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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 3:15 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 23 hr |
| Mar 28, 8:42 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | McDowell | 5 hr |
| Mar 28, 1:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson | 34 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.