Special Weather Statement
NWS Charleston WV ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Northwestern Kanawha And East Central Putnam Counties Through 230 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 143 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Poca, or near Winfield, moving southeast at 15 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Charleston, South Charleston, Dunbar, Sissonville, and Cross Lanes. This includes the following highways... Interstate 79 between mile markers 1 and 6, and near mile marker 8. Interstate 77 in West Virginia between mile markers 100 and 114. Interstate 64 in West Virginia between mile markers 54 and 57. Route 119 between mile markers 77 and 80.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio stations and available television stations for additional information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
Affected areas
- Putnam County, WV
- Kanawha County, WV
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Charleston WV
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~29s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2R7GK0FAWBTQFRX461WVDF5
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f3c0eeff65d6155364b3c9154b7534fc50386822.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Charleston WV
- AWIPS ID
- CAPRLX
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.8150
- WMO heading
- XOUS51
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 51
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SPS |
| NationalWeatherService | SPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SPSRLX |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS81 KRLX 171744 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN KANAWHA AND EAST CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-17T17:43:00-00:00...storm...302DEG...14KT...38.53,-81.77 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.25 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Putnam County, WV
- Kanawha County, WV
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 054079 |
| SAME | 054039 |
| UGC | WVZ014 |
| UGC | WVZ015 |
- Polygons
- 38.53,-81.83 38.57,-81.78 38.47,-81.49 38.3,-81.67 38.53,-81.83