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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Charleston, WV

June 5, 2013Roane County, Wirt County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2013, 9:12 PM EDT for Roane County, Wirt County, West Virginia. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Jun 5, 2013, 9:12 PM EDT (01:12 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2013, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Roane County, WV, Wirt County, WV

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 5, 7:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 7:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 11:21 AM EDT, 9 hours 51 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1121 AM EDT WED JUN 5 2013

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-
013>020-024>040-046-047-061530-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-
JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-
CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-
ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-
GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-
NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
1121 AM EDT WED JUN 5 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND MUCH OF WEST
VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.
LOCAL DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE.

IF REPETITIVE SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO FAVOR THE SAME AREAS...FLASH
FLOOD WATCHES WOULD BE POSTED...FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH
FLOODING ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.

STRONG RISES ON HEADWATER RIVERS COULD THEN OCCUR FRIDAY INTO
SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

KTB

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 5:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
545 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2013

WVZ005-052245-
WAYNE WV-
545 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WAYNE COUNTY...

AT 536 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF LOUISA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE
WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL
STREAMS.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR GENOA AROUND 605 PM...KIAHSVILLE AROUND 615
PM...EAST LYNN LAKE AROUND 625 PM AND EAST LYNN AROUND 630 PM.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

YOU MAY REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.

LAT...LON 3831 8234 3820 8227 3814 8228 3813 8226
      3812 8227 3805 8219 3791 8237 3796 8248
      3797 8248 3798 8246 3800 8252 3804 8254

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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 6:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
615 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2013

WVZ006-007-014-052315-
CABELL WV-MASON WV-PUTNAM WV-
615 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL CABELL...SOUTH CENTRAL
MASON AND WEST CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTIES...

AT 605 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF
PROCTORVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND PEA-SIZED HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO
POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR MILTON AROUND 620 PM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-64 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
22 AND 28 IN WEST VIRGINIA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

YOU MAY REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.

LAT...LON 3862 8212 3855 8197 3838 8218 3841 8225

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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 7:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 7:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 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 5, 8:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Kanawha	67 min
Jun 5, 8:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Kanawha	64 min
Jun 5, 9:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Kanawha	59 min
Jun 5, 9:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pleasants	67 min
Jun 6, 4:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Cabell, Putnam	59 min
Jun 6, 7:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Kanawha	56 min
Jun 6, 7:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Fayette	53 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.