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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Jul 25, 2016, 2:38 PM EDT for Calhoun County, Gilmer County, Wirt County, West Virginia. It was in force for 67 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 25, 2016, 2:38 PM EDT (18:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2016, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
Counties Calhoun County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Wirt County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 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
- 1271 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1043 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
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 25, 2:27 PM EDT, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 2:27 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 25, 2:18 AM EDT, 12 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 218 AM EDT MON JUL 25 2016 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ075-083>087-WVZ005>008-013>018-024>028-260630- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-ATHENS-JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS- GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-LINCOLN-PUTNAM- KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON- 218 AM EDT MON JUL 25 2016 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO AND MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HEAT ADVISORY. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE THE MOST LIKELY THREAT. DOWNPOURS ARE ALSO EXPECTED, WHICH COULD LEAD TO ISOLATED HIGH WATER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. WVZ009-019-029-260630- WOOD-RITCHIE-GILMER- 218 AM EDT MON JUL 25 2016 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HEAT ADVISORY. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE THE MOST LIKELY THREAT. DOWNPOURS ARE ALSO EXPECTED, WHICH COULD LEAD TO ISOLATED HIGH WATER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. OHZ076-WVZ010-011-020-030>032-039-040-047-260630- WASHINGTON-PLEASANTS-TYLER-DODDRIDGE-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-UPSHUR- BARBOUR-RANDOLPH- 218 AM EDT MON JUL 25 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. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE THE MOST LIKELY THREAT. DOWNPOURS ARE ALSO EXPECTED, WHICH COULD LEAD TO ISOLATED HIGH WATER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. OHZ066-067-WVZ034>038-046-260630- PERRY-MORGAN-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-POCAHONTAS- 218 AM EDT MON JUL 25 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO...AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE THE MOST LIKELY THREAT. DOWNPOURS ARE ALSO EXPECTED, WHICH COULD LEAD TO ISOLATED HIGH WATER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. VAZ003-004-WVZ033-260630- DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-MCDOWELL- 218 AM EDT MON JUL 25 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY 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... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 2:38 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
238 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2016
WVZ016>019-028-029-251945-
CALHOUN-RITCHIE-BRAXTON-ROANE-WIRT-GILMER-
238 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL ROANE...WIRT...
CALHOUN AND WESTERN GILMER COUNTIES...
AT 238 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ELIZABETH...
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GLENVILLE...ELIZABETH...GRANTSVILLE...ARNOLDSBURG...
CEDAR CREEK STATE PARK...REEDY...PEEWEE...MUNDAY...CRESTON...
MOUNT ZION...NORMANTOWN...ANNAMORIAH...BIG SPRINGS...LUCILLE...
CHERRY...ROSEDALE...SHOCK...MILLSTONE...PALESTINE AND BROHARD.
LAT...LON 3902 8080 3869 8095 3892 8152 3893 8152
3895 8154 3896 8154 3909 8138
TIME...MOT...LOC 1838Z 280DEG 19KT 3897 8136
26The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Taylor | 47 min |
| Jul 25, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour | 51 min |
| Jul 25, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour | 34 min |
| Jul 25, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson | 51 min |
| Jul 25, 5:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mason | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson | 62 min |
| Jul 25, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gallia, Jackson, Vinton | 29 min |
| Jul 25, 6:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Meigs | 3 hr |
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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.