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Heat Advisory 12, NWS Charleston, WV

July 18, 201218 counties in West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this heat advisory at Jul 18, 2012, 4:40 AM EDT for 18 counties in West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Jul 18, 2012, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 18, 2012, 4:40 AM EDT (08:40 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 18, 2012, 1:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jul 18, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

All 31 counties

Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Athens County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Perry County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Washington County, OH, Boone County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Mason County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heat advisory 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 heat advisory went out at Jul 18, 4:39 AM EDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 4:39 AM EDT, 1 minute 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, 8:30 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Doddridge	3 hr
Jul 18, 11:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wayne	47 min
Jul 18, 12:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Raleigh	60 min
Jul 18, 12:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Raleigh	59 min
Jul 18, 1:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Mingo	29 min
Jul 18, 1:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Mason	87 min
Jul 18, 1:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Cabell	81 min
Jul 18, 1:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	McDowell, Wyoming	42 min
Jul 18, 2:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming	53 min
Jul 18, 2:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Mason, Putnam	65 min
Jul 18, 2:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Raleigh, Wyoming	38 min
Jul 18, 2:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson	50 min
Jul 18, 3:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Roane, Wirt, Wood	51 min
Jul 18, 4:18 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Ritchie, Wirt, Wood	3 hr
Jul 18, 4:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Doddridge	39 min
Jul 18, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lewis	42 min
Jul 18, 5:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour, Harrison, Taylor	46 min
Jul 18, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Webster	39 min
Jul 18, 6:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wood	66 min
Jul 18, 6:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour	56 min
Jul 18, 6:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Randolph, Upshur	50 min
Jul 18, 6:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wirt, Wood	25 min
Jul 18, 7:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson	52 min
Jul 18, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens	62 min
Jul 18, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens, Morgan	45 min
Jul 18, 7:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lawrence	39 min

Nearby

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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.