Alert archive / West Virginia / Special Weather Statements in 2017
Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Feb 25, 2017, 2:37 AM EST for Cabell County, Lincoln County, Wayne County, West Virginia. It was in force for 23 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
- Feb 25, 2017, 2:37 AM EST (07:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2017, 3:00 AM EST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
Counties Cabell County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Wayne County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 416 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1770 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted.
073
WWUS81 KRLX 250737
SPSRLX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
237 AM EST SAT FEB 25 2017
KYZ103-105-OHZ087-WVZ005-006-013-250800-
Boyd-Lawrence-Lawrence-Lincoln-Wayne-Cabell-
237 AM EST SAT FEB 25 2017
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN BOYD...
NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE...SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE...CABELL...WESTERN
LINCOLN AND WAYNE COUNTIES...
At 237 AM EST, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from Yatesville Lake State Park to near Calf
Creek. Movement was northeast at 65 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with these
storms.
Locations impacted include...
Huntington, Louisa, Wayne, Hamlin, Chesapeake, Proctorville, Beech
Fork State Park, Yatesville Lake State Park, Barboursville, Milton,
Ceredo, Fort Gay, Ranger, Ona, Burnaugh, Gill, Durbin, East Lynn
Lake, Centerville and Kiahsville.
This includes Interstate 64 in West Virginia between mile markers 3
and 25.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may
cause localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
LAT...LON 3860 8236 3859 8236 3858 8229 3859 8228
3819 8196 3786 8241 3788 8242 3791 8246
3790 8248 3792 8248 3793 8250 3794 8249
3796 8253 3795 8257 3817 8277
TIME...MOT...LOC 0737Z 222DEG 58KT 3816 8267 3794 8246
$$
12The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 1:04 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Mason | 25 min |
| Feb 25, 2:26 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mason | 34 min |
| Feb 25, 2:54 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone | 36 min |
| Feb 25, 3:00 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Jackson, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam | 30 min |
| Feb 25, 5:39 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 36 min |
| Feb 25, 6:13 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Raleigh | 32 min |
| Feb 25, 6:41 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Nicholas, Webster | 34 min |
| Feb 25, 7:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas | 27 min |
| Feb 25, 7:44 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas | 31 min |
| Feb 24, 11:03 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Perry | 27 min |
| Feb 24, 11:59 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Vinton | 31 min |
| Feb 25, 12:15 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson | 30 min |
| Feb 25, 12:25 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Vinton | 35 min |
| Feb 25, 12:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 32 min |
| Feb 24, 11:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Greenup | 43 min |
| Feb 25, 12:30 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boyd, Carter | 30 min |
| Feb 25, 5:09 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 36 min |
Nearby
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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.