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Heat Advisory 5, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this heat advisory at Jul 5, 2018, 4:27 AM EDT for 14 counties in West Virginia; 5 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Jul 5, 2018, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 2018, 4:27 AM EDT (08:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 5, 2018, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2018, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
All 23 counties
Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Boone County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Mason County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Roane County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wirt County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:27 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
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 271 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
- 1183 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1641 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this heat advisory 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 heat advisory went out at Jul 5, 3:45 AM EDT, 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 3:45 AM EDT, 42 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 4:12 AM EDT, 15 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Charleston WV 412 AM EDT Thu Jul 5 2018 OHZ066-067-075-076-WVZ009>011-019-020-029>032-039-040-060815- Perry-Morgan-Athens-Washington-Wood-Pleasants-Tyler-Ritchie- Doddridge-Gilmer-Lewis-Harrison-Taylor-Upshur-Barbour- 412 AM EDT Thu Jul 5 2018 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. There is a marginal risk of severe thunderstorms today. Small hail and damaging winds are the primary risk. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions by calling the toll-free spotter hotline, or by other methods detailed at www.weather.gov/rlx/reports. VAZ003-004-WVZ028-033-034-515>526-060815- Dickenson-Buchanan-Braxton-McDowell-Wyoming-Northwest Raleigh- Southeast Raleigh-Northwest Fayette-Southeast Fayette- Northwest Nicholas-Southeast Nicholas-Northwest Webster- Southeast Webster-Northwest Pocahontas-Southeast Pocahontas- Northwest Randolph-Southeast Randolph- 412 AM EDT Thu Jul 5 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Virginia, and portions of central West Virginia, northeast West Virginia, southeast West Virginia and southern West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions by calling the toll-free spotter hotline, or by other methods detailed at www.weather.gov/rlx/reports. KYZ102-103-105-WVZ005-006-013>015-024>027-060815- Carter-Boyd-Lawrence KY-Wayne-Cabell-Lincoln-Putnam-Kanawha-Mingo- Logan-Boone-Clay- 412 AM EDT Thu Jul 5 2018 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northeast Kentucky, and portions of central West Virginia, southern West Virginia and western 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions by calling the toll-free spotter hotline, or by other methods detailed at www.weather.gov/rlx/reports. KYZ101-OHZ083>087-WVZ007-008-016>018-060815- Greenup-Jackson OH-Vinton-Meigs-Gallia-Lawrence OH-Mason-Jackson WV- Roane-Wirt-Calhoun- 412 AM EDT Thu Jul 5 2018 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 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...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. There is a marginal risk of severe thunderstorms today. Damaging winds and small hail are the primary risks. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions by calling the toll-free spotter hotline, or by other methods detailed at www.weather.gov/rlx/reports.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 10:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 19 more | 14 hr |
| Jul 5, 1:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Taylor | 33 min |
| Jul 5, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Randolph | 34 min |
| Jul 5, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Upshur | 30 min |
| Jul 5, 6:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Tyler | 52 min |
| Jul 5, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Ritchie | 74 min |
| Jul 5, 7:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 34 min |
| Jul 5, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Calhoun | 34 min |
| Jul 5, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 37 min |
| Jul 5, 1:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson, Vinton | 47 min |
| Jul 5, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lawrence | 30 min |
| Jul 5, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lawrence | 34 min |
| Jul 5, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 41 min |
| Jul 5, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 27 min |
| Jul 5, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 32 min |
Nearby
Heat Advisories in West Virginia, 2018Heat Advisories in Ohio, 2018Heat Advisories in Kentucky, 2018Every heat advisory in 2018
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.