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Areal Flood Warning 6, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this areal flood warning at Mar 14, 2016, 8:31 PM EDT for Harrison 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 14, 2016, 8:31 PM EDT (00:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2016, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Harrison County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood 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 areal flood warning went out at Mar 14, 7:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 7:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 934 AM EDT MON MAR 14 2016 OHZ066-067-075-076-084-WVZ009>011-017-019-020-031-032-040-151345- PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-VINTON-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-WIRT- RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-HARRISON-TAYLOR-BARBOUR- 934 AM EDT MON MAR 14 2016 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO...AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. KYZ101>103-105-OHZ083-085>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>008-013>016-018- 024>030-033>039-046-047-151345- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-JACKSON OH-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH- DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-LINCOLN-PUTNAM- KANAWHA-ROANE-CALHOUN-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS- MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-POCAHONTAS- RANDOLPH- 934 AM EDT MON MAR 14 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...PORTIONS OF 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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 6:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
655 PM EDT MON MAR 14 2016
WVZ011-018>020-028>031-150000-
CALHOUN-RITCHIE-BRAXTON-HARRISON-TYLER-DODDRIDGE-LEWIS-GILMER-
655 PM EDT MON MAR 14 2016
...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN TYLER...
DODDRIDGE...WESTERN HARRISON...NORTHWESTERN LEWIS...GILMER...
NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN AND EASTERN RITCHIE COUNTIES...
AT 654 PM EDT...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS 8 MILES NORTH OF
GLENVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HARRISVILLE...GLENVILLE...GRANTSVILLE...SHINNSTON...SALEM...PENNSBORO...
LUMBERPORT...WEST UNION...CEDAR CREEK STATE PARK...SAND FORK...PULLMAN...
AUBURN...GRANGEVILLE...COXS MILLS...WOLF SUMMIT...NEW MILTON...STOUTS
MILLS...TROY...GREENWOOD AND NEWBERNE.
THIS INCLUDES ROUTE 50 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 41 AND
75.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3951 8074 3947 8071 3948 8067 3946 8067
3947 8064 3944 8060 3945 8058 3943 8058
3943 8053 3946 8051 3947 8048 3943 8027
3877 8082 3898 8120 3924 8103 3953 8078
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 218DEG 42KT 3905 8089
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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.