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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

February 13, 201611 counties in West Virginia; Buchanan County, Dickenson County, Virginia

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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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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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 12, 8:43 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBraxton, Clay, Kanawha, Putnam62 min
Feb 12, 9:01 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMason, Wirt, Wood89 min
Feb 12, 9:09 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXPleasants, Ritchie, Tyler81 min
Feb 12, 9:38 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBoone, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne82 min
Feb 12, 9:50 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBarbour, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 12 more85 min
Feb 12, 9:53 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXFayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Webster82 min
Feb 12, 10:55 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBoone, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Raleigh, Wyoming95 min
Feb 12, 11:04 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBarbour, Braxton, Clay, Fayette, Gilmer, Kanawha and 7 more56 min
Feb 12, 11:08 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBoone, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Raleigh and 2 more82 min
Feb 13, 12:14 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXFayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster46 min
Feb 13, 2:56 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchRLXMcDowell, Wyoming14 hr
Feb 12, 7:55 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXAthens, Jackson, Morgan, Perry, Vinton95 min
Feb 12, 10:37 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBuchanan, Dickenson83 min

Nearby

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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.