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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Charleston, WV

August 5, 201010 counties in West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 2010, 2:08 PM EDT for 10 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 82 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
Aug 5, 2010, 2:08 PM EDT (18:08 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2010, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
82 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Braxton County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wirt County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:11 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 5, 10:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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 Aug 4, 7:46 PM EDT, 18 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 7:46 PM EDT, 18 hours 22 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 6:27 PM EDT, 19 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
627 PM EDT WED AUG 4 2010

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005-006-013>015-024>028-033>040-
046-047-052230-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-LAWRENCE OH-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-
CABELL-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-
MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-
POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
627 PM EDT WED AUG 4 2010

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 567 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

OHZ066-067-075-076-083>086-WVZ007>011-016>020-029>032-052230-
PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-MASON-
JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-
GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-
627 PM EDT WED AUG 4 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO...CENTRAL WEST
VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 10:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchRLXBarbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 22 more19 hr
Aug 5, 11:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWayne89 min
Aug 5, 12:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCabell, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam, Wayne71 min
Aug 5, 1:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Clay, Fayette, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln and 4 more67 min
Aug 5, 1:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Fayette, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mingo and 2 more84 min
Aug 5, 2:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBarbour, Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur89 min
Aug 5, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMcDowell43 min
Aug 4, 10:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXAthens, Jackson, Morgan, Perry, Vinton22 min
Aug 4, 11:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXAthens, Jackson, Meigs, Morgan, Perry, Vinton62 min

Nearby

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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.