Alert archive / West Virginia / Wind Advisories in 2017
Wind Advisory 10, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this wind advisory at Dec 13, 2017, 11:48 PM EST for 6 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Dec 14, 2017, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 13, 2017, 11:48 PM EST (04:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 14, 2017, 12:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 14, 2017, 9:28 AM EST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
Counties Fayette County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Webster County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 2000 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 362 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 454 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
434 WWUS71 KRLX 140448 NPWRLX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Charleston WV 1148 PM EST Wed Dec 13 2017 WVZ516-518-520-522>524-526-141300- /O.NEW.KRLX.WI.Y.0010.171214T0500Z-171214T1700Z/ Southeast Raleigh-Southeast Fayette-Southeast Nicholas- Southeast Webster-Northwest Pocahontas-Southeast Pocahontas- Southeast Randolph- Including the cities of Beckley, Meadow Bridge, Richwood, Snowshoe, Marlinton, and Harman 1148 PM EST Wed Dec 13 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST THURSDAY... The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until noon EST Thursday. * WINDS...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * TIMING...Overnight and into Thursday morning. Winds will start to ease up by late Thursday morning. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that wind gusts of 46 mph or higher are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ Kistner
2 follow-up statements
309 WWUS71 KRLX 140953 NPWRLX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Charleston WV 453 AM EST Thu Dec 14 2017 WVZ516-518-520-522>524-526-141700- /O.CON.KRLX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-171214T1700Z/ Southeast Raleigh-Southeast Fayette-Southeast Nicholas- Southeast Webster-Northwest Pocahontas-Southeast Pocahontas- Southeast Randolph- Including the cities of Beckley, Meadow Bridge, Richwood, Snowshoe, Marlinton, and Harman 453 AM EST Thu Dec 14 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... * WINDS...Northwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * TIMING...Winds will remain gusty through this morning, but should start to diminish before noon today. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that wind gusts of 46 mph or higher are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult... especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ Kistner
022 WWUS71 KRLX 141428 NPWRLX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Charleston WV 928 AM EST Thu Dec 14 2017 WVZ516-518-520-522>524-526-141530- /O.CAN.KRLX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-171214T1700Z/ Southeast Raleigh-Southeast Fayette-Southeast Nicholas- Southeast Webster-Northwest Pocahontas-Southeast Pocahontas- Southeast Randolph- Including the cities of Beckley, Meadow Bridge, Richwood, Snowshoe, Marlinton, and Harman 928 AM EST Thu Dec 14 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Charleston has cancelled the Wind Advisory. Even so, wind gusts of 30 to 40 mph can still be expected in the highest elevations of the mountains. $$
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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.