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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2019, 2:24 AM EDT for Mason County, West Virginia. It was in force for 36 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 7, 2019, 2:24 AM EDT (06:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2019, 3:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
County Mason County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 190 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1333 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
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 7, 2:18 AM EDT, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 2:18 AM EDT, 6 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 2:33 AM EDT, 23 hours 51 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Charleston WV 233 AM EDT Tue Aug 6 2019 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>034-039-040-515>526-070645- 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- 233 AM EDT Tue Aug 6 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky, southeast Ohio, southwest Virginia and much of West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 1:39 AM EDT, 45 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Charleston WV 139 AM EDT Wed Aug 7 2019 OHZ086-087-070615- Gallia-Lawrence- 139 AM EDT Wed Aug 7 2019 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL GALLIA AND EAST CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTIES... At 139 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 9 miles east of Lake Vesuvius, moving northeast at 20 mph. Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail are possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Aid. LAT...LON 3859 8250 3865 8254 3878 8232 3866 8223 TIME...MOT...LOC 0539Z 244DEG 17KT 3865 8246 25
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 2:05 AM EDT, 19 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
205 AM EDT Wed Aug 7 2019
OHZ087-WVZ006-070630-
Lawrence-Cabell-
205 AM EDT Wed Aug 7 2019
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE AND
NORTHEASTERN CABELL COUNTIES...
At 205 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Proctorville,
moving east at 25 mph.
Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail are possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Proctorville,Athalia, and Green Bottom.
LAT...LON 3852 8241 3858 8221 3853 8214 3844 8205
3842 8239
TIME...MOT...LOC 0605Z 260DEG 23KT 3848 8235
25Special weather statement, Aug 7, 2:24 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Charleston WV 224 AM EDT Wed Aug 7 2019 OHZ086-WVZ007-070700- Gallia-Mason- 224 AM EDT Wed Aug 7 2019 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN GALLIA AND NORTHWESTERN MASON COUNTIES... At 224 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Point Pleasant, moving northeast at 20 mph. Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail are possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Point Pleasant, Gallipolis, New Haven, Hartford City and Henderson. LAT...LON 3881 8218 3886 8221 3899 8199 3885 8191 TIME...MOT...LOC 0624Z 246DEG 18KT 3885 8212 25
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell | 25 min |
| Aug 7, 4:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell | 119 min |
| Aug 7, 4:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Putnam | 23 min |
| Aug 7, 5:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Harrison | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 5:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 6:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Clay, Nicholas | 48 min |
| Aug 7, 6:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Pocahontas, Webster | 42 min |
| Aug 7, 7:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lewis, Upshur | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 1:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lawrence | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 4:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Washington | 34 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in West Virginia, 2019Every special weather statement 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.