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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Jul 26, 2016, 5:17 PM EDT for Calhoun County, West Virginia. It was in force for 58 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 26, 2016, 5:17 PM EDT (21:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2016, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
County Calhoun County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 1244 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 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 26, 3:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 3:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 312 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016 KYZ101-OHZ075-076-083>087-WVZ007>011-016>020-028>032-039-040-047- 271915- GREENUP-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH- MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE- DODDRIDGE-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-UPSHUR-BARBOUR- RANDOLPH- 312 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO...AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A STORM SYSTEM IS FORECASTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION ON THURSDAY TO FRIDAY TIME FRAME. HEAVY DOWNPOURS FROM STORMS COULD PRODUCE FLOODING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS AND ROADS, ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. OHZ066-067-271915- PERRY-MORGAN- 312 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IS POSSIBLE. OTHERWISE, NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A STORM SYSTEM IS FORECASTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION ON THURSDAY TO FRIDAY TIME FRAME. HEAVY DOWNPOURS FROM STORMS COULD PRODUCE FLOODING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS AND ROADS, ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. KYZ102-103-105-VAZ003-004-WVZ005-006-013>015-024>027-033>038-046- 271915- CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-CABELL-LINCOLN- PUTNAM-KANAWHA-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH- FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-POCAHONTAS- 312 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED STORMS MAY PRODUCE BREVE HEAVY DOWNPOURS. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH MINOR WATER PROBLEMS ALONG STREAMS, CREEKS AND DITCHES IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A STORM SYSTEM IS FORECASTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION ON THURSDAY TO FRIDAY TIME FRAME. HEAVY DOWNPOURS FROM STORMS COULD PRODUCE FLOODING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS AND ROADS, ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 3:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
338 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016
WVZ020-030-031-262030-
HARRISON-DODDRIDGE-LEWIS-
338 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN
DODDRIDGE...SOUTHERN HARRISON AND NORTHERN LEWIS COUNTY...
AT 336 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JACKSON
MILL...
OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLARKSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WEST MILFORD AND LOST CREEK.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 106 AND 115.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...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 ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
LAT...LON 3919 8021 3917 8023 3914 8022 3911 8023
3911 8024 3910 8025 3914 8062 3924 8061
3922 8020
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 281DEG 14KT 3919 8047
26Special weather statement, Jul 26, 4:24 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
424 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016
OHZ083-262130-
JACKSON-
424 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT JACKSON COUNTY...
AT 423 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
JACKSON...MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JACKSON...WELLSTON...COALTON AND PETERSBURG.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...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 ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
LAT...LON 3914 8279 3912 8243 3898 8244 3897 8244
3892 8245 3892 8276 3894 8275 3895 8281
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 264DEG 20KT 3900 8251
26Special weather statement, Jul 26, 4:25 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 425 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016 WVZ018-029-262130- CALHOUN-GILMER- 425 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN AND NORTHWESTERN GILMER COUNTIES... AT 425 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GLENVILLE... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GLENVILLE...GRANTSVILLE AND TANNER. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...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 ON COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. LAT...LON 3889 8111 3895 8112 3903 8087 3892 8084 TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 258DEG 22KT 3896 8095 26
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 4:39 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
439 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016
KYZ101-103-OHZ087-262145-
BOYD-GREENUP-LAWRENCE-
439 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT GREENUP...BOYD AND CENTRAL
LAWRENCE COUNTIES...
AT 439 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FRANKLIN
FURNACE...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WHEELERSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.
WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ASHLAND...IRONTON...COAL GROVE...LAKE
VESUVIUS...CANNONSBURG...KENOVA...
CATLETTSBURG...GREENUP...LOAD...PRINCESS...GREENBO LAKE...OLDTOWN...
LETITIA...COALTON...NAPLES...FRANKLIN FURNACE...FLATWOODS...SOUTH
POINT...
RUSSELL AND VERNON.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 64 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 181 AND
190.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3859 8307 3863 8307 3868 8303 3873 8303
3872 8298 3875 8288 3861 8285 3857 8281
3860 8274 3868 8276 3868 8270 3875 8269
3875 8266 3876 8266 3876 8249 3874 8247
3841 8258 3842 8260 3829 8261 3851 8316
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 288DEG 32KT 3861 8292
26Special weather statement, Jul 26, 5:17 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 517 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016 WVZ016>019-029-262215- CALHOUN-RITCHIE-ROANE-WIRT-GILMER- 517 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL RITCHIE... SOUTHEASTERN WIRT...NORTHERN CALHOUN AND NORTHWESTERN GILMER COUNTIES... AT 516 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GRANTSVILLE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GRANTSVILLE...MUNDAY...CRESTON...BURNT HOUSE...ANNAMORIAH... BIG SPRINGS...BROHARD...TANNER AND SMITHVILLE. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. 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 3883 8128 3897 8138 3918 8102 3894 8087 TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 240DEG 35KT 3899 8119 14
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 2:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lewis | 65 min |
| Jul 26, 3:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 26, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Gilmer | 56 min |
| Jul 26, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Harrison | 52 min |
| Jul 26, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Gilmer | 65 min |
| Jul 26, 5:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Ritchie, Wirt | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 68 min |
| Jul 26, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Roane | 45 min |
| Jul 26, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Roane | 62 min |
| Jul 26, 6:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Roane, Wirt | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 66 min |
| Jul 26, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette | 65 min |
| Jul 26, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson | 66 min |
| Jul 26, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lawrence | 66 min |
| Jul 26, 4:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 2:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Greenup | 63 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.