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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS Charleston, WV

August 16, 2007Randolph County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2007, 8:22 PM EDT for Randolph County, West Virginia. It was in force for 23 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Aug 16, 2007, 8:22 PM EDT (00:22 UTC)
Expired: Aug 16, 2007, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Randolph County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 16, 8:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	11 Ssw Huttonsville, WV	TREES DOWN. FIRE DEPARTMENT OUT TAKING CARE OF THEM.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 23 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 164 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 622 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2274 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KRLX 170022
SVRRLX
WVC083-170045-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0167.070817T0022Z-070817T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
822 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 819 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MILL CREEK...OR ABOUT 25
  MILES SOUTH OF BUCKHANNON...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MILL CREEK BY 840 PM EDT...

REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.

LAT...LON 3859 7986 3855 7987 3853 7990 3853 8019
      3862 8023 3869 8029 3871 8027 3876 7985
      3862 7984
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 259DEG 35KT 3863 8022

$$

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2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KRLX 170034
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
832 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007

WVC083-170045-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0167.000000T0000Z-070817T0045Z/
RANDOLPH WV-
832 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT
FOR RANDOLPH COUNTY...

AT 823 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
 THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PICKENS...OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH OF
BUCKHANNON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HUTTONSVILLE AND MILL CREEK BY 840 PM EDT...
  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHEAT BRIDGE BY 845 PM EDT...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY

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

LAT...LON 3859 7986 3855 7987 3853 7990 3853 8019
      3862 8023 3869 8029 3871 8027 3876 7985
      3862 7984
TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 259DEG 35KT 3865 8010

$$

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000 
WWUS51 KRLX 170045 RRA
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
846 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007

WVC083-170056-
/O.EXP.KRLX.SV.W.0167.000000T0000Z-070817T0045Z/
RANDOLPH WV-
846 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RANDOLPH COUNTY EXPIRES AT 845
PM EDT...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND NO LONGER POSES A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...THUS THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER OTHER WEAKER
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH AND PEA 
SIZE HAIL.

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

LAT...LON 3859 7986 3855 7987 3853 7990 3853 8019
      3862 8023 3869 8029 3871 8027 3876 7985
      3862 7984
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 259DEG 35KT 3865 8007

$$

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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 Aug 16, 5:54 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 5:54 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
554 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007

.SYNOPSIS...
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING...BEFORE COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH OF
THE AREA OVERNIGHT.  HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS WITH COOLER WEATHER INTO
THE WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
LATE AFTERNOON UPDATE...
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ERUPTED ALONG NEARLY STATIONARY OUTFLOW BOUNDARY
ALONG THE OHIO RIVER INTO CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. THIS WILL CONTINUE
TO FIRE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...MAINLY SOUTH HALF
OF THE FORECAST AREA...BEFORE FRONT FINALLY PUSHES SOUTH OF THE
REGION LATER TONIGHT. HAVE UPPED POPS TO LIKELY MAINLY SOUTH OF I64
CORRIDOR...WITH POSSIBLE SEVERE EARLY THIS EVENING.
OLD DISCUSSION...
MANY RECORD HIGHS HAVE BEEN TIED OR BROKEN THIS AFTERNOON...THANKS TO
FAVORABLE TIMING IN BETWEEN UPPER LEVEL WAVES ALLOWING FOR FULL
HEATING BY THE SUN. CAP HAS BEEN TOO STRONG TO OVERCOME FOR ANY
POP UP STORMS...BUT THE UPSTREAM UPPER WAVE HAS DEVELOPED A COMPLEX
OF STORMS IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...WHICH WILL QUICKLY RIDE THROUGH
THE FLOW ALONG SHARP TEMPERATURE GRADIENT INTO THE CWA THIS
EVENING. AN OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WAS SET BY CONVECTION THIS
MORNING...WHICH SHOULD ALSO HELP TO SUSTAIN COMPLEX AS IT GETS
HERE. FREEZING LEVEL AROUND 14KFT...SO WHILE HAIL WILL BE
POSSIBLE...MAIN THREAT WILL BE GUSTY WINDS THIS EVENING...WITH
UNIDIRECTIONAL SHEAR. SPC MAINTAINS SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS /AS OF 19Z/.

WENT WITH A MAX OF LOW LIKELY POPS RUNNING FROM SOUTHERN TRI-STATE
THROUGH COALFIELDS...DESPITE LACK OF QPF SHOWN BY LOCAL HIGH
RESOLUTION MODELS WHICH HAVE FAILED TO CAPTURE UPSTREAM
CONVECTION. GFS ACTUALLY HAS A DECENT HANDLE OF INCOMING WAVE AND
ASSOCIATED PRECIP. MAIN COMPLEX LOOKS TO PASS THROUGH 8PM-MIDNIGHT
TIMEFRAME.

