Special Weather Statement
NWS Charleston WV ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Central Greenup County Through 545 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 508 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9 miles west of Letitia, or 13 miles southwest of Portsmouth, moving southeast at 15 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Portsmouth, South Shore, Load, Letitia, Grays Branch, South Portsmouth, and Warnock.
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
- Greenup County, KY
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Charleston WV
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~22s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M30ADWXGT7MSH8F1HYNHDX9F
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6070af9b30a789a941617bda19a8ada2488fc3ef.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.5125
- 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 202109 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL GREENUP COUNTY THROUGH 545 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-20T21:08:00-00:00...storm...293DEG...14KT...38.68,-83.17 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.50 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Greenup County, KY
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 021089 |
| UGC | KYZ101 |
- Polygons
- 38.59,-83.07 38.62,-83.08 38.62,-83.07 38.63,-83.07 38.64,-83.05 38.66,-83.05 38.68,-83.03 38.7,-83.04 38.73,-83.03 38.72,-82.98 38.74,-82.96 38.72,-82.87 38.69,-82.88 38.67,-82.86 38.48,-82.96 38.56,-83.1 38.59,-83.07