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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

August 28, 2013Tucker County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Aug 28, 2013, 10:39 PM EDT for Tucker County, West Virginia. It was in force for 36 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: Aug 28, 2013, 10:39 PM EDT (02:39 UTC)
Expired: Aug 28, 2013, 11:15 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

County Tucker County, WV

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 28, 9:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 28, 9:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 28, 9:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 28, 7:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 28, 8:14 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
814 PM EDT WED AUG 28 2013

KYZ101>103-105-WVZ005-024-290115-
BOYD KY-CARTER KY-GREENUP KY-LAWRENCE KY-MINGO WV-WAYNE WV-
814 PM EDT WED AUG 28 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BOYD...CARTER...LAWRENCE...
NORTHWESTERN MINGO...SOUTHWESTERN GREENUP AND WAYNE COUNTIES...

AT 812 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM 8
MILES SOUTH OF WAYNE TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRAYSON TO 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CARTER CAVES STATE PARK...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. VERY HEAVY RAIN
WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS
AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR HITCHINS...FALLSBURG...DENTON...AND CARTER
CAVES STATE PARK AROUND 820 PM...FORT GAY AROUND 825 PM...YATESVILLE
LAKE STATE PARK...AND LOUISA AROUND 830 PM...GRAHN...DUNLOW AND
WILLARD AROUND 835 PM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-64 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
149 AND 183 IN KENTUCKY.

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 3834 8324 3842 8324 3853 8315 3820 8231
      3770 8230 3790 8244 3790 8248 3795 8252
      3795 8256 3788 8263 3797 8284 3797 8298
      3799 8303 3811 8290 3817 8292 3818 8306
      3826 8316 3819 8324 3821 8331 3833 8334

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Local storm report, Aug 28, 8:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
825 PM EDT WED AUG 28 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0618 PM     TSTM WND DMG     IRONTON                 38.53N  82.68W
08/28/2013                   LAWRENCE           OH   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1300896

ARB

Local storm report, Aug 28, 8:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
845 PM EDT WED AUG 28 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0730 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 W FRENCH CREEK        38.89N  80.35W
08/28/2013                   UPSHUR             WV   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SMALL CREEKS OUT OF THE BANKS. FRONT YARD BRIEFLY
            FLOODED.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1300897

ARB

Local storm report, Aug 28, 9:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
910 PM EDT WED AUG 28 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0508 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FRAMETOWN               38.64N  80.86W
08/28/2013                   BRAXTON            WV   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES DOWN AROUND FRAMETOWN

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1300898

ARB

Special weather statement, Aug 28, 10:39 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1039 PM EDT WED AUG 28 2013

WVZ040-047-290315-
BARBOUR WV-RANDOLPH WV-
1039 PM EDT WED AUG 28 2013

...A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN
RANDOLPH AND SOUTHEASTERN BARBOUR COUNTIES...

AT 1034 PM EDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS LOCATED
NEAR BOWDEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR BOWDEN AROUND 1045 PM...HARMAN AROUND
1055 PM AND GLADY AROUND 1100 PM.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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 3892 7937 3893 7944 3889 7946 3889 7951
      3884 7953 3878 7950 3866 7961 3905 7998
      3919 7983 3913 7983 3909 7978 3904 7977
      3898 7951 3897 7936 3894 7935

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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 28, 8:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wayne	61 min
Aug 28, 9:06 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Pocahontas	3 hr
Aug 28, 11:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Randolph	39 min
Aug 28, 11:46 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph	3 hr
Aug 29, 10:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour	5 hr

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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.