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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Dec 6, 2014, 2:49 PM EST for Barbour County, Lewis County, Taylor County, West Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 6, 2014, 2:49 PM EST (19:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 6, 2014, 5:45 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
Counties Barbour County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Taylor County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 Dec 6, 1:49 PM EST, 1 hour earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 6, 1:49 PM EST, 1 hour before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 417 AM EST SAT DEC 6 2014 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ083-085>087-WVZ005>009-013>020-027>032-038>040-047- 070930- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-JACKSON OH-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH- WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT- CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR- WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-RANDOLPH- 417 AM EST SAT DEC 6 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO AND MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THIS NEW RAIN...COMBINED WITH WET SOIL FROM PREVIOUS RAIN...MAY LEAD TO SWOLLEN SMALL STREAMS. IF THE RAIN BECOMES HEAVIER FOR A BRIEF TIME...SOME VULNERABLE SMALL STREAMS COULD OVERFLOW. IF THAT THREAT INCREASES...A FLOOD WATCH OR WARNING MAY BE NEEDED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. OHZ066-067-075-076-084-VAZ003-004-WVZ010-011-024>026-033>037-046- 070930- PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-VINTON-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-PLEASANTS- TYLER-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS- POCAHONTAS- 417 AM EST SAT DEC 6 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. 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, Dec 6, 10:04 AM EST, 4 hours 45 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 2:43 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Ritchie | 3 hr |
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Special Weather Statements in West Virginia, 2014Every special weather statement in 2014
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.