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Heat Advisory 5, NWS Charleston, WV

August 12, 201616 counties in West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this heat advisory at Aug 12, 2016, 8:47 AM EDT for 16 counties in West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Aug 12, 2016, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 12, 2016, 8:47 AM EDT (12:47 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 12, 2016, 1:00 PM EDT
Expired: Aug 12, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

All 29 counties

Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Athens County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Perry County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Washington County, OH, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Mason County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:48 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 heat advisory 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 heat advisory went out at Aug 11, 7:47 PM EDT, 13 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 7:47 PM EDT, 13 hours before

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Nearby

Heat Advisories in West Virginia, 2016 Heat Advisories in Ohio, 2016 Heat Advisories in Kentucky, 2016 Every heat advisory in 2016

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.