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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Mar 31, 2022, 12:13 PM EDT for Kanawha County, West Virginia. It was in force for 32 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
- Mar 31, 2022, 12:13 PM EDT (16:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2022, 12:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 50
County Kanawha County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 779 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 361 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 490 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
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 Mar 31, 11:37 AM EDT, 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 11:37 AM EDT, 36 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Charleston WV Issued by National Weather Service Jackson KY 1001 AM EDT Thu Mar 31 2022 KYZ101>103-105-011415- Greenup-Carter-Boyd-Lawrence KY- 1001 AM EDT Thu Mar 31 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. A line of showers and thunderstorms will cross the area today ahead of a cold front. Locally strong wind gusts may occur. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-011415- Perry-Morgan-Athens-Washington-Jackson OH-Vinton-Meigs-Gallia- Lawrence OH- 1001 AM EDT Thu Mar 31 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Ohio. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. A line of showers and thunderstorms will cross the area today ahead of a cold front. Locally strong wind gusts may occur. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-013>020-024>034-039-040-515>522-524-525-011415- 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- Southeast Pocahontas-Northwest Randolph- 1001 AM EDT Thu Mar 31 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Virginia and much of West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. A line of showers and thunderstorms will cross the area today ahead of a cold front. Locally strong wind gusts may occur. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. A wintry mix will occur Friday morning with possible snow accumulations less than 1 inch. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. WVZ523-526-011415- Northwest Pocahontas-Southeast Randolph- 1001 AM EDT Thu Mar 31 2022 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northeast West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. A line of showers and thunderstorms will cross the area today ahead of a cold front. Locally strong wind gusts may occur. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. A wintry mix will occur Friday morning with snow accumulations of 1 to 2 inches possible. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. DJ
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Special weather statement, Mar 31, 11:08 AM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 10:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Ritchie, Tyler | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 11:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Tyler | 22 min |
| Mar 31, 11:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Calhoun | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 11:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Roane | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 11:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge | 22 min |
| Mar 31, 11:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Lewis | 24 min |
| Mar 31, 12:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 12:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Harrison, Taylor | 27 min |
| Mar 31, 12:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone | 24 min |
| Mar 31, 12:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Clay | 36 min |
| Mar 31, 12:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Raleigh | 27 min |
| Mar 31, 12:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Taylor | 36 min |
| Mar 31, 12:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 1:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 1:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette | 23 min |
| Mar 31, 1:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Nicholas | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 1:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Upshur | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 1:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 2:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Webster | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 49 min |
| Mar 31, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Webster | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 42 min |
| Mar 31, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Randolph | 36 min |
| Mar 31, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas | 27 min |
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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.