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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

May 1, 2012Athens County, Meigs County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at May 1, 2012, 10:02 PM EDT for Athens County, Meigs County, Ohio. It was in force for 28 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: May 1, 2012, 10:02 PM EDT (02:02 UTC)
Expired: May 1, 2012, 10:30 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

Counties Athens County, OH, Meigs County, OH

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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 May 1, 8:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 8:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 8:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 1, 9:32 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
932 PM EDT TUE MAY 01 2012

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

0927 PM     HAIL             6 N WINFIELD            38.61N  81.88W
05/01/2012  M0.25 INCH       PUTNAM             WV   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1200261

JSH

Special weather statement, May 1, 9:34 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 1, 9:42 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 1, 9:47 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
947 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012

OHZ076-WVZ010-011-017>019-020215-
CALHOUN WV-PLEASANTS WV-RITCHIE WV-TYLER WV-WASHINGTON OH-WIRT WV-
947 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTH
CENTRAL CALHOUN...NORTHEASTERN WIRT...PLEASANTS...RITCHIE AND TYLER
COUNTIES...

AT 945 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM 3 MILES
EAST OF MARIETTA TO 10 MILES WEST OF HARRISVILLE TO ELIZABETH...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR NEWPORT AROUND 955 PM...MACFARLAN AROUND
1000 PM...HIGHLAND AROUND 1005 PM...SMITHVILLE AROUND 1010 PM AND
POINT LOOKOUT AROUND 1015 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 3929 8089 3927 8091 3920 8087 3901 8101
      3901 8103 3898 8104 3903 8143 3916 8134
      3919 8130 3921 8130 3928 8125 3932 8135
      3941 8140 3953 8104

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Local storm report, May 1, 9:54 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
954 PM EDT TUE MAY 01 2012

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

0948 PM     TSTM WND DMG     JACKSON                 39.05N  82.63W
05/01/2012                   JACKSON            OH   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES DOWN. NO INDICATION OF TREE SIZE.

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EVENT NUMBER RLX1200262

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Special weather statement, May 1, 10:02 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
May 1, 8:34 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	RLX	Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wirt, Wood	8 hr
May 1, 8:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Mason, Putnam	59 min
May 1, 8:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wood	57 min
May 1, 9:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson	26 min
May 1, 9:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pleasants, Ritchie	28 min
May 1, 10:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Clay	65 min
May 1, 10:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison, Ritchie, Tyler	62 min
May 1, 10:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson, Mason, Wirt, Wood	56 min
May 2, 12:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Cabell, Jackson, Mason, Wood	60 min
May 2, 12:35 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Mason	6 hr
May 2, 2:52 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Roane	3 hr
May 1, 9:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson, Vinton	48 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.