Special Weather Statement
NWS Charleston WV ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Northern Kanawha And East Central Putnam Counties Through 930 AM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 850 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Sissonville, or 8 miles northeast of Nitro, moving southeast at 25 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, Winfield, South Charleston, Sissonville, Chesapeake, Marmet, Belle, Poca, Cross Lanes, Pinch, Coal Fork, Elkview, and Bancroft. This includes the following highways... Interstate 79 between mile markers 1 and 12. Interstate 77 in West Virginia between mile markers 96 and 117. Interstate 64 in West Virginia between mile markers 55 and 57. West Virginia Turnpike between mile markers 85 and 95. Route 119 between mile markers 78 and 80.
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.
Affected areas
- Putnam County, WV
- Kanawha County, WV
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Charleston WV
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~21s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2T94J9737YXZ0VC8CJVG6KE
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4845ae6eb2c82333bc4cf4ad2662510f2d2768ac.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.1228
- 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 181251 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN KANAWHA AND EAST CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTIES THROUGH 930 AM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T12:50:00-00:00...storm...309DEG...21KT...38.5,-81.71 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Putnam County, WV
- Kanawha County, WV
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 054079 |
| SAME | 054039 |
| UGC | WVZ014 |
| UGC | WVZ015 |
- Polygons
- 38.59,-81.69 38.56,-81.63 38.56,-81.62 38.38,-81.25 38.19,-81.51 38.54,-81.89 38.59,-81.69