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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

July 18, 2012Jackson County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Jul 18, 2012, 2:40 PM EDT for Jackson County, West Virginia. It was in force for 50 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: Jul 18, 2012, 2:40 PM EDT (18:40 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2012, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

County Jackson County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:43 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 Jul 17, 7:29 PM EDT, 19 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 7:29 PM EDT, 19 hours 11 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
Jul 18, 4:40 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	RLX	Boone, Cabell, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Jackson and 12 more	14 hr
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, 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.