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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at May 2, 2019, 4:14 PM EDT for Carter County, Greenup County, Kentucky. It was in force for 31 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
- May 2, 2019, 4:14 PM EDT (20:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2019, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
Counties Carter County, KY, Greenup County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 345 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
- 45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1050 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 May 2, 2:14 PM EDT, 2 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 2, 2:14 PM EDT, 2 hours before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Charleston WV 117 PM EDT Thu May 2 2019 OHZ066-067-075-076-083>086-WVZ005>011-013>020-024>026-029-031730- Perry-Morgan-Athens-Washington-Jackson OH-Vinton-Meigs-Gallia-Wayne- Cabell-Mason-Jackson WV-Wood-Pleasants-Tyler-Lincoln-Putnam-Kanawha- Roane-Wirt-Calhoun-Ritchie-Doddridge-Mingo-Logan-Boone-Gilmer- 117 PM EDT Thu May 2 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southeast Ohio, and portions of central West Virginia, northern West Virginia, southern West Virginia and western West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. The Storm Prediction Center has indicated that there is a Marginal Risk for severe weather this afternoon and evening. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible with hail and strong wind gusts being the main severe weather threats. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible Friday afternoon and evening. The main threat will be strong wind gusts.. .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-WVZ027-028-030>034-039-040-515>526-031730- Dickenson-Buchanan-Clay-Braxton-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- 117 PM EDT Thu May 2 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Virginia, and portions of central West Virginia, northeast West Virginia, northern West Virginia, southeast West Virginia and southern West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible this afternoon and early evening with hail and strong wind gusts being the main severe weather threats. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible Friday afternoon and evening. The main threat will be strong wind gusts. .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>103-105-OHZ087-031730- Greenup-Carter-Boyd-Lawrence KY-Lawrence OH- 117 PM EDT Thu May 2 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky and portions of southeast Ohio. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. The Storm Prediction Center has indicated that there is a Slight Risk for severe weather this afternoon and evening. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible with hail and strong wind gusts being the main severe weather threats. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible Friday afternoon and evening. The main threat will be strong wind gusts. .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, May 2, 12:22 PM EDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 2, 6:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wood | 30 min |
| May 2, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 43 min |
| May 2, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell | 52 min |
| May 2, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Calhoun, Jackson, Pleasants, Wirt, Wood | 43 min |
| May 2, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Roane | 29 min |
| May 2, 7:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 54 min |
| May 2, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Logan, Mingo | 42 min |
| May 2, 7:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler | 40 min |
| May 2, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Vinton | 26 min |
| May 2, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Carter | 25 min |
| May 2, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lawrence | 29 min |
| May 2, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Greenup | 34 min |
| May 2, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lawrence | 29 min |
| May 2, 12:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Buchanan | 23 min |
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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.