Special Weather Statement
NWS Charleston WV ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Northeastern Boyd...South Central Lawrence...Southern Cabell...Southwestern Putnam...Northern Lincoln...Northern Wayne And North Central Boone Counties Through 300 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 217 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Catlettsburg to Alum Creek. Movement was southeast at 20 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... Huntington, Ashland, Wayne, Hamlin, Beech Fork State Park, Barboursville, Kenova, Catlettsburg, Ceredo, Alum Creek, South Point, Burlington, West Hamlin, Lockwood, Ashford, Summit, Salt Rock, Yawkey, Myra, and Sweetland. This includes the following highways... Interstate 64 in Kentucky between mile markers 188 and 191. Interstate 64 in West Virginia between mile markers 1 and 14. Route 119 between mile markers 61 and 68.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. These storms 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
- Boyd County, KY
- Lawrence County, OH
- Wayne County, WV
- Cabell County, WV
- Lincoln County, WV
- Putnam County, WV
- Boone County, WV
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Charleston WV
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~25s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2R9CWVV53Z52WK7FHWBJMMN
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.45476f38e16e7c70375c3fff3a7da05b4f530bb5.001.1
- 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.462
- 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 171817 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN BOYD...SOUTH CENTRAL LAWRENCE...SOUTHERN CABELL...SOUTHWESTERN PUTNAM...NORTHERN LINCOLN...NORTHERN WAYNE AND NORTH CENTRAL BOONE COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-17T18:17:00-00:00...storm...299DEG...36KT...38.4,-82.61 38.3,-81.86 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.25 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Boyd County, KY
- Lawrence County, OH
- Wayne County, WV
- Cabell County, WV
- Lincoln County, WV
- Putnam County, WV
- Boone County, WV
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 021019 |
| SAME | 039087 |
| SAME | 054099 |
| SAME | 054011 |
| SAME | 054043 |
| SAME | 054079 |
| SAME | 054005 |
| UGC | KYZ103 |
| UGC | OHZ087 |
| UGC | WVZ005 |
| UGC | WVZ006 |
| UGC | WVZ013 |
| UGC | WVZ014 |
| UGC | WVZ026 |
- Polygons
- 38.45,-82.73 38.37,-81.95 38.32,-81.91 38.28,-81.81 38.23,-81.8 38.23,-81.78 38.2,-81.75 38.21,-81.72 38.22,-81.73 38.22,-81.72 38.17,-81.65 38.18,-81.81 38.21,-81.81 38.21,-81.79 38.23,-81.82 38.22,-81.82 38.22,-81.83 38.18,-81.82 38.24,-82.52 38.45,-82.73