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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

August 8, 2011Ritchie County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2011, 3:05 PM EDT for Ritchie County, West Virginia. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Aug 8, 2011, 3:05 PM EDT (19:05 UTC)
Expired: Aug 8, 2011, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

County Ritchie 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 Aug 8, 1:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 1:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 3:28 AM EDT, 11 hours 37 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
328 AM EDT MON AUG 8 2011

VAZ003-004-WVZ010-011-015>020-024>040-046-047-090730-
DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-PLEASANTS-TYLER-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-
328 AM EDT MON AUG 8 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY...WITH DAMAGING
WINDS AS THE MAIN THREAT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>009-013-014-090730-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-
VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-WOOD-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-
328 AM EDT MON AUG 8 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...WITH DAMAGING
WINDS AS THE MAIN THREAT.

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

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY...WITH DAMAGING
WINDS AS THE MAIN THREAT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 8, 2:14 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 8, 2:32 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON, WV
232 PM EDT MON AUG 08 2011

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

0800 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 SE PULLMAN            39.17N  80.92W
08/07/2011                   RITCHIE            WV   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LARGE AREA OF UPROOTED AND BROKEN TREES. SOME TREES ON
            HOMES NEAR HOLBROOK ROAD.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1100823

JFC

Local storm report, Aug 8, 2:37 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON, WV
237 PM EDT MON AUG 08 2011

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

0750 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 W CAIRO               39.21N  81.27W
08/07/2011                   RITCHIE            WV   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ROOF AND PORCH BLOWN OFF HOUSE.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1100824

JFC

Local storm report, Aug 8, 2:59 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON, WV
259 PM EDT MON AUG 08 2011

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

0810 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 SE PULLMAN            39.17N  80.92W
08/07/2011                   RITCHIE            WV   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LARGE AREA OF UPROOTED AND BROKEN TREES. SOME TREES ON
            HOMES NEAR HOLBROOK ROAD.

&&

CORRECTED EVENT TIME

EVENT NUMBER RLX1100823

ARB

Special weather statement, Aug 8, 3:05 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
305 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2011

WVZ019-020-029-081945-
DODDRIDGE WV-GILMER WV-RITCHIE WV-
305 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL GILMER...RITCHIE
AND SOUTHWESTERN DODDRIDGE COUNTIES...

AT 303 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER HARRISVILLE...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR HARRISVILLE AROUND 310 PM...PULLMAN AROUND
320 PM...BEREA AROUND 330 PM...AUBURN AROUND 340 PM AND COXS MILLS
AROUND 350 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 3914 8070 3896 8087 3917 8122 3930 8108

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 7, 8:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Braxton, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis and 2 more	48 min
Aug 7, 9:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Randolph, Upshur	48 min
Aug 8, 2:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pleasants	46 min
Aug 8, 3:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Gilmer, Lewis, Ritchie	44 min
Aug 8, 3:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lewis	48 min
Aug 8, 4:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Lewis, Upshur, Webster	52 min
Aug 8, 5:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lawrence	51 min
Aug 8, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Dickenson	60 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.