Special Weather Statement
NWS Charleston WV ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Southeastern Lewis...Eastern Braxton...Southwestern Upshur And North Central Webster Counties Through 945 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 912 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms 8 miles northeast of Sutton, moving east at 40 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... Sutton, Rock Cave, Holly River State Park, Flatwoods, Alexander, Eden, Cleveland, Helvetia, Exchange, Heaters, Walkersville, Kanawha Head, Ireland, Centralia, Falls Mills, and French Creek. This includes Interstate 79 between mile markers 60 and 75.
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
- Braxton County, WV
- Lewis County, WV
- Upshur County, WV
- Northwest Webster
- Northwest Randolph
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Charleston WV
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m5s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M33ARWCAGSDVHT1WZCCG6ZVN
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.df6ce7baad632f1fbdf4ff5ffa7b53525bb0ca61.001.1
- 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.1849
- 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 220112 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN LEWIS...EASTERN BRAXTON...SOUTHWESTERN UPSHUR AND NORTH CENTRAL WEBSTER COUNTIES THROUGH 945 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-22T01:12:00-00:00...storm...247DEG...34KT...38.73,-80.57 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.25 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Braxton County, WV
- Lewis County, WV
- Upshur County, WV
- Northwest Webster
- Northwest Randolph
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 054007 |
| SAME | 054041 |
| SAME | 054097 |
| SAME | 054101 |
| SAME | 054083 |
| UGC | WVZ028 |
| UGC | WVZ030 |
| UGC | WVZ039 |
| UGC | WVZ521 |
| UGC | WVZ525 |
- Polygons
- 38.59,-80.7 38.76,-80.82 38.94,-80.3 38.7,-80.16 38.59,-80.7