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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

August 7, 2021Boone County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2021, 2:28 PM EDT for Boone County, West Virginia. It was in force for 32 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 7, 2021, 2:28 PM EDT (18:28 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2021, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
40

County Boone County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:28 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 225 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2021-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 815 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2021-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
815 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
973 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

145 
WWUS81 KRLX 071828
SPSRLX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
228 PM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021
 
WVZ013-026-071900-
Boone WV-Lincoln WV-
228 PM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of east central Lincoln
and northern Boone Counties through 300 PM EDT...

At 227 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Julian, or 8 miles north of Madison, moving southeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is 
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Madison, Van, Julian, Alum Creek, Danville, Seth, Foster, Sod,
Woodville, Ashford, Alkol and Racine.

This includes Route 119 between mile markers 48 and 64.
 
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.

Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause elevated levels on
small creeks and streams, and ponding of water on country roads and
farmland along the banks of creeks and streams.

&&

LAT...LON 3792 8177 3814 8197 3828 8186 3818 8181
      3818 8180 3820 8181 3821 8181 3821 8179
      3823 8179 3823 8177 3820 8175 3821 8172
      3811 8153
TIME...MOT...LOC 1827Z 310DEG 16KT 3818 8185 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 1:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLincoln25 min
Aug 7, 2:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMingo30 min
Aug 7, 3:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLogan27 min
Aug 7, 3:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXRaleigh53 min
Aug 7, 6:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMason35 min
Aug 7, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXPerry46 min
Aug 7, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBuchanan31 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.