Special Weather Statement
NWS Charleston WV ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact North Central Nicholas...East Central Gilmer...Southern Lewis...Braxton...Southern Upshur... Northwestern Webster And Northeastern Clay Counties Through 245 AM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 209 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Stonewall Jackson to 8 miles west of Birch River. Movement was northeast at 50 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... Buckhannon, Sutton, Clay, Gassaway, Birch River, Rock Cave, Harrison, Burnsville, Flatwoods, Cleveland, Boggs, Little Birch, Kanawha Head, Ireland, Ivydale, Overhill, Erbacon, French Creek, Widen, and Frametown. This includes the following highways... Interstate 79 between mile markers 46 and 89. Route 19 between mile markers 52 and 68. Route 33 between mile markers 15 and 17.
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. These storms 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
- Clay County, WV
- Braxton County, WV
- Gilmer County, WV
- Lewis County, WV
- Upshur County, WV
- Northwest Nicholas
- Northwest Webster
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Charleston WV
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m17s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M319CBF4QBSV6WZ30RR9R03D
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.25c029ff25cb8eac86132f12f52f4b1b2a85e103.001.1
- 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.183
- 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 210609 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL NICHOLAS...EAST CENTRAL GILMER...SOUTHERN LEWIS...BRAXTON...SOUTHERN UPSHUR... NORTHWESTERN WEBSTER AND NORTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTIES THROUGH 245 AM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T06:09:00-00:00...storm...227DEG...44KT...38.96,-80.56 38.47,-80.9 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Clay County, WV
- Braxton County, WV
- Gilmer County, WV
- Lewis County, WV
- Upshur County, WV
- Northwest Nicholas
- Northwest Webster
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 054015 |
| SAME | 054007 |
| SAME | 054021 |
| SAME | 054041 |
| SAME | 054097 |
| SAME | 054067 |
| SAME | 054101 |
| UGC | WVZ027 |
| UGC | WVZ028 |
| UGC | WVZ029 |
| UGC | WVZ030 |
| UGC | WVZ039 |
| UGC | WVZ519 |
| UGC | WVZ521 |
- Polygons
- 39.01,-80.12 38.41,-80.62 38.42,-81.15 38.93,-80.66 39.01,-80.12