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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

April 24, 2011Kanawha County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Apr 24, 2011, 7:32 PM EDT for Kanawha County, West Virginia. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Apr 24, 2011, 7:32 PM EDT (23:32 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

County Kanawha County, WV

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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 Apr 24, 4:01 PM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 4:01 PM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 24, 5:09 AM EDT, 14 hours 23 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
509 AM EDT SUN APR 24 2011

KYZ101>103-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ006>011-014>020-027>032-
038>040-047-250915-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-VINTON-
MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE-CABELL-MASON-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-PUTNAM-
KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-
LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-RANDOLPH-
509 AM EDT SUN APR 24 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

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

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

KYZ105-VAZ003-004-WVZ005-013-024>026-033>037-046-250915-
LAWRENCE-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-LINCOLN-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-MCDOWELL-
WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-POCAHONTAS-
509 AM EDT SUN APR 24 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN
WEST VIRGINIA...SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 24, 7:20 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 24, 7:22 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 24, 7:25 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON, WV
725 PM EDT SUN APR 24 2011

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

0615 PM     FLOOD            4 N CHESAPEAKE          38.49N  82.45W
04/24/2011                   LAWRENCE           OH   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            SR-243 CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1100529

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Local storm report, Apr 24, 7:26 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON, WV
726 PM EDT SUN APR 24 2011

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

0600 PM     FLOOD            3 ENE CHESAPEAKE        38.45N  82.40W
04/24/2011                   LAWRENCE           OH   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            SR-243 CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1100530

RPY

Local storm report, Apr 24, 7:28 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON, WV
728 PM EDT SUN APR 24 2011

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

0700 PM     FLOOD            3 NE CHESAPEAKE         38.46N  82.41W
04/24/2011                   LAWRENCE           OH   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            SR-243 CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1100531

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Special weather statement, Apr 24, 7:32 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
732 PM EDT SUN APR 24 2011

WVZ014>016-250000-
KANAWHA WV-PUTNAM WV-ROANE WV-
732 PM EDT SUN APR 24 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL PUTNAM...NORTHERN
KANAWHA AND SOUTHWESTERN ROANE COUNTIES...

AT 729 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF
NITRO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE SOME SMALL HAIL AND GUST WINDS.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR SISSONVILLE AROUND 740 PM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 44 AND 50 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 106
AND 117 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 7 AND 18.

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

LAT...LON 3846 8186 3856 8164 3856 8162 3865 8144
      3847 8134 3837 8181

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 23, 8:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Randolph	23 min
Apr 24, 5:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Cabell, Jackson, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam, Wayne	76 min
Apr 24, 12:40 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence	9 hr
Apr 24, 9:27 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Vinton	24 hr
Apr 23, 9:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boyd, Carter	24 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.