PUSHES SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION...AND AN
UPPER DISTURBANCE FROM THE SOUTHWEST LIFTS UP ACROSS THE AREA.
FRONT WILL REACH A PKB-LEX LINE AROUND 00Z...THEN ONLY SLOWLY
PROGRESS SOUTHEAST AS A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WITH THE UPPER
DISTURBANCE RIDES UP THE FRONT. BY 06Z FRONT WILL BE ON A CKB-HTS
LINE...AND ON A EKN-BKW LINE BY 12Z TUESDAY.
THRU 00Z...AHEAD OF THE FRONT...OCCASIONAL MVFR CEILINGS...WITH
SHOWERS/STORMS DEVELOPING IN THE MOIST ATMOSPHERE...BUT IFR IN
HEAVIER SHOWERS AND STORMS. BEHIND THE FRONT BECOMING IFR CEILINGS
WITH LIGHTER SHOWERS....ESPECIALLY SE OHIO.
AFTER 00Z...WITH MOIST SURFACE CONDITIONS FROM THE ONGOING SHOWERS
AND STORMS...IFR STRATUS AND FOG WILL LIKELY DEVELOP. THIS WILL BE
ESPECIALLY TRUE BEHIND THE FRONT OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS AND OVER
THE MOUNTAINS IN THE HEAVIER RAIN FROM THE UPPER DISTURBANCE. BY
AROUND 03Z...EXPECT MOST IF NOT ALL TERMINALS TO SEE GENERALLY IFR
CONDITIONS.
06Z-12Z...SHOWERS TAPERING OFF FROM THE SOUTHWEST6...BUT EXPECT
IFR/LIFR CEILINGS/FOG OVER THE AREA.
AFTER 12Z...IMPROVING TO MVFR CONDITIONS BY 16Z...WITH VFR
CEILINGS WEST OF THE OHIO RIVER.
SURFACE FLOW WILL BE MAINLY SW 6 TO 12 KTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS
MAINLY RIDGETOPS AHEAD OF THE FRONT...AND NORTH 5 TO 10 KTS BEHIND
THE FRONT.
FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY...
FORECAST CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM.
ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: SOME UNCERTAINTY ON WHERE COLD FRONT WILL
SLOW ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AS THE WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE
RIDES UP THE FRONT. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE LESS LIKELY FOR
THOSE AREAS NORTH OF THE FRONT. ALSO...STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ON
THE TIMING AND FORMATION OF IFR CEILINGS AND FOG TONIGHT.
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 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05
EDT 1HRLY 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01
CRW CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H M M M M
HTS CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H M M
BKW CONSISTENCY H H H H H H M M M M L L
EKN CONSISTENCY H H H H H H M M M M M L
PKB CONSISTENCY M M M M M H H H H H H H
CKB CONSISTENCY H H M M M M M M M M M M
AFTER 18Z TUESDAY...
IFR CEILINGS AND FOG ARE EXPECTED TIL AROUND 15Z MOST TERMINALS.
&&
.RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR WVZ005>011-
013>020-024>040-046-047.
OH...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR OHZ075-076-
085>087.
KY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR KYZ101>103-105.
VA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR VAZ003-004.
&&
SYNOPSIS...ARJ/JMV/MPK
NEAR TERM...JMV/MPK
SHORT TERM...ARJ
LONG TERM...MZ
AVIATION...JMVHazardous weather outlook, May 2, 2:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 227 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016 VAZ003-004-WVZ024>026-033>038-046-047-031830- DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH- FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- 227 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 138 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...PORTIONS OF NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND PORTIONS OF 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. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. KYZ101>103-105-OHZ075-076-085>087-WVZ005>011-014-016>020-028>032-039- 040-031830- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-MEIGS-GALLIA- LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER- PUTNAM-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS- HARRISON-TAYLOR-UPSHUR-BARBOUR- 227 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...PORTIONS OF NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN 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. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. WVZ013-015-027-031830- LINCOLN-KANAWHA-CLAY- 227 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 138 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA AND PORTIONS OF 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. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. OHZ066-067-083-084-031830- PERRY-MORGAN-JACKSON OH-VINTON- 227 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 2, 2:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
251 PM EDT MON MAY 02 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0439 PM TSTM WND DMG DUNLOW 38.02N 82.43W
05/01/2016 WAYNE WV DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
TREES DOWN IN DUNLOW AREA INCLUDING ONE OVER HIGHWAY IN
CABWAYLINGO STATE FOREST.
&&
EVENT NUMBER RLX1600961
MACLocal storm report, May 2, 2:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
255 PM EDT MON MAY 02 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0244 PM HAIL 2 SSW LENORE 37.77N 82.30W
05/02/2016 E1.00 INCH MINGO WV DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
QUARTER SIZED HAIL COVERING ROADS NEAR NOLAN
&&
EVENT NUMBER RLX1600962
MACSpecial weather statement, May 2, 2:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
256 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016
WVZ034>036-021945-
FAYETTE-WYOMING-RALEIGH-
256 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL RALEIGH COUNTY...
AT 255 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR SOPHIA...OR 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BECKLEY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BECKLEY...MULLENS...MABSCOTT...SOPHIA...COAL CITY...DANIELS...SHADY SPRING...
MACARTHUR...CRAB ORCHARD...STANAFORD...BEAVER...DRY CREEK...PINEY VIEW...
