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 9, 2021, 4:55 PM EDT for Boone County, West Virginia. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report 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 9, 2021, 4:55 PM EDT (20:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2021, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
County Boone County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 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 9, 5:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Nnw Danville, WV | SMALL TREE LIMBS DOWN AND THE TOP OF ONE TREE DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 210 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1127 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WWUS81 KRLX 092055
SPSRLX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
455 PM EDT Mon Aug 9 2021
WVZ013-015-026-092130-
Boone WV-Kanawha WV-Lincoln WV-
455 PM EDT Mon Aug 9 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of west central
Kanawha, northeastern Lincoln and northwestern Boone Counties through
530 PM EDT...
At 454 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Julian, or 7 miles northwest of Madison, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 45 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Madison, Alum Creek, Spurlockville, Julian, Tornado, Danville, Sod,
Woodville, Ashford, Foster, Alkol, Mud and Yawkey.
This includes Route 119 between mile markers 49 and 70.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3832 8193 3834 8191 3823 8163 3803 8185
3810 8204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 209DEG 18KT 3811 8192
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
22The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln | 33 min |
| Aug 9, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 36 min |
| Aug 9, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Roane | 48 min |
| Aug 9, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lawrence | 31 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.