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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

April 25, 2011Jackson County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Apr 25, 2011, 8:37 PM EDT for Jackson County, West Virginia. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Apr 25, 2011, 8:37 PM EDT (00:37 UTC)
Expired: Apr 25, 2011, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

County Jackson 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 25, 7:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 7:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 25, 3:30 PM EDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
330 PM EDT MON APR 25 2011

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-
013>020-024>040-046-047-261930-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-
VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-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-
330 PM EDT MON APR 25 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY. THE BIGGER THREAT WILL BE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND
WEDNESDAY EVENING...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE
WEATHER OUTBREAK.

ALSO...WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WITH THE GROUND STILL WET FROM PRIOR
RAINFALL...REPEATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER A SMALL AREA COULD CAUSE
HIGH WATER PROBLEMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 25, 5:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 25, 5:32 PM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
532 PM EDT MON APR 25 2011

WVZ046-252200-
POCAHONTAS WV-
532 PM EDT MON APR 25 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN POCAHONTAS COUNTY...

AT 529 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF
MARLINTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR MINNEHAHA SPRINGS AROUND 540 PM AND FROST
AROUND 600 PM.

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

LAT...LON 3835 7974 3835 7976 3831 7980 3827 7978
      3818 7991 3812 7993 3805 8003 3804 8014
      3814 8026 3848 7987 3838 7972 3836 7972

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Special weather statement, Apr 25, 6:04 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 25, 7:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON, WV
723 PM EDT MON APR 25 2011

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

0555 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S HACKER VALLEY       38.62N  80.38W
04/25/2011                   WEBSTER            WV   CO-OP OBSERVER

            PINE TREES FELL ON POWER LINES. THE FALLEN POWER LINES
            CAUSED TRANSFORMERS TO BLOW AND START ON FIRE. THRE ARE
            ALSO NUMEROUS 8-10 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS ON ROUTE 20.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1100540

JEE

Special weather statement, Apr 25, 8:06 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 25, 8:37 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
837 PM EDT MON APR 25 2011

WVZ008-014-016-260115-
JACKSON WV-PUTNAM WV-ROANE WV-
837 PM EDT MON APR 25 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT JACKSON...NORTHEASTERN PUTNAM
AND NORTHWESTERN ROANE COUNTIES...

AT 833 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST
OF WINFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR GIVEN AROUND 845 PM...FAIRPLAIN AROUND 900 PM
AND LEROY AROUND 915 PM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
127 AND 139 IN WEST VIRGINIA.

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

LAT...LON 3887 8142 3856 8179 3861 8188 3867 8183
      3868 8178 3871 8181 3898 8164

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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 25, 8:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Putnam	24 min
Apr 25, 9:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wayne	44 min
Apr 25, 10:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne	49 min
Apr 25, 10:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam, Wayne	47 min
Apr 25, 10:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lincoln	21 min
Apr 25, 11:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Jackson, Mason, Putnam	23 min
Apr 25, 11:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson, Mason	32 min
Apr 26, 2:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wayne	30 min
Apr 26, 2:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pleasants	33 min
Apr 26, 2:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wood	46 min
Apr 26, 3:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Braxton, Lewis	27 min
Apr 26, 4:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Harrison, Lewis	30 min
Apr 26, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Upshur	30 min
Apr 26, 6:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Randolph	28 min
Apr 26, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Randolph	46 min
Apr 26, 6:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Webster	48 min
Apr 26, 7:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Randolph	23 min
Apr 26, 7:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Randolph	37 min
Apr 26, 7:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph	40 min
Apr 26, 6:35 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lawrence	115 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.