Special Weather Statement
NWS Charleston WV ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Southeastern Lewis...Upshur And West Central Barbour Counties Through 315 AM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 248 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Stonewall Jackson, or 8 miles south of Weston, moving east at 25 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size 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... Buckhannon, Rock Cave, Walkersville, Volga, Ireland, Ellamore, Lorentz, Tallmansville, Overhill, Hodgesville, Horner, and French Creek. This includes the following highways... Interstate 79 between mile markers 90 and 92. Route 33 between mile markers 1 and 17.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 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
- Lewis County, WV
- Upshur County, WV
- Barbour County, WV
- Northwest Randolph
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Charleston WV
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~53s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M31BK13VS7X8H74JKGT71T06
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2dac87ea76d72d03a95cd4a8fadd0f90e86052d4.001.1
- 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.1622
- 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 210648 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN LEWIS...UPSHUR AND WEST CENTRAL BARBOUR COUNTIES THROUGH 315 AM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T06:48:00-00:00...storm...254DEG...20KT...38.92,-80.42 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.25 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Lewis County, WV
- Upshur County, WV
- Barbour County, WV
- Northwest Randolph
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 054041 |
| SAME | 054097 |
| SAME | 054001 |
| SAME | 054083 |
| UGC | WVZ030 |
| UGC | WVZ039 |
| UGC | WVZ040 |
| UGC | WVZ525 |
- Polygons
- 38.78,-80.46 38.79,-80.46 38.8,-80.47 38.81,-80.47 38.81,-80.48 38.83,-80.47 38.85,-80.49 38.98,-80.54 39.11,-80.14 38.85,-80.05 38.78,-80.46