Alert archive / West Virginia / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Mar 25, 2021, 11:42 PM EDT for Calhoun County, Gilmer County, Roane County, West Virginia. It was in force for 33 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
- Mar 25, 2021, 11:42 PM EDT (03:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2021, 12:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
Counties Calhoun County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Roane County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1070 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 292 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
193 WWUS81 KRLX 260342 SPSRLX Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Charleston WV 1142 PM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021 WVZ008-016>020-029-030-260415- Calhoun-Jackson-Doddridge-Roane-Wirt-Ritchie-Lewis-Gilmer- 1142 PM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CALHOUN...SOUTHEASTERN RITCHIE...SOUTHWESTERN DODDRIDGE...GILMER...WEST CENTRAL LEWIS... SOUTHEASTERN WIRT...NORTHERN ROANE AND EAST CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTIES... At 1141 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 7 miles west of Spencer, moving northeast at 75 mph. Wind gusts up to 50 mph are possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Spencer, Glenville, Grantsville, Arnoldsburg, Cedar Creek State Park, Reedy, Sand Fork, Auburn, Millstone, Smithville, Mount Zion, Newberne, Lucille, Alum Bridge, Big Springs, Berea, Brohard, Stumptown, Tanner and Annamoriah. If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. LAT...LON 3865 8157 3884 8164 3922 8081 3893 8054 TIME...MOT...LOC 0341Z 241DEG 75KT 3883 8149 $$ 25
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 10:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Mason | 31 min |
| Mar 25, 11:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Jackson, Mason, Putnam | 32 min |
| Mar 26, 12:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Taylor | 33 min |
| Mar 25, 10:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lawrence | 32 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.