LESTER...RHODELL...JOSEPHINE...GHENT AND MABEN.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 29 AND 45.
INTERSTATE 64 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 120 AND 137.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3754 8137 3772 8145 3790 8093 3784 8089
3782 8094 3777 8089 3776 8089 3774 8092
3772 8089 3768 8088 3767 8090 3769 8090
3771 8094 3771 8098 3770 8097 3764 8107
3762 8107
TIME...MOT...LOC 1855Z 248DEG 29KT 3767 8132
09Special weather statement, May 2, 3:48 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 348 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016 VAZ004-WVZ033-034-022030- BUCHANAN-MCDOWELL-WYOMING- 348 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL BUCHANAN...SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING AND NORTHWESTERN MCDOWELL COUNTIES... AT 347 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PAW PAW...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRUNDY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WELCH...GARY...DAVY...BRADSHAW...IAEGER...JOLO...BAILEYSVILLE...COALWOOD... ROSEANN...PANTHER...AVONDALE...STACY AND HURLEY. 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 3725 8199 3741 8210 3763 8166 3737 8152 TIME...MOT...LOC 1947Z 242DEG 27KT 3737 8196 09
Special weather statement, May 2, 3:51 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
351 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016
VAZ003-004-WVZ033-022345-
BUCHANAN-DICKENSON-MCDOWELL-
351 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016
...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT DICKENSON AND BUCHANAN
COUNTIES...
AT 349 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING ACROSS
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLINTWOOD...GRUNDY...HAYSI...JOHN FLANNAGAN LAKE...DAVENPORT...BREAKS
INTERSTATE...BIG ROCK...TRAMMEL...PAW PAW...CLINCHCO...OAKWOOD...MCCLURE...
ROSEANN...VANSANT...NORA...STACY AND HURLEY.
LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH
FLOODED ROADWAYS. IF ADDITIONAL STORMS LOOK TO THREATEN THE AREA...A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY BE NECESSARY.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3702 8248 3713 8255 3720 8255 3724 8245
3727 8235 3751 8201 3722 8175 3720 8176
3718 8185 3713 8192 3712 8197 3713 8199
3705 8204 3704 8208 3705 8210 3704 8212
3704 8217 3699 8226 3700 8229 3696 8235
TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 231DEG 48KT 3739 8194
14Special weather statement, May 2, 4:02 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
402 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016
KYZ101>103-105-OHZ087-WVZ005>008-013>015-026-027-030000-
BOYD-CARTER-LAWRENCE-GREENUP-LAWRENCE-MASON-CABELL-KANAWHA-JACKSON-
PUTNAM-LINCOLN-CLAY-BOONE-WAYNE-
402 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016
...SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT
LAWRENCE...CARTER...BOYD...SOUTHEASTERN
LAWRENCE...LINCOLN...WAYNE...N ORTHERN BOONE...PUTNAM...
KANAWHA...SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON AND CABELL COUNTIES...
AT 400 PM EDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURING ACROSS
NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND WEST CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHARLESTON...HUNTINGTON...ASHLAND...NITRO...GRAYSON...MADISON...LOUISA...
WINFIELD...OLIVE HILL...WAYNE...HAMLIN...PROCTORVILLE...BLAINE...BEECH FORK
STATE PARK...CANNONSBURG...GRAYSON LAKE STATE PARK...YATESVILLE LAKE
STATE PARK...JEFFERSON...SOUTH CHARLESTON AND ST. ALBANS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 19.
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND 124.
INTERSTATE 64 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 150 AND 191.
INTERSTATE 64 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 57.
WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 67 AND 95.
ROUTE 119 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 49 AND 80.
HEAVY RAINFALL IS OCCURRING...AND MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO
NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3868 8158 3855 8151 3851 8130 3845 8125
3827 8124 3799 8138 3805 8166 3803 8200
3798 8224 3785 8241 3796 8253 3788 8262
3800 8294 3797 8301 3811 8289 3817 8292
3818 8305 3827 8317 3819 8326 3831 8334
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 231DEG 48KT 3823 8231
14The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 1:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Roane, Wirt, Wood | 48 min |
| May 2, 2:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Gilmer, Ritchie, Wirt | 62 min |
| May 2, 3:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 22 more | 18 hr |
| May 2, 6:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas | 26 min |
| May 2, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell | 43 min |
| May 2, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Raleigh, Wyoming | 40 min |
| May 2, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan, Mingo | 53 min |
| May 2, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Raleigh | 49 min |
| May 2, 3:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Raleigh, Wyoming | 6 hr |
| May 2, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell | 42 min |
| May 2, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 35 min |
| May 2, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Raleigh, Wyoming | 33 min |
| May 2, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Nicholas, Roane and 1 more | 4 hr |
| May 2, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas | 39 min |
| May 2, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 31 min |
| May 1, 9:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Perry | 36 min |
| May 2, 1:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Gallia, Meigs | 55 min |
| May 1, 8:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Dickenson | 59 min |
| May 1, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 46 min |
| May 2, 1:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Buchanan | 26 min |
| May 2, 1:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Buchanan | 42 min |
| May 2, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 4 hr |
| May 2, 4:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 4 hr |
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Special Weather Statements in West Virginia, 2016Special Weather Statements in Kentucky, 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.