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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 234, NWS Charleston, WV

October 11, 2006Nicholas County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 11, 2006, 7:54 PM EDT for Nicholas County, West Virginia. It was in force for 36 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
Oct 11, 2006, 7:54 PM EDT (23:54 UTC)
Expired
Oct 11, 2006, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Nicholas County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 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 Oct 11, 7:40 PM EDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 11, 7:40 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 11, 4:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 11, 5:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 11, 5:36 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 11, 7:34 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
734 PM EDT WED OCT 11 2006

WVZ027-036-037-120000-
CLAY WV-NICHOLAS WV-FAYETTE WV-
737 PM EDT WED OCT 11 2006

HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE...

AT 735 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF KANAWHA COUNTY...INTO
CLAY ...NICHOLAS...AND FAYETTE COUNTIES. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS EAST
AT 35 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE SWISS AND
  GAULEY BRIDGE.

WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE
ALL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 11, 4:01 PM EDTFreeze WatchRLX12 hr
Oct 11, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLogan, Mingo40 min
Oct 11, 6:09 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXLogan, Mingo36 min
Oct 11, 6:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone34 min
Oct 11, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXKanawha36 min
Oct 11, 7:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRaleigh43 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.