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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Charleston, WV

November 27, 2023Pocahontas County, Randolph County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this wind advisory at Nov 27, 2023, 2:10 AM EST for Pocahontas County, Randolph County, West Virginia. It took effect at Nov 27, 2023, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 27, 2023, 2:10 AM EST (07:10 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 27, 2023, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Nov 28, 2023, 2:00 PM EST
In force
19 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 07:12 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

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Roanoke, VA at 00:00Z on 2023-11-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Roanoke, VA at 00:00Z on 2023-11-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1405 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
99 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.