Special Weather Statement
NWS Charleston WV ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Meigs...Southeastern Gallia... Southwestern Washington...Eastern Athens...Mason...Northwestern Putnam...Central Jackson And Western Wood Counties Through 600 AM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 508 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 6 miles southeast of Glouster to 7 miles southeast of Athens to near Mason to near Rio Grande. Movement was southeast at 35 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... Parkersburg, Athens, Belpre, Point Pleasant, Gallipolis, Ripley, Pomeroy, Racine, Coolville, Forked Run State Park, Vienna, Ravenswood, New Haven, Buffalo, Mason, Sandyville, Washington, Tuppers Plains, Lubeck, and Boaz. This includes the following highways... Interstate 77 in West Virginia between mile markers 133 and 160. Route 50 in West Virginia between mile markers 1 and 8.
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.
Affected areas
- Athens County, OH
- Washington County, OH
- Meigs County, OH
- Gallia County, OH
- Mason County, WV
- Jackson County, WV
- Wood County, WV
- Putnam County, WV
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Charleston WV
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~54s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2SWD7NVYV9SKSG65REGZQAK
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c9f506fbd53d50a7dcbbc01a5e2aa6935e3de627.001.1
- 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.5452
- 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 180908 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT MEIGS...SOUTHEASTERN GALLIA... SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON...EASTERN ATHENS...MASON...NORTHWESTERN PUTNAM...CENTRAL JACKSON AND WESTERN WOOD COUNTIES THROUGH 600 AM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T09:08:00-00:00...storm...303DEG...31KT...39.45,-81.99 39.24,-82.0 38.99,-82.08 38.83,-82.38 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Athens County, OH
- Washington County, OH
- Meigs County, OH
- Gallia County, OH
- Mason County, WV
- Jackson County, WV
- Wood County, WV
- Putnam County, WV
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 039009 |
| SAME | 039167 |
| SAME | 039105 |
| SAME | 039053 |
| SAME | 054053 |
| SAME | 054035 |
| SAME | 054107 |
| SAME | 054079 |
| UGC | OHZ075 |
| UGC | OHZ076 |
| UGC | OHZ085 |
| UGC | OHZ086 |
| UGC | WVZ007 |
| UGC | WVZ008 |
| UGC | WVZ009 |
| UGC | WVZ014 |
- Polygons
- 39.49,-82.08 39.48,-82.05 39.46,-82.05 39.46,-81.93 39.36,-81.51 39.03,-81.58 38.77,-81.66 38.56,-82.08 38.82,-82.45 38.98,-82.11 39.26,-82.08 39.49,-82.08