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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

June 24, 2011Nicholas County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Jun 24, 2011, 12:15 AM EDT for Nicholas County, West Virginia. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 24, 2011, 12:15 AM EDT (04:15 UTC)
Expired: Jun 24, 2011, 1:00 AM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

County Nicholas County, WV

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 23, 10:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 10:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 10:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 8:32 PM EDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
832 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2011

WVZ019-020-031-240115-
DODDRIDGE WV-HARRISON WV-RITCHIE WV-
832 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL DODDRIDGE...NORTHEASTERN
RITCHIE AND WESTERN HARRISON COUNTIES...

AT 829 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST
OF HARRISVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR WEST UNION AROUND 845 PM...BLANDVILLE AROUND
850 PM...NEW MILTON AROUND 855 PM...SALEM AROUND 905 PM AND WOLF
SUMMIT AROUND 915 PM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
107 AND 109.

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

LAT...LON 3937 8037 3912 8035 3912 8041 3915 8048
      3914 8052 3917 8059 3915 8062 3920 8106
      3932 8105 3933 8089 3931 8088 3929 8089
      3933 8085

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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 8:42 PM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
842 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2011

WVZ013>015-026-240130-
BOONE WV-KANAWHA WV-LINCOLN WV-PUTNAM WV-
842 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT KANAWHA...NORTHEASTERN BOONE...
NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN AND SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTIES...

AT 837 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM 5 MILES
WEST OF WINFIELD TO 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAMLIN TO HAMLIN...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND PEA-SIZED HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR POCA...YAWKEY...GRIFFITHSVILLE...AND
TORNADO AROUND 850 PM...SOD...INSTITUTE...AND CROSS LANES AROUND 855
PM...SOUTH CHARLESTON...DUNBAR AND ALUM CREEK AROUND 900 PM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 33 AND 57 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND
112 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 10...THE WEST
VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 73 AND 95.

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

LAT...LON 3827 8217 3837 8208 3838 8205 3841 8205
      3857 8197 3842 8127 3829 8124 3823 8126
      3818 8131 3818 8133 3815 8133 3804 8146

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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 9:11 PM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 9:19 PM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 11:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 24, 12:15 AM EDT, 0 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
Jun 23, 8:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wayne	39 min
Jun 23, 8:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Cabell	46 min
Jun 23, 8:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison	43 min
Jun 23, 8:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Kanawha, Putnam	48 min
Jun 23, 9:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Nicholas and 1 more	44 min
Jun 23, 9:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lincoln	34 min
Jun 23, 9:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wayne	26 min
Jun 23, 11:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Fayette	38 min
Jun 24, 12:34 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	McDowell	41 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in West Virginia, 2011 Every special weather statement in 2011

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.