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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Apr 22, 2016, 3:30 PM EDT for Doddridge County, Harrison County, Ritchie County, West Virginia. It was in force for 30 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
- Apr 22, 2016, 3:30 PM EDT (19:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2016, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
Counties Doddridge County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Ritchie County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Apr 22, 2:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 2:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 22, 2:30 AM EDT, 13 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 230 AM EDT FRI APR 22 2016 OHZ066-067-076-WVZ009>011-016>020-027>032-035>040-046-047-230630- PERRY-MORGAN-WASHINGTON-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN- RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-RALEIGH- FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- 230 AM EDT FRI APR 22 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...PORTIONS OF NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. KYZ101>103-105-OHZ075-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>008-013>015-024>026- 033-034-230630- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-ATHENS-JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS- GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV- LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-MCDOWELL-WYOMING- 230 AM EDT FRI APR 22 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE THAT THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND/OR HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 22, 3:30 PM EDT, 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 43 min |
| Apr 22, 6:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Putnam | 52 min |
| Apr 22, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wood | 58 min |
| Apr 22, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Meigs | 51 min |
| Apr 22, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boyd, Carter | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Greenup | 56 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in West Virginia, 2016Every special weather statement 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.