Special Weather Statement
NWS Charleston WV ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact South Central Calhoun... Northeastern Cabell...Kanawha...Central Putnam...Northeastern Lincoln...Roane...Western Clay...Southeastern Jackson And North Central Boone Counties Through 700 AM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 613 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 8 miles northwest of Spencer to 10 miles east of Kenna to near Sissonville to Hurricane. 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... Charleston, Nitro, Spencer, Winfield, Clay, Jefferson, South Charleston, St. Albans, Dunbar, Hurricane, Sissonville, Chesapeake, Marmet, Belle, Clendenin, Poca, Pinch, Glen, Institute, and Tornado. This includes the following highways... Interstate 79 between mile markers 1 and 39. Interstate 77 in West Virginia between mile markers 96 and 120. Interstate 64 in West Virginia between mile markers 32 and 57. West Virginia Turnpike between mile markers 88 and 95. Route 119 between mile markers 66 and 80.
Instructions
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Affected areas
- Cabell County, WV
- Jackson County, WV
- Lincoln County, WV
- Putnam County, WV
- Kanawha County, WV
- Roane County, WV
- Calhoun County, WV
- Boone County, WV
- Clay County, WV
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Charleston WV
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~41s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2T05PN4E6YNF8MK69GXWY4D
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b4795abb022e7d0e14a79be39efba9906e6c2ef1.001.1
- 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.7389
- 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 181014 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL CALHOUN... NORTHEASTERN CABELL...KANAWHA...CENTRAL PUTNAM...NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN...ROANE...WESTERN CLAY...SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON AND NORTH CENTRAL BOONE COUNTIES THROUGH 700 AM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T10:13:00-00:00...storm...301DEG...31KT...38.87,-81.5 38.65,-81.46 38.53,-81.66 38.43,-82.0 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Cabell County, WV
- Jackson County, WV
- Lincoln County, WV
- Putnam County, WV
- Kanawha County, WV
- Roane County, WV
- Calhoun County, WV
- Boone County, WV
- Clay County, WV
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 054011 |
| SAME | 054035 |
| SAME | 054043 |
| SAME | 054079 |
| SAME | 054039 |
| SAME | 054087 |
| SAME | 054013 |
| SAME | 054005 |
| SAME | 054015 |
| UGC | WVZ006 |
| UGC | WVZ008 |
| UGC | WVZ013 |
| UGC | WVZ014 |
| UGC | WVZ015 |
| UGC | WVZ016 |
| UGC | WVZ018 |
| UGC | WVZ026 |
| UGC | WVZ027 |
- Polygons
- 38.48,-82.13 38.49,-82.08 38.48,-82.06 38.49,-82.05 38.56,-81.72 38.67,-81.53 38.93,-81.58 38.71,-81.06 38.43,-81.02 38.32,-81.21 38.16,-81.73 38.48,-82.13