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Heat Advisory 2, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this heat advisory at Jul 18, 2019, 4:27 AM EDT for 13 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Jul 19, 2019, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 32 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 18, 2019, 4:27 AM EDT (08:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 19, 2019, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2019, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
Counties Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Clay County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Logan County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 255 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
- 327 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 824 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 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 18, 3:31 AM EDT, 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 3:31 AM EDT, 56 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Charleston WV 1121 AM EDT Wed Jul 17 2019 OHZ066-067-075-076-084-085-WVZ008>011-016>019-029-181530- Perry-Morgan-Athens-Washington-Vinton-Meigs-Jackson WV-Wood- Pleasants-Tyler-Roane-Wirt-Calhoun-Ritchie-Gilmer- 1121 AM EDT Wed Jul 17 2019 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southeast Ohio, and portions of central West Virginia and northern West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Locally heavy rainfall is possible today, mainly during the afternoon and evening, as the remnants of once tropical storm Barry cross. This may lead to flash flooding. Thunderstorms may also produce strong, to possibly damaging wind gusts. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Excessive Heat Watch. The heat will build Friday into the weekend, and excessive heat watches and eventual warnings may be needed for Friday through Saturday, with heat advisories on Sunday. .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. WVZ020-030-031-181530- Doddridge-Lewis-Harrison- 1121 AM EDT Wed Jul 17 2019 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northern West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Locally heavy rainfall is possible today, mainly during the afternoon and evening, as the remnants of once tropical storm Barry cross. This may lead to flash flooding. Thunderstorms may also produce strong, to possibly damaging wind gusts. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Excessive Heat Watch. The heat will build Friday into the weekend, and heat advisories or possibly excessive heat watches and warnings, may eventually be needed for Friday through Saturday. .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. WVZ027-028-032-181530- Clay-Braxton-Taylor- 1121 AM EDT Wed Jul 17 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Locally heavy rainfall is possible today, mainly during the afternoon and evening, as the remnants of once tropical storm Barry cross. This may lead to flash flooding. Thunderstorms may also produce strong, to possibly damaging wind gusts. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. The heat will build Friday into the weekend, and heat advisories or possibly excessive heat watches and warnings, may eventually be needed for Friday through Saturday. .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. WVZ039-040-519>526-181530- Upshur-Barbour-Northwest Nicholas-Southeast Nicholas- Northwest Webster-Southeast Webster-Northwest Pocahontas- Southeast Pocahontas-Northwest Randolph-Southeast Randolph- 1121 AM EDT Wed Jul 17 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northeast West Virginia, northern West Virginia and southeast West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Locally heavy rainfall is possible today, mainly during the afternoon and evening, as the remnants of once tropical storm Barry cross. This may lead to flash flooding. Thunderstorms may also produce strong, to possibly damaging wind gusts. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. 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. KYZ101-103-OHZ083-086-087-WVZ005>007-013>015-181530- Greenup-Boyd-Jackson OH-Gallia-Lawrence OH-Wayne-Cabell-Mason- Lincoln-Putnam-Kanawha- 1121 AM EDT Wed Jul 17 2019 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northeast Kentucky, portions of southeast Ohio, and portions of southern West Virginia and western West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Locally heavy rainfall is possible today, mainly during the afternoon and evening, as the remnants of once tropical storm Barry cross. This may lead to minor flash flooding. Thunderstorms may also produce strong, wind gusts. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Excessive Heat Watch. The heat will build Friday into the weekend, and excessive heat watches and eventual warnings may be needed for Friday through Saturday, with heat advisories on Sunday. .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. KYZ102-105-181530- Carter-Lawrence KY- 1121 AM EDT Wed Jul 17 2019 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northeast Kentucky. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Locally heavy rainfall is possible today, mainly during the afternoon and evening, as the remnants of once tropical storm Barry cross. This may lead to minor flash flooding. Thunderstorms may also produce strong, wind gusts. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Excessive Heat Watch. The heat will build Friday into the weekend, and heat advisories or possibly excessive heat watches and warnings, may eventually be needed for Friday through Saturday. .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. WVZ024>026-181530- Mingo-Logan-Boone- 1121 AM EDT Wed Jul 17 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southern West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Locally heavy rainfall is possible today, mainly during the afternoon and evening, as the remnants of once tropical storm Barry cross. This may lead to minor flash flooding. Thunderstorms may also produce strong, wind gusts. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. The heat will build Friday into the weekend, and heat advisories or possibly excessive heat watches and warnings, may eventually be needed for Friday through Saturday. .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-WVZ033-034-515>518-181530- Dickenson-Buchanan-McDowell-Wyoming-Northwest Raleigh- Southeast Raleigh-Northwest Fayette-Southeast Fayette- 1121 AM EDT Wed Jul 17 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Virginia, and portions of southeast West Virginia and southern West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Locally heavy rainfall is possible today, mainly during the afternoon and evening, as the remnants of once tropical storm Barry cross. This may lead to minor flash flooding. Thunderstorms may also produce strong, wind gusts. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. 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.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 18, 12:00 AM EDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1200 AM EDT THU JUL 18 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1046 PM TSTM WND DMG GREENWOOD 39.27N 80.89W
07/17/2019 DODDRIDGE WV EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE DOWN ONE HALF MILE UP STONE VALLEY ROAD.
&&
EVENT NUMBER RLX1901845
TRMLocal storm report, Jul 18, 12:02 AM EDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1202 AM EDT THU JUL 18 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0900 PM TSTM WND DMG PENNSBORO 39.28N 80.97W
07/17/2019 RITCHIE WV EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE FELL ON A FENCE BY OES TRAILERS.
&&
EVENT NUMBER RLX1901846
TRMLocal storm report, Jul 18, 12:28 AM EDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 10:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Lewis | 35 min |
| Jul 17, 11:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Ritchie | 103 min |
| Jul 17, 11:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Taylor | 2 hr |
| Jul 18, 12:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Harrison, Taylor | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 4:27 AM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | RLX | Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Gilmer and 12 more | 64 hr |
| Jul 17, 8:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Meigs, Vinton | 65 min |
| Jul 18, 7:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lawrence | 32 min |
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Heat Advisories in West Virginia, 2019Every heat advisory in 2019
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.