Special Weather Statement
NWS Charleston WV ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Southeastern Meigs...Southeastern Gallia...Central Mason...Northeastern Cabell...Northwestern Kanawha...Putnam...Northwestern Roane And Jackson Counties Through 630 AM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 542 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Ravenswood to 6 miles north of Buffalo to 10 miles south of Gallipolis. Movement was southeast at 30 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... Ripley, Winfield, Hurricane, Ravenswood, Sissonville, Eleanor, Buffalo, Poca, Sandyville, Kenna, Teays Valley, Culloden, Cross Lanes, Bancroft, Leon, Portland, Statts Mills, Given, Kentuck, and Liberty. This includes the following highways... Interstate 77 in West Virginia between mile markers 110 and 150. Interstate 64 in West Virginia near mile marker 30, and between mile markers 32 and 44.
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
- Meigs County, OH
- Gallia County, OH
- Cabell County, WV
- Mason County, WV
- Jackson County, WV
- Putnam County, WV
- Kanawha County, WV
- Roane County, WV
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Charleston WV
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m0s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2SYBNYN76H34KFG58YD4HV1
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.36ea8b8e9dc43867bab0f5141ba69f8a9b1490ac.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.6311
- 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 180942 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN MEIGS...SOUTHEASTERN GALLIA...CENTRAL MASON...NORTHEASTERN CABELL...NORTHWESTERN KANAWHA...PUTNAM...NORTHWESTERN ROANE AND JACKSON COUNTIES THROUGH 630 AM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T09:42:00-00:00...storm...312DEG...25KT...38.95,-81.8 38.7,-81.96 38.67,-82.23 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Meigs County, OH
- Gallia County, OH
- Cabell County, WV
- Mason County, WV
- Jackson County, WV
- Putnam County, WV
- Kanawha County, WV
- Roane County, WV
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 039105 |
| SAME | 039053 |
| SAME | 054011 |
| SAME | 054053 |
| SAME | 054035 |
| SAME | 054079 |
| SAME | 054039 |
| SAME | 054087 |
| UGC | OHZ085 |
| UGC | OHZ086 |
| UGC | WVZ006 |
| UGC | WVZ007 |
| UGC | WVZ008 |
| UGC | WVZ014 |
| UGC | WVZ015 |
| UGC | WVZ016 |
- Polygons
- 38.84,-81.39 38.46,-81.63 38.42,-82.09 38.7,-82.38 38.74,-82.02 39.05,-81.81 38.84,-81.39