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 26, 2021, 12:12 AM EDT for Barbour County, Harrison County, Taylor 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 26, 2021, 12:12 AM EDT (04:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2021, 12:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
Counties Barbour County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Taylor County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 132 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.
163
WWUS81 KRLX 260412
SPSRLX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
1212 AM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021
WVZ019-020-029>032-039-040-260445-
Barbour-Doddridge-Harrison-Ritchie-Taylor-Upshur-Lewis-Gilmer-
1212 AM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN RITCHIE...
SOUTHEASTERN DODDRIDGE...TAYLOR...NORTHEASTERN GILMER...NORTHERN
LEWIS...NORTH CENTRAL UPSHUR...CENTRAL BARBOUR AND SOUTHERN HARRISON
COUNTIES...
At 1212 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 7 miles north of
Glenville, moving northeast at 85 mph.
Wind gusts up to 50 mph are possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Clarksburg, Grafton, Weston, Philippi, Glenville, Bridgeport,
Stonewood, Nutter Fort, Anmoore, Jackson Mill, Stonewall Jackson,
West Milford, Lost Creek, Jane Lew, Flemington, Auburn, Valley Falls,
Meadland, Newberne and Tygart Lake State Park.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 79 between mile markers 93 and 126.
Route 50 in West Virginia between mile markers 75 and 82.
Route 33 near mile marker 1.
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 3912 7988 3892 8084 3908 8093 3941 8010
3940 8010 3939 8009 3940 8002
TIME...MOT...LOC 0412Z 246DEG 72KT 3904 8079
$$
25The 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 25, 11:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Roane | 33 min |
| Mar 25, 10:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lawrence | 32 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.