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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 188, NWS Charleston, WV

July 20, 2006Calhoun County, Roane County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 2006, 11:42 PM EDT for Calhoun County, Roane County, West Virginia. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 20, 2006, 11:42 PM EDT (03:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 2006, 12:30 AM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Calhoun County, WV, Roane County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 20, 9:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 9:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 20, 5:10 AM EDT, 18 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
510 AM EDT THU JUL 20 2006

VAZ003-004-WVZ033>038-046-047-210915-
DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-
WEBSTER-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
510 AM EDT THU JUL 20 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

LOCALIZED DOWNPOURS COULD FORM THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...
FROM SCATTERED SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

RAIN RATES OF AN INCH IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES ARE
POSSIBLE...CAUSING STREET AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. IF THESE
SHOWERS REFORM...OR PERSIST...OVER THE SAME CREEKS...LOCALIZED
FLASH FLOODING COULD OCCUR ON THESE SMALL STREAMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL IS A POSSIBILITY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...WITH
FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE. A FLOOD WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED. THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS SITUATION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ086-087-WVZ005>011-013>020-024>032-039-040-
210915-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE-CABELL-
MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-
ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-
BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-
510 AM EDT THU JUL 20 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO AND WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL IS A POSSIBILITY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...WITH
SOME WATER PROBLEMS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS SITUATION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

OHZ066-067-075-076-083>085-210915-
PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-
510 AM EDT THU JUL 20 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE APPROACH OF A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE REGION...FROM THE GREAT
LAKES AND CENTRAL PLAINS...WILL RESULT IN THE CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BUT THEN CONTINUING
THROUGH THE NIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. THE
MAIN THREAT WOULD BE DAMAGING WINDS...ALTHOUGH A FEW STORMS COULD
ALSO PRODUCE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL IS A POSSIBILITY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...WITH
SOME WATER PROBLEMS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS SITUATION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 20, 10:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBarbour33 min
Jul 21, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWayne35 min
Jul 21, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCabell31 min
Jul 21, 7:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLawrence42 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

Sources

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