ONCE WAVE PASSES...SURFACE FRONT SLIPS TO SOUTHERNMOST CWA BY 12Z
FRIDAY. DRY AIR AND SUNSHINE TAKES OVER AFTER SOME MORNING SHOWERS
IN THE SOUTH. COMPARED TO TODAY...ABOUT TEN DEGREES COOLER FOR HIGHS
FRIDAY...WHICH IS STILL UPPER 80S/NEAR 90 IN THE LOWLANDS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES IN ON SATURDAY AND SLOWLY MOVES EAST DURING
THE DAY. THIS AIR MASS LOOKS VERY DRY SO HAVE LOWERED THE SKY
COVER AND ALSO REDUCED ANY MENTION OF POPS FOR SAT NIGHT AS THE
WARM FRONT TRIES TO REORGANIZE TO THE NORTHERN PART OF THE AREA.
WHILE SOME SHORTWAVE ENERGY TRIES TO DIVE SE ACROSS THE GREAT
LAKES INTO PA...NOT EXPECTING THAT THIS WILL AFFECT THE REGION AS
IT IS TOO FAR NORTH AND WITH THE DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE THE MOISTURE
SHOULD BE VERY LIMITED. TEMPERATURES ARE A LITTLE TRICKY AT THIS
POINT AS THE 850 TEMPERATURE GRADIENT IS VERY TIGHT AND COULD LEAD
TO SOME LARGER DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SITES THAN NORMAL. HAVE HELD ON
TO SLIGHTLY WARM VALUES IN THE SOUTH LEANING MORE TOWARD THE WARM
FWC AND MET...BUT ACROSS THE NORTH...WHERE THE COOLER AIR SHOULD
BE IN PLACE...LEANED MORE TOWARD THE MAV/MET NUMBERS.

ON SUNDAY...THE MODELS HAVE CHANGED COURSE A BIT AS THE HEIGHTS
BEGIN TO BUILD BACK INTO THE AREA AND THE UPPER RIDGE SLIDES EAST
OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN US. THIS WILL HELP THE WARM FRONT DEVELOP
ACROSS NCENTRAL OHIO AND SRN PA. HAVE LEFT A TIGHT GRADIENT OF
POPS ACROSS THE NORTH NEAR THE FRONT...BUT WENT LOWER ON THE POPS
ACROSS THE SOUTH. WILL HAVE TO WATCH THE NW FLOW ALOFT AS IT COULD
HELP PUSH THE SHOWERS FURTHER SOUTH ON SUNDAY...SHOULD THE FLOW
TURN MORE. WITH THE HEIGHTS BUILDING...THE WARMER TEMPERATURES
SHOULD BEGIN TO RETURN. HAVE STARTED TO PUSH VALUES UP...A TOUCH
ABOVE THE 12Z MEX.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
OVERALL...THE EXTENDED RANGE MODELS ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT SHOWING
THE RIDGING OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY CONTINUING THROUGH
THE PERIOD.  OVER THE OHIO VALLEY...THE TROUGH THAT DIVES SOUTHWARD
FOR THE WEEKEND...GRADUALLY PULLS OUT AND THE HEIGHTS AGAIN BUILD
TOWARD MID WEEK WITH A RETURN TO THE WARMER CONDITIONS EXPECTED.
HPCS PATTERN WAS ALONG THIS LINE SO HAVE GENERALLY FOLLOWED THIS
SCENARIO.

FOR MONDAY...AS THE UPPER TROUGH PULLS AWAY...A WARM FRONT SLIDES
SLOWLY NORTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION AND COULD BE A FOCUS FOR SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS AS THE MOISTURE BUILDS.  WILL NEED TO WATCH FOR
THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME STRONGER STORMS AS THE FLOW ALOFT IS
NORTHWEST...WHICH OFTEN HELPS TO AID THE STORM DEVELOPMENT.  WITH
MORE CLOUDS AROUND...HELD TEMPERATURES DOWN A TOUCH IN THE MID TO
UPPER 80S...BUT IT COULD BE A TOUCH COOLER IN THE NORTH...DEPENDING
UPON WHERE THE RAIN SHIELD WITH THE ISENTROPIC LIFT SETS UP.

ON TUESDAY...THE WARM FRONT BEGINS TO LIFT AWAY FROM THE AREA SO
GRADUALLY ALLOW THE POPS TO LESSEN DURING THE DAY AND ALSO BEGIN TO
RAISE TEMPERATURES.  ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...THE UPPER RIDGE
PUSHES INTO THE AREA...AND THE SOUTHWEST FLOW AT THE SURFACE SHOULD
ALLOW THE HEAT TO BUILD.  HAVE RAISED TEMPERATURES A TOUCH FROM THE
MEX AND HPC GUIDANCE FOR HIGHS AS THE HEAT SHOULD BE BUILDING.

