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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 234, NWS Charleston, WV
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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Special weather statement, Oct 11, 5:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
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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. 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 4:01 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | RLX | 12 hr | |
| Oct 11, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan, Mingo | 40 min |
| Oct 11, 6:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Logan, Mingo | 36 min |
| Oct 11, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone | 34 min |
| Oct 11, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 36 min |
| Oct 11, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh | 43 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.