Special Weather Statement
NWS Charleston WV ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Wirt...Northwestern Roane... Northern Jackson And Southern Wood Counties Through 115 AM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 1242 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Lubeck to near Sandyville to near Ripley. Movement was east at 35 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Parkersburg, Ripley, Elizabeth, Sandyville, Mineralwells, Lubeck, Washington, Reedy, Cherry, Peewee, Walker, Palestine, Lucille, Evans, Freeport, Greencastle, Morristown, Davisville, Rockport, and Leroy. This includes the following highways... Interstate 77 in West Virginia between mile markers 138 and 145, and between mile markers 151 and 176. Route 50 in West Virginia near mile marker 8, and between mile markers 10 and 19.
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
- Jackson County, WV
- Wood County, WV
- Roane County, WV
- Wirt County, WV
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Charleston WV
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~46s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M314C2ZER3J2XVR2DJT1VVB9
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.98920ff77e75f6f98da0ed174a41bfb202c8c9ed.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.6693
- 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 210442 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WIRT...NORTHWESTERN ROANE... NORTHERN JACKSON AND SOUTHERN WOOD COUNTIES THROUGH 115 AM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T04:42:00-00:00...storm...262DEG...29KT...39.16,-81.63 38.95,-81.62 38.86,-81.75 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Jackson County, WV
- Wood County, WV
- Roane County, WV
- Wirt County, WV
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 054035 |
| SAME | 054107 |
| SAME | 054087 |
| SAME | 054105 |
| UGC | WVZ008 |
| UGC | WVZ009 |
| UGC | WVZ016 |
| UGC | WVZ017 |
- Polygons
- 39.3,-81.37 39.01,-81.28 38.84,-81.5 38.8,-81.85 38.82,-81.86 38.94,-81.69 39.22,-81.69 39.3,-81.37