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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

May 8, 20125 counties in West Virginia; Gallia County, Meigs County, Washington County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at May 8, 2012, 4:03 AM EDT for 5 counties in West Virginia; Gallia County, Meigs County, Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 27 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 8, 2012, 4:03 AM EDT (08:03 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2012, 4:30 AM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV

Counties Gallia County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Washington County, OH, Jackson County, WV, Mason County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood 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 May 8, 3:02 AM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 3:02 AM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 8, 1:46 AM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
146 AM EDT TUE MAY 8 2012

OHZ075-076-083-085-086-WVZ009-080745-
ATHENS OH-GALLIA OH-JACKSON OH-MEIGS OH-WASHINGTON OH-WOOD WV-
146 AM EDT TUE MAY 8 2012

...HEAVY SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MEIGS...NORTHERN
GALLIA...NORTHWESTERN WOOD...SOUTHEASTERN ATHENS...SOUTHEASTERN
JACKSON AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 131 AM EDT...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...SOME HEAVY...WERE
LOCATED IN A BAND FROM NORTHERN GALLIA AND SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON
COUNTIES IN OHIO...NORTHEASTWARD TO WASHINGTON COUNTY IN OHIO. THESE
SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH...BUT WERE REDEVELOPING
OVER THE SAME AREA. THESE WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND
QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS...AND MAY CAUSE
MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS IN LOW LYING AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO HIGH
WATER.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-77 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 1 AND 17 IN OHIO...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 178 AND 186 IN
WEST VIRGINIA.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3961 8139 3960 8129 3961 8127 3958 8126
      3958 8118 3952 8107 3901 8198 3903 8203
      3894 8211 3879 8238 3885 8260 3959 8155
      3959 8149 3964 8148 3965 8146

05
Special weather statement, May 8, 4:03 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
403 AM EDT TUE MAY 8 2012

OHZ075-076-083-085>087-WVZ006>010-014-016-017-019-080830-
ATHENS OH-CABELL WV-GALLIA OH-JACKSON WV-JACKSON OH-LAWRENCE OH-
MASON WV-MEIGS OH-PLEASANTS WV-PUTNAM WV-RITCHIE WV-ROANE WV-
WASHINGTON OH-WIRT WV-WOOD WV-
403 AM EDT TUE MAY 8 2012

...HEAVY SHOWERS WILL AFFECT
GALLIA...JACKSON...MASON...MEIGS...NORTHEASTERN
CABELL...NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE...NORTHERN PUTNAM...NORTHWESTERN
ROANE...PLEASANTS...SOUTHEASTERN ATHENS...SOUTHEASTERN
JACKSON...SOUTHWESTERN RITCHIE...WESTERN WASHINGTON...WIRT AND WOOD
COUNTIES...

AT 353 AM EDT...A BATCH OF SHOWERS...SOME HEAVY...WAS LOCATED IN A
BAND FROM NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE AND CABELL COUNTIES IN OHIO AND WEST
VIRGINIA NORTHEAST INTO MEIGS COUNTY OHIO AND JACKSON COUNTY WEST
VIRGINIA. THESE SHOWERS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH...WITH
SOME TRAINING OF SHOWERS. SOME RAIN GAUGES THAT WERE IMPACTED BY
THIS GROUP OF SHOWERS ARE REPORTING UP TO 0.75 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN
HOUR. THESE SHOWERS WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS...AND FILL
ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. MINOR FLOODING IN LOW LYING
AREAS PRONE TO HIGH WATER IS POSSIBLE.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 21 AND 37 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND
2 IN OHIO...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 127 AND 186 IN WEST VIRGINIA.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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 8103 3837 8206 3837 8209 3834 8214
      3875 8267 3883 8266 3903 8238 3903 8233
      3908 8232 3948 8175 3948 8171 3951 8171
      3957 8162

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 9:32 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchRLXBarbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more16 hr
May 8, 4:54 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXWood4 hr
May 8, 5:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXJackson, Mason48 min
May 8, 1:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMeigs, Washington119 min
May 8, 5:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXGallia19 min
May 8, 9:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLawrence44 min
May 8, 9:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXAthens37 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in West Virginia, 2012Special Weather Statements in Ohio, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012

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.