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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Jul 13, 2021, 4:11 PM EDT for Boyd County, Carter County, Kentucky. 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
- Jul 13, 2021, 4:11 PM EDT (20:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
Counties Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 328 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 655 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
192
WWUS81 KRLX 132011
SPSRLX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
411 PM EDT Tue Jul 13 2021
KYZ101>103-132045-
Boyd-Greenup-Carter-
411 PM EDT Tue Jul 13 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT BOYD...SOUTHERN GREENUP AND
CARTER COUNTIES...
At 410 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Olive Hill,
moving northeast at 35 mph.
Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail are possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Ashland, Grayson, Olive Hill, Cannonsburg, Grayson Lake State Park,
Carter Caves State Park, Kenova, Catlettsburg, Greenup, Princess,
Coalton, Denton, Gesling, Greenbo Lake, Oldtown, Naples, Rush,
Franklin Furnace, Carter and Flatwoods.
This includes Interstate 64 in Kentucky between mile markers 150 and
191.
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 3833 8332 3833 8327 3834 8323 3835 8324
3838 8323 3858 8284 3857 8280 3842 8259
3834 8260 3820 8307 3823 8309 3827 8318
3823 8322 3819 8323 3819 8326 3832 8334
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 239DEG 34KT 3828 8320
$$
MEKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 8:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mason | 27 min |
| Jul 12, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Mason, Putnam | 35 min |
| Jul 12, 9:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mason | 31 min |
| Jul 13, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 25 min |
| Jul 13, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 29 min |
| Jul 13, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Greenup | 28 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.