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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Aug 11, 2018, 2:17 PM EDT for Carter County, Greenup County, Kentucky. 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
- Aug 11, 2018, 2:17 PM EDT (18:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2018, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
Counties Carter County, KY, Greenup County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:20 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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 433 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 977 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Aug 11, 2:03 PM EDT, 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 2:03 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 11, 4:33 AM EDT, 9 hours 44 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Charleston WV 433 AM EDT Sat Aug 11 2018 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>034-039-040-515>526-120845- Greenup-Carter-Boyd-Lawrence KY-Perry-Morgan-Athens-Washington- Jackson OH-Vinton-Meigs-Gallia-Lawrence OH-Dickenson-Buchanan-Wayne- Cabell-Mason-Jackson WV-Wood-Pleasants-Tyler-Lincoln-Putnam-Kanawha- Roane-Wirt-Calhoun-Ritchie-Doddridge-Mingo-Logan-Boone-Clay-Braxton- Gilmer-Lewis-Harrison-Taylor-McDowell-Wyoming-Upshur-Barbour- Northwest Raleigh-Southeast Raleigh-Northwest Fayette- Southeast Fayette-Northwest Nicholas-Southeast Nicholas- Northwest Webster-Southeast Webster-Northwest Pocahontas- Southeast Pocahontas-Northwest Randolph-Southeast Randolph- 433 AM EDT Sat Aug 11 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky, southeast Ohio, southwest Virginia and much of West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Chances of showers and thunderstorms will exist again today, primarily during the afternoon and evening hours. Some of the thunderstorms could produce locally heavy rainfall and localized flooding issues. Widespread flooding, however, is not currently expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. Near daily chances of showers and thunderstorms will exist. While the probability of widespread hazardous weather is low, a few storms may briefly produce moderate to heavy rainfall at times. .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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 2:17 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
217 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2018
KYZ101>103-OHZ087-111915-
Boyd-Greenup-Carter-Lawrence-
217 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2018
...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN BOYD...
GREENUP...CENTRAL CARTER AND SOUTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTIES...
At 216 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were clustered near Franklin
Furnace, or 9 miles south of Wheelersburg, moving southeast at 20
mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with this
storm. In addition, repetitive rainfall could produce isolated water
issues.
Locations impacted include...
Portsmouth, Ironton, Grayson, Lake Vesuvius, Carter Caves State Park,
Greenup, Coalton, Denton, Gesling, Greenbo Lake, Oldtown, Naples,
Load, Letitia, Franklin Furnace, Carter, Flatwoods, Russell, Raceland
and Worthington.
This includes Interstate 64 in Kentucky between mile markers 161 and
181.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
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 3847 8319 3849 8319 3855 8310 3859 8307
3863 8307 3864 8305 3866 8305 3868 8303
3873 8303 3873 8296 3871 8287 3861 8285
3857 8282 3860 8274 3865 8277 3868 8276
3862 8257 3822 8288 3836 8324 3842 8324
TIME...MOT...LOC 1816Z 297DEG 16KT 3861 8291
ROCHEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 9:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Harrison | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 35 min |
| Aug 11, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 50 min |
| Aug 11, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 52 min |
| Aug 11, 1:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 41 min |
| Aug 11, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Carter, Greenup | 53 min |
| Aug 11, 3:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Carter, Greenup | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Carter | 34 min |
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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.