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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 2006, 4:32 PM EDT for Webster County, West Virginia. It was in force for 28 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
- Apr 15, 2006, 4:32 PM EDT (20:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2006, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Webster County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
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 Apr 15, 3:32 PM EDT, 1 hour earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 3:32 PM EDT, 1 hour before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 15, 5:02 AM EDT, 11 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 502 AM EDT SAT APR 15 2006 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-160915- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON- JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN- 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-MCDOWELL-WYOMING- RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS- RANDOLPH- 502 AM EDT SAT APR 15 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...AS A VERY WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS REMAINS OVER THE AREA...AND A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL. WE WILL ALSO BE MONITORING HEAVY RAINFALL..IN RELATION TO WHERE HEAVY RAIN FELL OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS. AREAS THAT ALREADY GOT HIT HARD ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO FLOODING FROM ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE I64 CORRIDOR. THE MAIN THREATS WILL AGAIN BE DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL. WE WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO MONITOR WHERE THERE ARE MULTIPLE OCCURRENCES OF HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. TRM / 29
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 15, 1:38 PM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Apr 15, 4:02 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 402 PM EDT SAT APR 15 2006 WVZ016-018-027>030-037>040-046-047-152115- ROANE-CALHOUN-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR- BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPENCER...GRANTSVILLE...CLAY...SUTTON... GASSAWAY...BURNSVILLE...GLENVILLE...WESTON...SUMMERSVILLE... RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE...COWEN...BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI... BELINGTON...MARLINTON...ELKINS 402 PM EDT SAT APR 15 2006 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... NEAR 4 OCLOCK...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING FROM JUST EAST OF SPENCER OF ROANE COUNTY...ON THROUGH THE GRANTSVILLE AND BURNSVILLE VICINITY OF CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN BUCKHANNON AND ELKINS. THE RAIN WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT. OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME STRONGER...INCREASING THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALIZED HAIL AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE...MONITOR THE WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN HORIZON FOR STORM DEVELOPMENT. BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Harrison | 44 min |
| Apr 14, 10:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 21 min |
| Apr 14, 10:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Kanawha | 31 min |
| Apr 14, 11:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason | 28 min |
| Apr 15, 12:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Nicholas, Webster | 30 min |
| Apr 14, 9:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Lawrence | 30 min |
| Apr 14, 10:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 10:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gallia | 27 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.