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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2021, 12:09 AM EDT for Fayette County, West Virginia. It was in force for 51 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
- Aug 5, 2021, 12:09 AM EDT (04:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2021, 1:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 30
County Fayette County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1604 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WWUS81 KRLX 050409
SPSRLX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
1209 AM EDT Thu Aug 5 2021
WVZ015-517-050500-
Kanawha WV-Northwest Fayette WV-
1209 AM EDT Thu Aug 5 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Kanawha
and northwestern Fayette Counties through 100 AM EDT...
At 1208 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Powellton, or 11 miles west of Fayetteville, moving north at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Montgomery, Cedar Grove, East Bank, Glasgow, Smithers, Gauley Bridge,
Pratt, Burnwell, Powellton, Handley, Dawes, Sharon and Eskdale.
This includes West Virginia Turnpike between mile markers 65 and 83.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are
potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to travel across
flooded roads. Find alternate routes. It takes only a few inches of
swiftly flowing water to carry vehicles away.
&&
LAT...LON 3824 8150 3825 8119 3823 8119 3823 8115
3824 8114 3821 8111 3801 8119 3801 8143
TIME...MOT...LOC 0408Z 184DEG 13KT 3808 8132
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
$$
JPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 10:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Raleigh | 34 min |
| Aug 4, 10:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Raleigh, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 1:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone | 23 min |
| Aug 5, 1:18 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Raleigh, Wyoming | 4 hr |
| Aug 5, 1:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone | 26 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.