Alert archive / West Virginia / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2021, 4:48 PM EDT for Roane County, West Virginia. It was in force for 27 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 3, 2021, 4:48 PM EDT (20:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2021, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
County Roane County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 4:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Sw Spencer, WV | TREE REPORTED ACROSS WINDYVILLE RD. |
| Aug 3, 4:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Wsw Spencer, WV | TREE REPORTED DOWN ACROSS THE ENTIRETY OF STOVER FORK RD. LINES DOWN ALSO. |
| Aug 3, 5:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ene Morning Star, WV | TREE KNOCKED DOWN ON RT33 BLOCKING ROAD WITH POWER LINES. |
| Aug 3, 5:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Vandalia, WV | TREE DOWN ON WINDYVILLE ROAD DUE TO HIGH WIND. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1508 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
447
WWUS81 KRLX 032048
SPSRLX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
448 PM EDT Tue Aug 3 2021
WVZ008-016-017-032115-
Jackson-Roane-Wirt-
448 PM EDT Tue Aug 3 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN WIRT...NORTHWESTERN
ROANE AND EAST CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTIES...
At 448 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Spencer, moving
north at 25 mph.
Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail are possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Spencer, Reedy, Lucille, Peewee and Gay.
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 3894 8127 3893 8127 3892 8128 3892 8127
3890 8127 3870 8137 3875 8159 3900 8152
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 196DEG 22KT 3880 8146
$$
RPYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Roane, Wirt | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Ritchie | 34 min |
| Aug 3, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Putnam | 27 min |
| Aug 3, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Buchanan | 44 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.