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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Aug 26, 2021, 2:00 PM EDT for Tucker County, West Virginia. It was in force for 30 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 26, 2021, 2:00 PM EDT (18:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2021, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
County Tucker County, WV
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 175 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 192 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 955 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 26, 1:22 PM EDT, 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 1:22 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Charleston WV 354 AM EDT Thu Aug 26 2021 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-013>020-024>032- 039-040-270800- Greenup-Carter-Boyd-Lawrence KY-Perry-Morgan-Athens-Washington- Jackson OH-Vinton-Meigs-Gallia-Lawrence OH-Wayne-Cabell-Mason- Jackson WV-Wood-Pleasants-Tyler-Lincoln-Putnam-Kanawha-Roane-Wirt- Calhoun-Ritchie-Doddridge-Mingo-Logan-Boone-Clay-Braxton-Gilmer- Lewis-Harrison-Taylor-Upshur-Barbour- 354 AM EDT Thu Aug 26 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky, southeast Ohio, and portions of central West Virginia, northern West Virginia, southern West Virginia and western West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. Afternoon or evening thunderstorms could be heavy and strong. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. Afternoon heat indices could approach 100 degrees Friday through the weekend, and afternoon or evening thunderstorms could be strong and heavy most days Friday into next week. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. VAZ003-004-WVZ033-034-515>526-270800- Dickenson-Buchanan-McDowell-Wyoming-Northwest Raleigh- Southeast Raleigh-Northwest Fayette-Southeast Fayette- Northwest Nicholas-Southeast Nicholas-Northwest Webster- Southeast Webster-Northwest Pocahontas-Southeast Pocahontas- Northwest Randolph-Southeast Randolph- 354 AM EDT Thu Aug 26 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Virginia, and the West Virginia mountains. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. Afternoon or evening thunderstorms could be strong and heavy. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. Afternoon or evening thunderstorms could be strong and heavy most days Friday into next week. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. TRM
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 2:00 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
200 PM EDT Thu Aug 26 2021
WVZ526-261830-
Southeast Randolph WV-
200 PM EDT Thu Aug 26 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern
Randolph County through 230 PM EDT...
At 200 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 14
miles east of Elkins, moving northeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Harman, Bowden and Dryfork.
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.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
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LAT...LON 3892 7942 3893 7945 3890 7945 3889 7948
3889 7952 3887 7951 3884 7954 3883 7952
3881 7953 3880 7951 3878 7951 3874 7959
3888 7973 3900 7961 3897 7951 3898 7948
3897 7942 3893 7937
TIME...MOT...LOC 1800Z 230DEG 9KT 3886 7959
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
09The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pendleton | 23 min |
| Aug 26, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Webster | 64 min |
| Aug 26, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette | 52 min |
| Aug 26, 6:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Nicholas | 113 min |
| Aug 26, 7:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Raleigh | 52 min |
| Aug 26, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Highland | 62 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.