Alert archive / West Virginia / Wind Chill Advisories in 2021
Wind Chill Advisory 3, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 19, 2021, 1:46 PM EST for Pocahontas County, Randolph County, West Virginia. It took effect at Feb 20, 2021, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 19, 2021, 1:46 PM EST (18:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 20, 2021, 12:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2021, 10:00 AM EST
- In force
- 10 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 18:49 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, 6.8 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
- 635 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 110 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -245 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
522 WWUS41 KRLX 191846 WSWRLX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Charleston WV 146 PM EST Fri Feb 19 2021 WVZ523-526-200300- /O.NEW.KRLX.WC.Y.0003.210220T0500Z-210220T1500Z/ Northwest Pocahontas-Southeast Randolph- Including the cities of Snowshoe and Harman 146 PM EST Fri Feb 19 2021 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EST SATURDAY... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low as 15 below zero. * WHERE...Northwest Pocahontas and Southeast Randolph Counties. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 10 AM EST Saturday. * IMPACTS...The cold wind chills could result in hypothermia if precautions are not taken. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use caution while traveling outside. Wear appropriate clothing, a hat, and gloves. && $$
3 follow-up statements
149 WWUS41 KRLX 200205 WSWRLX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Charleston WV 905 PM EST Fri Feb 19 2021 WVZ523-526-201200- /O.CON.KRLX.WC.Y.0003.210220T0500Z-210220T1500Z/ Northwest Pocahontas-Southeast Randolph- Including the cities of Snowshoe and Harman 905 PM EST Fri Feb 19 2021 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST SATURDAY... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low as 15 below zero. * WHERE...Southeast Randolph and Northwest Pocahontas Counties. * WHEN...Until 10 AM EST Saturday. * IMPACTS...The cold wind chills could result in hypothermia if precautions are not taken. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use caution while traveling outside. Wear appropriate clothing, a hat, and gloves. && $$
580 WWUS41 KRLX 201020 WSWRLX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Charleston WV 520 AM EST Sat Feb 20 2021 WVZ523-526-201500- /O.CON.KRLX.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-210220T1500Z/ Northwest Pocahontas-Southeast Randolph- Including the cities of Snowshoe and Harman 520 AM EST Sat Feb 20 2021 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills. Wind chills as low as 15 below zero. * WHERE...Southeast Randolph and Northwest Pocahontas Counties. * WHEN...Until 10 AM EST this morning. * IMPACTS...The cold wind chills could result in hypothermia if precautions are not taken. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use caution while traveling outside. Wear appropriate clothing, a hat, and gloves. && $$
221 WWUS41 KRLX 201455 WSWRLX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Charleston WV 955 AM EST Sat Feb 20 2021 WVZ523-526-201600- /O.EXP.KRLX.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-210220T1500Z/ Northwest Pocahontas-Southeast Randolph- Including the cities of Snowshoe and Harman 955 AM EST Sat Feb 20 2021 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... Wind chill values will likely stay below zero today for the highest ridgetops. $$
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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.