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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

April 3, 20187 counties in West Virginia; 8 counties in Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Apr 3, 2018, 9:33 AM EDT for 7 counties in West Virginia; 8 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 57 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: Apr 3, 2018, 9:33 AM EDT (13:33 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2018, 10:30 AM EDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

Counties Athens County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Perry County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Washington County, OH, Jackson County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 158 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 542 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 358 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 356 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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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 Apr 3, 7:32 AM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 7:32 AM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 7:29 AM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 3, 4:41 AM EDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
441 AM EDT TUE APR 3 2018

OHZ083-084-030945-
Jackson-Vinton-
441 AM EDT TUE APR 3 2018

...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT JACKSON AND VINTON
COUNTIES...

At 439 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorms were located near Jackson,
moving northeast at 35 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph are possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Jackson, Wellston, Mcarthur, Lake Hope State Park, Hamden, Coalton,
Zaleski, Wilkesville, Creola, Eagle Mills, Radcliffe, Petersburg,
Allensville and Byer.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may
cause localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

LAT...LON 3917 8279 3917 8278 3918 8276 3937 8274
      3936 8264 3937 8263 3937 8252 3939 8251
      3939 8229 3930 8230 3929 8226 3921 8227
      3920 8231 3910 8232 3903 8235 3904 8243
      3900 8244 3895 8280
TIME...MOT...LOC 0839Z 238DEG 47KT 3912 8268

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Special weather statement, Apr 3, 8:29 AM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 3, 9:33 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 7:16 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wood	8 hr
Apr 3, 10:40 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wirt, Wood	2 hr
Apr 3, 12:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wirt and 1 more	2 hr
Apr 3, 1:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Jackson, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wirt and 1 more	3 hr
Apr 3, 2:24 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison, Jackson, Mason, Pleasants, Ritchie and 4 more	13 hr
Apr 3, 5:13 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison, Jackson, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler and 2 more	18 hr
Apr 3, 4:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson, Vinton	64 min
Apr 3, 8:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, Morgan, Perry and 1 more	61 min
Apr 3, 10:52 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Washington	3 hr
Apr 3, 11:14 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Morgan, Perry, Washington	7 hr
Apr 3, 12:50 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Athens, Meigs, Morgan, Vinton, Washington	15 hr
Apr 3, 3:40 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Washington	40 hr
Apr 3, 6:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Morgan, Perry	42 min
Apr 3, 6:10 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Perry	20 min
Apr 3, 6:17 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Morgan, Perry, Washington	12 hr
Apr 3, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Morgan, Perry	35 min
Apr 3, 7:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens	24 min
Apr 3, 7:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Vinton	55 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Ohio, 2018 Special Weather Statements in West Virginia, 2018 Every special weather statement 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.