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Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Charleston, WV

April 3, 2024Pocahontas County, Randolph County, Webster County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this winter storm warning at Apr 3, 2024, 10:39 AM EDT for Pocahontas County, Randolph County, Webster County, West Virginia. It took effect at Apr 4, 2024, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 48 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 3, 2024, 10:39 AM EDT (14:39 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 4, 2024, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 5, 2024, 11:54 PM EDT
In force: 48 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

Counties Pocahontas County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Webster County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 157 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: 51 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -461 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 895 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm warning 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 winter storm warning went out at Apr 3, 9:17 AM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 9:17 AM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 3:03 AM EDT, 7 hours 36 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 3, 10:36 AM EDT, 3 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 2, 10:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Mason	32 min
Apr 2, 11:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson, Wirt	26 min
Apr 3, 3:01 AM EDT	Winter Storm Watch	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster	8 hr
Apr 3, 4:04 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Tyler	15 hr
Apr 3, 4:29 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Wood	7 hr
Apr 3, 7:59 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Wood	3 days
Apr 3, 8:01 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Wood	3 days
Apr 3, 8:05 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Tyler, Wood	3 days
Apr 3, 8:08 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Jackson, Wood	4 days
Apr 3, 8:54 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Barbour, Braxton, Harrison, Lewis, Nicholas, Pocahontas and 4 more	16 hr
Apr 3, 12:50 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Mason	4 days
Apr 3, 1:07 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Mason	4 days
Apr 3, 1:14 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Mason	4 days
Apr 3, 1:53 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Barbour	25 hr
Apr 3, 6:29 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RLX	Barbour	11 hr
Apr 2, 8:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Perry	45 min
Apr 2, 8:31 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Perry	14 min
Apr 2, 8:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Vinton	43 min
Apr 2, 8:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Perry	25 min
Apr 2, 9:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton	42 min
Apr 3, 12:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Washington	30 min
Apr 3, 12:58 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Gallia, Lawrence	37 hr
Apr 3, 1:15 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Washington	37 hr
Apr 3, 2:05 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Meigs	38 hr
Apr 2, 8:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boyd, Carter, Greenup	32 min
Apr 2, 8:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boyd, Carter, Greenup	15 min
Apr 3, 2:57 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Carter	3 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.