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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

March 28, 2021Doddridge County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Mar 28, 2021, 2:41 AM EDT for Doddridge County, West Virginia. It was in force for 34 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 28, 2021, 2:41 AM EDT (06:41 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 2021, 3:15 AM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV

County Doddridge County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 151 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2021-03-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2021-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 139 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2263 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
356 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

075 
WWUS81 KRLX 280641
SPSRLX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
241 AM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021

WVZ019-020-029>031-280715-
Doddridge-Harrison-Ritchie-Lewis-Gilmer-
241 AM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN RITCHIE...
DODDRIDGE...NORTHWESTERN GILMER...NORTHWESTERN LEWIS AND SOUTHWESTERN
HARRISON COUNTIES...

At 241 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 9 miles southeast of
Harrisville, moving northeast at 45 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph and half inch hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Salem, West Union, Jackson Mill, Jane Lew, Pullman, Auburn,
Blandville, Avon, Grove, Leopold, Troy, New Milton, Newberne,
Smithburg, Alum Bridge, Coxs Mills, Berea, Tanner, Burnt House and
Camden.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 79 near mile marker 105.
 Route 50 in West Virginia between mile markers 50 and 64.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

LAT...LON 3910 8038 3896 8101 3913 8111 3937 8066
TIME...MOT...LOC 0641Z 244DEG 56KT 3909 8096 

$$

MEK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 3:15 AM EDTWind AdvisoryRLXPocahontas, Randolph23 hr
Mar 28, 8:42 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXMcDowell5 hr
Mar 28, 1:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXJackson34 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.