Alert archive / West Virginia / Wind Advisories in 2021
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this wind advisory at Mar 1, 2021, 10:54 AM EST for Pocahontas County, Randolph County, West Virginia. It took effect at Mar 1, 2021, 2:00 PM EST. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 1, 2021, 10:54 AM EST (15:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 1, 2021, 2:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2021, 3:00 AM EST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
Counties Pocahontas County, WV, Randolph County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:55 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 808 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -301 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -240 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
790 WWUS71 KRLX 011554 NPWRLX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Charleston WV 1054 AM EST Mon Mar 1 2021 WVZ523-526-020000- /O.NEW.KRLX.WI.Y.0002.210301T1900Z-210302T0900Z/ Northwest Pocahontas-Southeast Randolph- Including the cities of Snowshoe and Harman 1054 AM EST Mon Mar 1 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM EST TUESDAY... * WHAT...Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph expected. * WHERE...Northwest Pocahontas and Southeast Randolph Counties. * WHEN...From 2 PM this afternoon to 4 AM EST Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
2 follow-up statements
874 WWUS71 KRLX 012354 NPWRLX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Charleston WV 654 PM EST Mon Mar 1 2021 WVZ523-526-020800- /O.CON.KRLX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-210302T0900Z/ Northwest Pocahontas-Southeast Randolph- Including the cities of Snowshoe and Harman 654 PM EST Mon Mar 1 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST TUESDAY... * WHAT...Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph expected. * WHERE...Northwest Pocahontas and Southeast Randolph Counties. * WHEN...From 2 PM this afternoon to 4 AM EST Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
332 WWUS71 KRLX 020800 NPWRLX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Charleston WV 300 AM EST Tue Mar 2 2021 WVZ523-526-020900- /O.CAN.KRLX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-210302T0900Z/ Northwest Pocahontas-Southeast Randolph- Including the cities of Snowshoe and Harman 300 AM EST Tue Mar 2 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... Winds will continue to gradually diminish this morning. Therefore, the need for a wind advisory is over. Gusts to 30 to 35 mph remain likely across the highest ridges early this morning. $$ TRM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 10:05 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:06 AM EST | River Flood Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 11 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:49 AM EST | River Flood Warning | RLX | Clay, Kanawha | 13 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:52 AM EST | River Flood Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 20 hr |
| Mar 1, 6:19 AM EST | River Flood Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Logan | 17 hr |
| Mar 1, 11:20 AM EST | River Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Wood | 51 hr |
| Mar 1, 11:20 AM EST | River Flood Warning | RLX | Mason | 62 hr |
| Mar 1, 11:20 AM EST | River Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 3 days |
| Mar 1, 11:20 AM EST | River Flood Warning | RLX | Mason | 62 hr |
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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.