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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Jul 14, 2016, 1:44 PM EDT for Cabell County, West Virginia. It was in force for 46 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 14, 2016, 1:44 PM EDT (17:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2016, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
County Cabell County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:46 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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 1232 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 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 Jul 14, 1:38 PM EDT, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 1:38 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 919 AM EDT THU JUL 14 2016 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ083-086-087-VAZ003-WVZ005>007-013-014-024-025- 151330- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-JACKSON OH-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH- DICKENSON-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-MINGO-LOGAN- 919 AM EDT THU JUL 14 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO...PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT FROM ANY OF THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY ALSO BECOME CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. OHZ066-067-075-076-084-085-VAZ004-WVZ008>011-015>020-026>040-046-047- 151330- PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-VINTON-MEIGS-BUCHANAN-JACKSON WV-WOOD- PLEASANTS-TYLER-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-BOONE- CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH- FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- 919 AM EDT THU JUL 14 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO...PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY ALSO BECOME CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 1:44 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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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 14, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mason, Putnam | 63 min |
| Jul 14, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 61 min |
| Jul 14, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Roane | 57 min |
| Jul 14, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Putnam | 44 min |
| Jul 14, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Putnam | 55 min |
| Jul 14, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell | 57 min |
| Jul 14, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Webster | 54 min |
| Jul 14, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam | 47 min |
| Jul 14, 4:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell, Kanawha, Putnam | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Nicholas | 56 min |
| Jul 14, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha | 59 min |
| Jul 14, 5:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 6:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette | 4 hr |
| Jul 13, 11:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Morgan, Perry, Vinton | 30 min |
| Jul 14, 12:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Greenup | 54 min |
| Jul 14, 12:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Carter | 42 min |
| Jul 14, 1:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Lawrence | 66 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.