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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Charleston, WV

July 30, 1999Jackson County, Mason County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 1999, 3:16 AM EDT for Jackson County, Mason County, West Virginia. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 30, 1999, 3:16 AM EDT (07:16 UTC)
Expired: Jul 30, 1999, 4:00 AM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Whole counties

Counties Jackson County, WV, Mason County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 30, 3:35 AM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	New Haven, WV	Fallen trees knocked down power lines.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 29, 11:18 PM EDT, 3 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 11:18 PM EDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 30, 5:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lincoln	49 min
Jul 30, 9:06 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Mingo	3 hr
Jul 30, 9:38 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wayne	52 min
Jul 30, 10:28 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Logan	32 min
Jul 30, 12:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone	23 min
Jul 30, 5:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Mingo, Wayne	26 min
Jul 30, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Mingo, Wayne	60 min
Jul 30, 6:01 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Mingo, Wayne	119 min
Jul 30, 7:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wayne	59 min
Jul 30, 5:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence	39 min
Jul 30, 7:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lawrence	26 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 1999 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.