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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Feb 13, 2016, 1:16 AM EST for 11 counties in West Virginia; Buchanan County, Dickenson County, Virginia. It was in force for 59 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
- Feb 13, 2016, 1:16 AM EST (06:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2016, 2:15 AM EST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
Counties Buchanan County, VA, Dickenson County, VA, Boone County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Logan County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
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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 Feb 12, 6:41 PM EST, 6 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 12, 6:41 PM EST, 6 hours 35 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 12, 3:37 PM EST, 9 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 337 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2016 WVZ032-035>040-046-047-132045- TAYLOR-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS- RANDOLPH- 337 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EST SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND CHILL ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND CHILL ADVISORY. A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA IN THE SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY TIME FRAME. ALTHOUGH THE PATH...PRECIPITATION TYPE...AND FORECAST SNOW AMOUNTS REMAIN UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME...WINTER WEATHER HEADLINES MAY BE NECESSARY. IN ADDITION...WITH THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE SYSTEM...AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND EVEN MAIN STEM RIVERS COULD SEE SIGNIFICANT RISES EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>031-033-034-132045- 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-MCDOWELL-WYOMING- 337 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA IN THE SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY TIME FRAME. ALTHOUGH THE PATH...PRECIPITATION TYPE...AND FORECAST SNOW AMOUNTS REMAIN UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME...WINTER WEATHER HEADLINES MAY BE NECESSARY. IN ADDITION...WITH THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE SYSTEM...AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND EVEN MAIN STEM RIVERS COULD SEE SIGNIFICANT RISES EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 8:43 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Clay, Kanawha, Putnam | 62 min |
| Feb 12, 9:01 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mason, Wirt, Wood | 89 min |
| Feb 12, 9:09 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler | 81 min |
| Feb 12, 9:38 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne | 82 min |
| Feb 12, 9:50 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 12 more | 85 min |
| Feb 12, 9:53 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Webster | 82 min |
| Feb 12, 10:55 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Raleigh, Wyoming | 95 min |
| Feb 12, 11:04 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Clay, Fayette, Gilmer, Kanawha and 7 more | 56 min |
| Feb 12, 11:08 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Raleigh and 2 more | 82 min |
| Feb 13, 12:14 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 46 min |
| Feb 13, 2:56 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 14 hr |
| Feb 12, 7:55 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Athens, Jackson, Morgan, Perry, Vinton | 95 min |
| Feb 12, 10:37 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 83 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.