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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

June 22, 2012Lincoln County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Jun 22, 2012, 2:45 PM EDT for Lincoln County, West Virginia. It was in force for 30 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: Jun 22, 2012, 2:45 PM EDT (18:45 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2012, 3:15 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

County Lincoln County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jun 21, 7:52 PM EDT, 18 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 7:52 PM EDT, 18 hours 53 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
Jun 22, 1:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wirt	35 min
Jun 22, 2:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer	63 min
Jun 22, 2:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Clay, Nicholas	57 min
Jun 22, 2:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wayne	41 min
Jun 22, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lewis	26 min
Jun 22, 3:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Lincoln	38 min
Jun 22, 3:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour, Taylor	57 min
Jun 22, 3:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Clay, Kanawha	66 min
Jun 22, 3:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas	39 min
Jun 22, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Fayette, Raleigh	51 min
Jun 22, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	McDowell	51 min
Jun 22, 1:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lawrence	34 min
Jun 22, 3:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Dickenson	51 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in West Virginia, 2012 Every 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.