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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Jul 24, 2014, 2:53 AM EDT for 4 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 52 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 24, 2014, 2:53 AM EDT (06:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2014, 3:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
Counties Braxton County, WV, Clay County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Upshur County, WV
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</html>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 24, 2:03 AM EDT, 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 2:03 AM EDT, 50 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 317 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2014 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-241930- 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- 317 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM THROUGH TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARD. .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.
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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 8:56 PM EDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
253 AM EDT THU JUL 24 2014
WVZ027-028-030-037>039-047-240745-
BRAXTON WV-CLAY WV-LEWIS WV-NICHOLAS WV-RANDOLPH WV-UPSHUR WV-
WEBSTER WV-
253 AM EDT THU JUL 24 2014
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHERN UPSHUR...NORTHERN
WEBSTER...BRAXTON...CLAY...NORTHERN RANDOLPH...SOUTHERN LEWIS AND
NORTHERN NICHOLAS COUNTIES UNTIL 345 AM EDT...
AT 251 AM EDT... AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH POCKETS
OF HEAVY RAINFALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM JUNIOR TO ROCK CAVE
TO EXCHANGE TO PROCIOUS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS...WITH THE
HEAVIEST AMOUNTS MEASURING UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN 15 MINUTES.
RAINFALL OF THIS INTENSITY WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND
QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR FRAMETOWN...AND GASSAWAY AROUND 300
AM...KANAWHA HEAD...ALTON...IVYDALE...AND COALTON AROUND 305 AM...
ELKINS...AND SUTTON AROUND 310 AM...STRANGE CREEK AND ALEXANDER
AROUND 315 AM.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
37 AND 76.
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.
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 3865 8006 3856 8042 3836 8093 3848 8128
3858 8112 3869 8102 3877 8086 3887 8047
3897 7992 3883 7960
16The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 8:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 44 min |
| Jul 23, 8:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 64 min |
| Jul 23, 9:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone | 61 min |
| Jul 23, 10:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Raleigh | 114 min |
| Jul 24, 3:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Clay | 49 min |
| Jul 24, 4:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Randolph | 59 min |
| Jul 24, 4:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Clay | 108 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.