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Snow Squall Warning 2, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this snow squall warning at Jan 16, 2021, 4:36 PM EST for 4 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 24 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, 4:36 PM EST (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 16, 2021, 5:00 PM EST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clay County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Nicholas County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 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
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 905 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
242
WWUS51 KRLX 162136
SQWRLX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Snow Squall Warning
National Weather Service Charleston WV
436 PM EST Sat Jan 16 2021
WVC015-019-039-067-162200-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SQ.W.0002.210116T2136Z-210116T2200Z/
Nicholas WV-Kanawha WV-Clay WV-Fayette WV-
436 PM EST Sat Jan 16 2021
The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a
* Snow Squall Warning for...
West central Nicholas County in central West Virginia...
East central Kanawha County in central West Virginia...
Southwestern Clay County in central West Virginia...
Northwestern Fayette County in central West Virginia...
* Until 500 PM EST.
* At 431 PM EST, a dangerous snow squall was located along a line
extending from Pinch to Glasgow, 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 life-threatening travel.
* This includes West Virginia Turnpike between mile markers 80 and
81.
Locations impacted include...
Clay, Montgomery, Cedar Grove, East Bank, Glasgow, Smithers, Gauley
Bridge, Pratt, Pinch, Glen, Handley, Bickmore, Swiss, Indore, Sharon,
Bentree and Pond Gap.
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 3851 8109 3819 8097 3816 8145 3841 8152
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 265DEG 26KT 3839 8149 3821 8141
$$
12The 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, 2:33 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 27 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 |
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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.