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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Jun 18, 2025, 11:32 PM EDT for Boyd County, Carter County, Lawrence County, Kentucky. It was in force for 28 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
- Jun 18, 2025, 11:32 PM EDT (03:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2025, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 50
Counties Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY, Lawrence County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:33 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 1583 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1083 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 5.1
The text
As transmitted.
532
WWUS81 KRLX 190332
SPSRLX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
1132 PM EDT Wed Jun 18 2025
KYZ101>103-105-OHZ087-190400-
Boyd KY-Greenup KY-Carter KY-Lawrence KY-Lawrence OH-
1132 PM EDT Wed Jun 18 2025
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BOYD...SOUTHERN GREENUP...
NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE...CARTER AND SOUTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTIES
THROUGH MIDNIGHT EDT...
At 1132 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from Oldtown to Bruin. Movement
was east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Ashland, Ironton, Grayson, Coal Grove, Cannonsburg, Grayson Lake
State Park, Yatesville Lake State Park, Carter Caves State Park,
Kenova, Catlettsburg, Webbville, Princess, Coalton, Denton, Gesling,
Greenbo Lake, Oldtown, Naples, Rush, and Load.
This includes Interstate 64 in Kentucky between mile markers 161 and
191.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 100 AM EDT for
northeastern Kentucky. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch also remains in
effect until 300 AM EDT for southeastern Ohio...and western West
Virginia.
&&
LAT...LON 3855 8310 3857 8254 3841 8258 3842 8260
3835 8260 3834 8259 3817 8262 3817 8264
3814 8263 3805 8265 3811 8289 3817 8292
3817 8298 3820 8301 3819 8305 3818 8305
3823 8309 3826 8315
TIME...MOT...LOC 0332Z 273DEG 28KT 3845 8292 3819 8299
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
$$
20The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 11:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wood | 30 min |
| Jun 18, 11:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants, Tyler, Wood | 31 min |
| Jun 19, 12:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 28 min |
| Jun 19, 12:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Putnam | 30 min |
| Jun 19, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Doddridge, Jackson, Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane and 3 more | 43 min |
| Jun 19, 1:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam, Wayne | 63 min |
| Jun 19, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam, Roane | 34 min |
| Jun 19, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Kanawha, Putnam, Roane | 35 min |
| Jun 19, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lincoln, Putnam, Wayne | 62 min |
| Jun 19, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam | 41 min |
| Jun 19, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Roane | 33 min |
| Jun 19, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Clay, Kanawha | 44 min |
| Jun 19, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton | 30 min |
| Jun 19, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Randolph, Upshur | 33 min |
| Jun 19, 4:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Wayne | 110 min |
| Jun 19, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wyoming | 31 min |
| Jun 19, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette | 24 min |
| Jun 18, 8:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Perry | 41 min |
| Jun 18, 9:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Morgan, Perry | 24 min |
| Jun 18, 9:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Morgan, Perry | 27 min |
| Jun 18, 10:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 10:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Morgan | 32 min |
| Jun 18, 10:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Morgan, Perry | 23 min |
| Jun 18, 10:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Athens, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton | 45 min |
| Jun 18, 11:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Gallia, Lawrence | 27 min |
| Jun 18, 10:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Carter, Greenup | 26 min |
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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.