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Snow Squall Warning 5, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this snow squall warning at Jan 18, 2021, 6:03 AM EST for Clay County, 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 18, 2021, 6:03 AM EST (11:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 18, 2021, 6:30 AM EST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clay County, WV, Kanawha County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:05 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 1080 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 102 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
700
WWUS51 KRLX 181103
SQWRLX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Snow Squall Warning
National Weather Service Charleston WV
603 AM EST Mon Jan 18 2021
WVC015-039-181130-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SQ.W.0005.210118T1103Z-210118T1130Z/
Kanawha WV-Clay WV-
603 AM EST Mon Jan 18 2021
The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a
* Snow Squall Warning for...
Northeastern Kanawha County in central West Virginia...
Central Clay County in north central West Virginia...
* Until 630 AM EST.
* At 603 AM EST, a dangerous snow squall was located over Clendenin,
or 13 miles west of Clay, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Poor visibility in heavy snow and blowing snow. Wind
gusts up to 20 mph.
SOURCE...Radar and webcams.
IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel.
* This includes Interstate 79 between mile markers 6 and 21, and
between mile markers 37 and 44.
This snow squall will be near...
Wallback around 625 AM EST.
Clay around 630 AM EST.
Other locations impacted by this snow squall include Ivydale and
Procious.
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 3843 8157 3855 8144 3854 8130 3852 8128
3853 8122 3853 8119 3857 8112 3862 8107
3864 8099 3862 8098 3846 8100 3839 8144
TIME...MOT...LOC 1103Z 275DEG 23KT 3848 8133
$$
08The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 7:55 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette | 65 min |
| Jan 18, 3:17 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Jackson, Kanawha and 6 more | 21 hr |
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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.