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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Charleston, WV

May 14, 20105 counties in West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2010, 3:36 PM EDT for 5 counties in 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: May 14, 2010, 3:36 PM EDT (19:36 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2010, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Braxton County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Upshur County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 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
May 14, 2:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 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 May 13, 7:27 PM EDT, 20 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 7:27 PM EDT, 20 hours 9 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
May 14, 2:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Logan, Mingo, Wyoming	39 min
May 14, 3:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Logan, Mingo, Wyoming	35 min
May 14, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	McDowell, Raleigh, Wyoming	32 min
May 14, 4:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	McDowell	43 min
May 14, 4:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wayne	56 min
May 14, 4:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Mason, Putnam, Roane	63 min
May 14, 4:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wayne	85 min
May 14, 4:34 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Jackson, Roane	26 min
May 14, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Mason, Putnam	43 min
May 14, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	McDowell	31 min
May 14, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison, Taylor, Tyler	55 min
May 14, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Nicholas, Roane, Webster	61 min
May 14, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	McDowell	24 min
May 14, 5:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam, Wayne	81 min
May 14, 5:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	McDowell	40 min
May 14, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam, Roane	45 min
May 14, 5:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lincoln, Logan, Wayne	72 min
May 14, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	McDowell	46 min
May 14, 6:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln	73 min
May 14, 6:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Roane, Webster	31 min
May 14, 6:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster	62 min
May 14, 6:34 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Boone	116 min
May 14, 6:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison, Tyler	17 min
May 14, 6:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster	68 min

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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.