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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

July 11, 20114 counties in West Virginia; Gallia County, Jackson County, Lawrence County, Ohio; Greenup County, Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Jul 11, 2011, 4:12 PM EDT for 4 counties in West Virginia; Gallia County, Jackson County, Lawrence County, Ohio; Greenup County, Kentucky. It was in force for 63 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: Jul 11, 2011, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2011, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

Counties Greenup County, KY, Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Jackson County, WV, Mason County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Roane County, WV

The radar

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 Jul 11, 2:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 2:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 2:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
242 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2011

OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-013>020-024>032-036>040-046-
047-121845-
PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE-
WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-
WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-
LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-
POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
242 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2011

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 628 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

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

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

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

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

KYZ101>103-105-VAZ003-004-WVZ033>035-121845-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-
RALEIGH-
242 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 11, 3:49 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON, WV
349 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2011

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

0348 PM     TSTM WND GST     ATHENS                  39.32N  82.10W
07/11/2011  E50 MPH          ATHENS             OH   PUBLIC

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1100775

JSH

Local storm report, Jul 11, 4:02 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
402 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2011

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

0348 PM     TSTM WND GST     STEWART                 39.34N 81.90W
07/11/2011  E50 MPH          ATHENS             OH   PUBLIC

&&

NNNN

Local storm report, Jul 11, 4:05 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 11, 4:05 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 11, 4:06 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 11, 4:12 PM 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
Jul 11, 3:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wood	64 min
Jul 11, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wirt, Wood	55 min
Jul 11, 5:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour, Calhoun, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Taylor and 1 more	57 min
Jul 11, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Braxton, Cabell, Clay, Kanawha, Lincoln, Nicholas and 2 more	63 min
Jul 11, 5:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Cabell	78 min
Jul 11, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster	54 min
Jul 11, 6:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lincoln, Wayne	57 min
Jul 11, 6:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Logan	67 min
Jul 11, 6:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Raleigh, Wyoming	59 min
Jul 11, 7:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	McDowell	59 min
Jul 11, 2:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Perry	62 min
Jul 11, 2:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Morgan, Perry	59 min
Jul 11, 7:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boyd, Carter, Lawrence	65 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in West Virginia, 2011 Special Weather Statements in Ohio, 2011 Special Weather Statements in Kentucky, 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.