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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

September 9, 2021Harrison County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Sep 9, 2021, 3:54 PM EDT for Harrison 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: Sep 9, 2021, 3:54 PM EDT (19:54 UTC)
Expired: Sep 9, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 30

County Harrison County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 227 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 798 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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 Sep 9, 1:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 9, 1:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 9, 3:28 AM EDT, 12 hours 26 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Charleston WV
328 AM EDT Thu Sep 9 2021

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-
013>020-024>034-039-040-515>526-100730-
Greenup-Carter-Boyd-Lawrence KY-Perry-Morgan-Athens-Washington-
Jackson OH-Vinton-Meigs-Gallia-Lawrence OH-Dickenson-Buchanan-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-McDowell-Wyoming-Upshur-Barbour-
Northwest Raleigh-Southeast Raleigh-Northwest Fayette-
Southeast Fayette-Northwest Nicholas-Southeast Nicholas-
Northwest Webster-Southeast Webster-Northwest Pocahontas-
Southeast Pocahontas-Northwest Randolph-Southeast Randolph-
328 AM EDT Thu Sep 9 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky, southeast
Ohio, southwest Virginia and much of West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 9, 3:54 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
354 PM EDT Thu Sep 9 2021

WVZ031-039-040-092045-
Barbour WV-Harrison WV-Upshur WV-
354 PM EDT Thu Sep 9 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of north central
Upshur, northwestern Barbour and southern Harrison Counties through
445 PM EDT...

At 354 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Nutter Fort, or over Clarksburg, moving southeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 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...
Clarksburg, Philippi, Bridgeport, Stonewood, Nutter Fort, Anmoore,
West Milford, Lost Creek, Volga, Century, Hodgesville, Galloway and
Despard.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 79 between mile markers 107 and 121.
 Route 50 in West Virginia between mile markers 74 and 82.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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LAT...LON 3898 8016 3907 8031 3910 8030 3912 8039
      3920 8051 3935 8036 3927 8019 3924 8016
      3924 8014 3919 8003
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 293DEG 14KT 3924 8033

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 9, 4:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun	45 min
Sep 9, 5:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Webster	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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.