Special Weather Statement
NWS Charleston WV ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact East Central Meigs... Southwestern Wirt...Northwestern Roane...Northeastern Jackson And Southwestern Wood Counties Through 330 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 302 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Forked Run State Park, moving southeast at 15 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 40 mph.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Forked Run State Park, Ravenswood, Sandyville, Portland, Cherry, Peewee, Belleville, Reedsville, Morristown, Rockport, Leroy, and Palestine. This includes Interstate 77 in West Virginia between mile markers 144 and 163.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. 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
- Meigs County, OH
- Jackson County, WV
- Wood County, WV
- Roane County, WV
- Wirt County, WV
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Charleston WV
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~31s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2RBZFR2AJDNP5P69MBQZPR1
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f0c739c3557414f7e52070b4f19a1e211a271a37.001.1
- 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.1817
- 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 171902 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL MEIGS... SOUTHWESTERN WIRT...NORTHWESTERN ROANE...NORTHEASTERN JACKSON AND SOUTHWESTERN WOOD COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-17T19:02:00-00:00...storm...322DEG...14KT...39.08,-81.72 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Meigs County, OH
- Jackson County, WV
- Wood County, WV
- Roane County, WV
- Wirt County, WV
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 039105 |
| SAME | 054035 |
| SAME | 054107 |
| SAME | 054087 |
| SAME | 054105 |
| UGC | OHZ085 |
| UGC | WVZ008 |
| UGC | WVZ009 |
| UGC | WVZ016 |
| UGC | WVZ017 |
- Polygons
- 39.1,-81.9 39.17,-81.76 39.02,-81.3 38.77,-81.63 39.1,-81.9