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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

August 3, 2010Doddridge County, Harrison County, Tyler County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2010, 7:53 PM EDT for Doddridge County, Harrison County, Tyler County, West Virginia. It was in force for 52 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 3, 2010, 7:53 PM EDT (23:53 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2010, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV

Counties Doddridge County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Tyler County, WV

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 3, 3:15 PM EDT, 4 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 3:15 PM EDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 3:32 AM EDT, 16 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
332 AM EDT TUE AUG 3 2010

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-
013>020-024>040-046-047-040745-
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-
332 AM EDT TUE AUG 3 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 7:20 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
720 PM EDT TUE AUG 3 2010

OHZ076-WVZ010-011-019-040000-
PLEASANTS WV-RITCHIE WV-TYLER WV-WASHINGTON OH-
720 PM EDT TUE AUG 3 2010

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN RITCHIE...
NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON...PLEASANTS AND TYLER COUNTIES...

AT 712 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTH OF
BARNESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN
WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND
QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR SISTERSVILLE AROUND 740 PM...PADEN CITY
AROUND 745 PM...MIDDLEBOURNE AROUND 750 PM...WICK AROUND 755 PM AND
ALMA AROUND 800 PM.

THIS WILL IMPACT

I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 12 AND 13 IN OHIO.

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

LAT...LON 3960 8138 3961 8126 3958 8125 3958 8104
      3956 8102 3961 8093 3959 8090 3959 8087
      3949 8072 3945 8063 3943 8067 3943 8071
      3939 8074 3926 8097 3958 8148 3963 8142

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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 7:53 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
753 PM EDT TUE AUG 3 2010

OHZ076-WVZ010-011-020-030-031-040045-
DODDRIDGE WV-HARRISON WV-LEWIS WV-PLEASANTS WV-TYLER WV-WASHINGTON OH-
753 PM EDT TUE AUG 3 2010

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT DODDRIDGE...HARRISON...
NORTHEASTERN LEWIS...NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON...PLEASANTS AND TYLER
COUNTIES...

AT 748 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF MIDDLEBOURNE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN
WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND
QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. EXPECT INTENSE
LIGHTNING FROM THIS STORM. DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER
UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A
THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR ALMA AROUND 800 PM...LIMA AROUND 805 PM...
CANTON...AND WEST UNION AROUND 815 PM...SMITHBURG...BLANDVILLE...AND
CENTER POINT AROUND 820 PM...BLANDVILLE...NEW MILTON AND SEDALIA
AROUND 825 PM.

THIS WILL IMPACT

I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 97 AND 120.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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

LAT...LON 3952 8074 3949 8072 3947 8065 3924 8018
      3898 8040 3930 8089 3938 8091 3939 8095
      3935 8096 3956 8129 3958 8114 3958 8104
      3956 8102 3960 8096 3961 8093

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 7:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXTyler40 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in West Virginia, 2010Every special weather statement in 2010

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.