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Heat Advisory 3, NWS Charleston, WV

July 19, 201324 counties in West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this heat advisory at Jul 19, 2013, 3:28 AM EDT for 24 counties in West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Jul 19, 2013, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 19, 2013, 3:28 AM EDT (07:28 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 19, 2013, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jul 19, 2013, 6:38 PM EDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

All 37 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, Braxton County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Mason County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:27 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 19, 1:55 AM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 1:55 AM EDT, 1 hour 33 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 19, 1:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis and 2 more	50 min
Jul 19, 1:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour, Braxton, Lewis, Taylor, Upshur	48 min
Jul 19, 2:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Calhoun, Gilmer, Jackson, Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane and 2 more	53 min
Jul 19, 3:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wirt	59 min
Jul 19, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pocahontas	59 min
Jul 19, 3:24 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler	3 hr
Jul 19, 6:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lincoln	41 min
Jul 19, 6:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lincoln	39 min
Jul 19, 7:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Fayette	59 min
Jul 19, 3:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens, Meigs	41 min
Jul 19, 4:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Perry	63 min
Jul 19, 4:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Morgan, Perry	58 min

Nearby

Heat Advisories in West Virginia, 2013 Heat Advisories in Ohio, 2013 Heat Advisories in Kentucky, 2013 Every heat advisory in 2013

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.