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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1999, 4:55 PM EDT for Putnam County, West Virginia. It was in force for 35 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
- Aug 13, 1999, 4:55 PM EDT (20:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 1999, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Putnam County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 5:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Winfield, WV | Fallen tree branches 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 Aug 13, 3:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 3:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 13, 3:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
OHZ086-WVZ007-131945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 317 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 1999 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE CROSSING GALLIA COUNTY OHIO AND NORTHERN MASON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA BEFORE DIMINISHING BY AROUND 345 PM THIS AFTERNOON. SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...POINT PLEASANT...RIO GRANDE AND GALLIPOLIS RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS.
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KYZ101-103-OHZ087-132000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 327 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 1999 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE CROSSING EASTERN GREENUP AND NORTHERN BOYD COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY AND LAWRENCE COUNTY IN OHIO BEFORE DIMINISHING BY AROUND 400 PM THIS AFTERNOON. SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...LAKE VESUVIUS... IRONTON...COAL GROVE AND ASHLAND RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln | 22 min |
| Aug 13, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 33 min |
| Aug 13, 5:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Putnam | 29 min |
| Aug 13, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 52 min |
| Aug 13, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Roane | 49 min |
| Aug 13, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay | 48 min |
| Aug 13, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Nicholas | 52 min |
| Aug 13, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Webster | 43 min |
| Aug 13, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Randolph, Upshur, Webster | 67 min |
| Aug 13, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Kanawha | 36 min |
| Aug 13, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh, Wyoming | 48 min |
| Aug 13, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Nicholas | 45 min |
| Aug 13, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mingo | 23 min |
Nearby
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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.