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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Jul 7, 2016, 12:18 AM EDT for Upshur County, West Virginia. It was in force for 87 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
- Jul 7, 2016, 12:18 AM EDT (04:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2016, 1:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 87 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
County Upshur County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 292 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1529 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Jul 6, 10:02 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 10:02 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 445 AM EDT WED JUL 6 2016 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ083-084-086-087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>007-013>015- 024>026-033>036-070845- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-JACKSON OH-VINTON-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH- DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-MINGO- LOGAN-BOONE-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE- 445 AM EDT WED JUL 6 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. IN THE MUGGY AIR...LOCAL DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. IF THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN INCREASES... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE POSTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. IN THE MUGGY AIR...DOWNPOURS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. IF THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN INCREASES...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE POSTED. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD FORM FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY EVENING...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THE MAIN HAZARD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. OHZ066-067-075-076-085-WVZ008>011-016>020-027>032-037>040-046-047- 070845- PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-MEIGS-JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER- ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS- HARRISON-TAYLOR-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- 445 AM EDT WED JUL 6 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO...AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. IN THE MUGGY AIR...DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. IF THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN INCREASES... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE POSTED. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD FORM FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY EVENING...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THE MAIN HAZARD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. KTB
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 8:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mason | 25 min |
| Jul 6, 8:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 9:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne | 45 min |
| Jul 6, 10:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lewis, Randolph, Upshur | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 8:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Carter | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 8:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boyd, Carter | 38 min |
| Jul 6, 8:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lawrence | 29 min |
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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.