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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

July 19, 2011Nicholas County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Jul 19, 2011, 10:00 AM EDT for Nicholas County, West Virginia. It was in force for 90 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 19, 2011, 10:00 AM EDT (14:00 UTC)
Expired: Jul 19, 2011, 11:30 AM EDT
In force: 90 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

County Nicholas County, WV

The radar

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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 Jul 19, 5:41 AM EDT, 4 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 5:41 AM EDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 4:24 AM EDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
424 AM EDT TUE JUL 19 2011

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>009-014-200830-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-
VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-WOOD-PUTNAM-
424 AM EDT TUE JUL 19 2011

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

   HEAT ADVISORY.

THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH
TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREATS ARE DAMAGING WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

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

AS THE HEAT WAVE CONTINUES WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...HEAT
ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

WVZ010-011-013-015>020-024>031-200830-
PLEASANTS-TYLER-LINCOLN-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-
MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-
424 AM EDT TUE JUL 19 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL WEST
VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT.
THE MAIN THREATS ARE DAMAGING WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

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

AS THE HEAT WAVE CONTINUES WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...HEAT
ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

VAZ003-004-WVZ032>040-046-047-200830-
DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-
WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
424 AM EDT TUE JUL 19 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT.
THE MAIN THREATS ARE DAMAGING WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 5:36 AM EDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 6:45 AM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 10:00 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
Jul 18, 8:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wirt, Wood	25 min
Jul 18, 10:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Tucker	56 min
Jul 19, 5:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison, Tyler	54 min
Jul 19, 6:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour, Doddridge, Lewis, Pleasants, Ritchie, Upshur	60 min
Jul 19, 2:46 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	RLX	Boone, Cabell, Calhoun, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln and 11 more	29 hr
Jul 19, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Doddridge, Gilmer, Lewis, Upshur	61 min
Jul 19, 7:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wayne	61 min
Jul 18, 8:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens, Meigs	63 min
Jul 18, 8:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton	60 min
Jul 18, 9:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson	30 min
Jul 18, 10:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson, Lawrence	72 min
Jul 19, 4:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Perry	51 min
Jul 19, 5:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens, Meigs	65 min
Jul 19, 6:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lawrence	61 min
Jul 19, 7:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Perry	25 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.