Alert archive / West Virginia / Freeze Warnings in 2021
Freeze Warning 10, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this freeze warning at May 7, 2021, 4:10 AM EDT for Pocahontas County, Randolph County, West Virginia. It took effect at May 8, 2021, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 2021, 4:10 AM EDT (08:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 8, 2021, 4:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 8, 2021, 10:14 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
Counties Pocahontas County, WV, Randolph County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2193 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
133 WWUS71 KRLX 070810 NPWRLX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Charleston WV 410 AM EDT Fri May 7 2021 WVZ523-526-071615- /O.UPG.KRLX.FZ.A.0005.210508T0400Z-210508T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KRLX.FZ.W.0010.210508T0900Z-210508T1600Z/ Northwest Pocahontas-Southeast Randolph- Including the cities of Snowshoe and Harman 410 AM EDT Fri May 7 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO NOON EDT SATURDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as the lower 30s. Temperatures will be slow to rise above freezing on Saturday morning. * WHERE...Northwest Pocahontas and Southeast Randolph Counties. * WHEN...From 5 AM to noon EDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$
5 follow-up statements
397 WWUS71 KRLX 071552 NPWRLX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Charleston WV 1152 AM EDT Fri May 7 2021 WVZ523-526-080300- /O.CON.KRLX.FZ.W.0010.210508T0900Z-210508T1600Z/ Northwest Pocahontas-Southeast Randolph- Including the cities of Snowshoe and Harman 1152 AM EDT Fri May 7 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO NOON EDT SATURDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 expected. * WHERE...Southeast Randolph and Northwest Pocahontas Counties. * WHEN...From 5 AM to noon EDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will damage crops and other sensitive vegetation. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. && $$
105 WWUS71 KRLX 071805 NPWRLX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Charleston WV 205 PM EDT Fri May 7 2021 WVZ523-526-080300- /O.EXT.KRLX.FZ.W.0010.210508T0800Z-210508T1700Z/ Northwest Pocahontas-Southeast Randolph- Including the cities of Snowshoe and Harman 205 PM EDT Fri May 7 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM EDT SATURDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 expected. * WHERE...Southeast Randolph and Northwest Pocahontas Counties. * WHEN...From 4 AM to 1 PM EDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will damage crops and other sensitive vegetation. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. && $$
457 WWUS71 KRLX 080044 NPWRLX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Charleston WV 844 PM EDT Fri May 7 2021 WVZ523-526-081000- /O.CON.KRLX.FZ.W.0010.210508T0800Z-210508T1700Z/ Northwest Pocahontas-Southeast Randolph- Including the cities of Snowshoe and Harman 844 PM EDT Fri May 7 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM EDT SATURDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as the upper 20s expected. * WHERE...Southeast Randolph and Northwest Pocahontas Counties. * WHEN...From 4 AM to 1 PM EDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will damage crops and other sensitive vegetation. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$
526 WWUS71 KRLX 080855 NPWRLX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Charleston WV 455 AM EDT Sat May 8 2021 WVZ523-526-081700- /O.CON.KRLX.FZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-210508T1700Z/ Northwest Pocahontas-Southeast Randolph- Including the cities of Snowshoe and Harman 455 AM EDT Sat May 8 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as the upper 20s expected. * WHERE...Southeast Randolph and Northwest Pocahontas Counties. * WHEN...Until 1 PM EDT this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$
055 WWUS71 KRLX 081414 NPWRLX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Charleston WV 1014 AM EDT Sat May 8 2021 WVZ523-526-081515- /O.CAN.KRLX.FZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-210508T1700Z/ Northwest Pocahontas-Southeast Randolph- Including the cities of Snowshoe and Harman 1014 AM EDT Sat May 8 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED... Temperatures have climbed above freezing this morning. $$
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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.