&&

.AVIATION /22Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
LATE AFTERNOON UPDATE...
CONCENTRATED AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A NEARLY STATIONARY OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY ALONG THE OHIO RIVER INTO CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA THROUGH
02Z...AFFECTING MAINLY HTS AND CRW.
OLD DISCUSSION...
COMPLEX OF GUSTY STORMS AND ASSOCIATED DEGRADED CONDITIONS MAY
IMPACT KHTS...KCRW...AND KBKW BETWEEN 00Z-06Z. AFTER 06Z...ALL
TERMINALS /EXCEPT KBKW/ COULD DROP INTO IFR AS CLOUDS BEGIN TO
BREAK LATE TONIGHT. KEKN PROBABLY WILL GET INTO LIFR FOR A FEW
HOURS. VFR TAKES OVER AFTER 13Z FRIDAY.

AVIATION OUTLOOK...18Z FRI-TUE...EACH LATE NIGHT/EARLY MORNING
COULD YIELD IFR VALLEY FOG...ESPECIALLY KEKN /IFR OR WORSE/.

&&

.RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WV...NONE.
OH...NONE.
KY...NONE.
VA...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...JMV
NEAR TERM...JMV
SHORT TERM...ESS
LONG TERM...ESS
AVIATION...JMV

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 16, 4:36 AM EDT, 15 hours 46 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
436 AM EDT THU AUG 16 2007

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-
013>020-024>040-046-047-170845-
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-
436 AM EDT THU AUG 16 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE ENTIRE
AREA TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING
WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 16, 7:33 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
733 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0730 PM     HAIL             PROCTORVILLE            38.44N 82.38W
08/16/2007  E0.88 INCH       LAWRENCE           OH   NWS EMPLOYEE

            AT JUNCTION OF RTS 775 AND 7.

&&

Special weather statement, Aug 16, 7:56 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
756 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007

WVZ028-029-038-170030-
WEBSTER WV-BRAXTON WV-GILMER WV-
756 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007

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

AT 756 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 13
MILES SOUTHWEST OF GLENVILLE TO 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF
RICHWOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS LINE OF STORMS
  INCLUDE... CENTRALIA...EXCHANGE...FALLS MILLS...HEATERS...BALDWIN
  AND NEWBERNE.

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

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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Local storm report, Aug 16, 8:01 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
801 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0758 PM     HAIL             BUFFALO                 38.61N 81.90W
08/16/2007  U0.88 INCH       PUTNAM             WV   PUBLIC

            EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
            743 PM 08/16/2007 AND 758 PM 08/16/2007

&&

NNNN

Special weather statement, Aug 16, 8:03 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
803 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007

OHZ085-086-WVZ007-008-016-170030-
MEIGS OH-GALLIA OH-ROANE WV-MASON WV-JACKSON WV-
803 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007

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

AT 803 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF RUTLAND TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPENCER...OR FROM 6
MILES SOUTHWEST OF RUTLAND TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF SISSONVILLE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS LINE OF STORMS
  INCLUDE... LEFT HAND...LOONEYVILLE...TARIFF...HARMONY...STATTS
  MILLS AND GAY.

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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Local storm report, Aug 16, 8:04 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
804 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0801 PM     TSTM WND DMG     POINT PLEASANT          38.87N 82.08W
08/16/2007                   MASON              WV   PUBLIC

            LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN.
            EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
            746 PM 08/16/2007 AND 801 PM 08/16/2007

&&

NNNN

Special weather statement, Aug 16, 8:06 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
806 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007

WVZ028>030-038-039-046-047-170045-
POCAHONTAS WV-WEBSTER WV-BRAXTON WV-GILMER WV-UPSHUR WV-RANDOLPH
WV-LEWIS WV-
806 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007

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

AT 806 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 14
MILES SOUTH OF GLENVILLE TO 21 MILES NORTHEAST OF RICHWOOD...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS LINE OF STORMS
INCLUDE... HORNER...WALKERSVILLE...IRELAND...CAMDEN...ALUM BRIDGE
AND CENTRALIA.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 16, 8:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson	22 min
Aug 16, 8:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton	30 min
Aug 16, 8:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Logan, Mingo	30 min
Aug 16, 8:44 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Braxton	3 hr
Aug 16, 9:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Harrison, Lewis, Upshur	36 min
Aug 16, 10:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Taylor	24 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2007 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

Sources

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