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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

August 21, 2013Clay County, Kanawha County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Aug 21, 2013, 8:13 PM EDT for Clay County, Kanawha County, West Virginia. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Aug 21, 2013, 8:13 PM EDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired: Aug 21, 2013, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

Counties Clay County, WV, Kanawha County, WV

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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 Aug 21, 7:41 PM EDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 7:41 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 21, 3:30 AM EDT, 16 hours 43 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
330 AM EDT WED AUG 21 2013

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-
013>020-024>040-046-047-220730-
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-
330 AM EDT WED AUG 21 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 21, 4:42 PM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
442 PM EDT WED AUG 21 2013

OHZ067-075-084-212115-
ATHENS OH-MORGAN OH-VINTON OH-
442 PM EDT WED AUG 21 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ATHENS...EAST CENTRAL VINTON AND
SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTIES...

AT 439 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST
OF ALBANY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL 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.
EXPECT INTENSE LIGHTNING FROM THIS STORM. DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN NOR
SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN
A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR ATHENS AROUND 500 PM...STROUD RUN STATE PARK
AROUND 510 PM AND AMESVILLE AROUND 520 PM.

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 3946 8191 3944 8185 3937 8186 3935 8185
      3932 8185 3931 8184 3919 8217 3920 8229
      3932 8237 3952 8192

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Special weather statement, Aug 21, 5:33 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
533 PM EDT WED AUG 21 2013

OHZ076-WVZ009>011-212230-
PLEASANTS WV-TYLER WV-WASHINGTON OH-WOOD WV-
533 PM EDT WED AUG 21 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN WASHINGTON...NORTH
CENTRAL WOOD...PLEASANTS AND TYLER COUNTIES...

AT 529 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF
MARIETTA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL 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 LOWER SALEM AROUND 540 PM...NEWPORT AROUND
550 PM...ST. MARYS AROUND 600 PM...MATAMORAS AROUND 620 PM AND
SISTERSVILLE AROUND 630 PM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-77 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 1 AND 16 IN OHIO...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 180 AND 186 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.

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 3960 8134 3960 8129 3961 8127 3958 8125
      3958 8104 3955 8103 3961 8095 3959 8090
      3960 8084 3947 8072 3930 8148 3959 8157
      3959 8149 3962 8148 3964 8142

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Special weather statement, Aug 21, 5:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
547 PM EDT WED AUG 21 2013

VAZ004-WVZ024-033-212215-
BUCHANAN VA-MCDOWELL WV-MINGO WV-
547 PM EDT WED AUG 21 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL BUCHANAN...
NORTHWESTERN MCDOWELL AND SOUTHEASTERN MINGO COUNTIES...

AT 544 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES NORTH OF
BREAKS INTERSTATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL 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...AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE LOW LYING AREAS..

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR MEADOR AROUND 600 PM...HURLEY AROUND 610 PM
AND PANTHER AROUND 620 PM.

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 3753 8199 3753 8205 3755 8208 3755 8213
      3757 8215 3759 8213 3760 8217 3762 8217
      3766 8183 3759 8182 3755 8184 3750 8181
      3740 8179 3738 8219

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Special weather statement, Aug 21, 7:30 PM EDT, 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 21, 7:37 PM EDT, 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 21, 8:13 PM EDT, 0 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
Aug 21, 8:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Kanawha, Putnam	3 hr
Aug 21, 8:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Lewis, Roane, Upshur and 1 more	66 min
Aug 22, 10:38 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	RLX	Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 17 more	24 hr

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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.