Alert archive / West Virginia / Snow Squall Warnings in 2021
Snow Squall Warning 1, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this snow squall warning at Jan 16, 2021, 2:33 PM EST for Kanawha County, West Virginia. It was in force for 27 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
- Jan 16, 2021, 2:33 PM EST (19:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 16, 2021, 3:00 PM EST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Kanawha County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
643
WWUS51 KRLX 161933
SQWRLX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Snow Squall Warning
National Weather Service Charleston WV
233 PM EST Sat Jan 16 2021
WVC039-162000-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SQ.W.0001.210116T1933Z-210116T2000Z/
Kanawha WV-
233 PM EST Sat Jan 16 2021
The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a
* Snow Squall Warning for...
Central Kanawha County in ${area.parentRegion}...
* Until 300 PM EST.
* At 232 PM EST, a dangerous snow squall was located over Charleston,
moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Extremely poor visibility in heavy snow and blowing snow.
Wind gusts up to 30 mph.
SOURCE...Radar and webcams.
IMPACT...Dangerous travel.
* This includes the following highways...
Interstate 79 between mile markers 1 and 5.
Interstate 77 in West Virginia between mile markers 96 and 106.
Interstate 64 in West Virginia between mile markers 51 and 57.
West Virginia Turnpike between mile markers 91 and 95.
Route 119 between mile markers 71 and 80.
Locations impacted include...
Charleston, Jefferson, South Charleston, Dunbar, Pinch, Coal Fork and
Elkview.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Reduce your speed and turn on headlights! During snow squalls, the
visibility may suddenly drop to near zero in whiteout conditions.
&&
LAT...LON 3828 8181 3830 8181 3842 8174 3842 8131
3824 8137
TIME...MOT...LOC 1932Z 275DEG 28KT 3833 8165
$$
30The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 2:29 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 31 hr |
| Jan 16, 4:36 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | RLX | Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas | 24 min |
| Jan 16, 4:42 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Kanawha, Roane | 33 min |
| Jan 16, 5:44 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | RLX | Braxton, Clay, Gilmer, Lewis, Nicholas, Upshur and 1 more | 31 min |
Nearby
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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.