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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 179, NWS Charleston, WV

June 22, 2008McDowell County, Wyoming County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2008, 6:06 PM EDT for McDowell County, Wyoming County, West Virginia. It was in force for 39 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: Jun 22, 2008, 6:06 PM EDT (22:06 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2008, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties McDowell County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 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
Jun 22, 1:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 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 Jun 21, 7:39 PM EDT, 22 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 7:39 PM EDT, 22 hours 27 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 22, 12:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Wayne	40 min
Jun 22, 12:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Mason, Putnam	46 min
Jun 22, 1:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell	41 min
Jun 22, 1:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam	52 min
Jun 22, 1:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam	42 min
Jun 22, 1:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Kanawha, Putnam, Roane	33 min
Jun 22, 2:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Kanawha	34 min
Jun 22, 2:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Clay, Kanawha, Roane	41 min
Jun 22, 2:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Kanawha, Roane	33 min
Jun 22, 2:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Clay, Nicholas, Roane	47 min
Jun 22, 3:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Nicholas, Webster	40 min
Jun 22, 3:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Fayette, Kanawha	46 min
Jun 22, 4:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster	59 min
Jun 22, 4:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RLX	Pocahontas	3 hr
Jun 22, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Raleigh, Wyoming	60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2008 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.