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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

May 10, 2016Mason County, West Virginia; Gallia County, Lawrence County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at May 10, 2016, 6:54 PM EDT for Mason County, West Virginia; Gallia County, Lawrence County, Ohio. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: May 10, 2016, 6:54 PM EDT (22:54 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2016, 7:30 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

Counties Gallia County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Mason County, WV

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 10, 6:28 PM EDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 6:28 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 2:34 PM EDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 10, 4:52 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 10, 5:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
516 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2016

OHZ075-083>085-102145-
VINTON-ATHENS-MEIGS-JACKSON-
516 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN JACKSON...
SOUTHEASTERN VINTON AND NORTHWESTERN MEIGS COUNTIES...

AT 515 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER WELLSTON...MOVING EAST
AT 25 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WELLSTON...ALBANY...HAMDEN...WILKESVILLE...RADCLIFFE...SALEM CENTER...
CARPENTER...DYESVILLE AND DEXTER.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3910 8260 3919 8260 3930 8221 3901 8220
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 269DEG 20KT 3914 8254

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Special weather statement, May 10, 6:06 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 10, 6:24 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
624 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2016

OHZ083-084-102300-
VINTON-JACKSON-
624 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT JACKSON AND VINTON
COUNTIES...

AT 623 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR LOGAN ELM VILLAGE TO 11 MILES EAST OF CHILLICOTHE
TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF LUCASVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JACKSON...WELLSTON...MCARTHUR...LAKE HOPE STATE PARK...HAMDEN...COALTON...
ZALESKI...RADCLIFFE...CREOLA...PETERSBURG...MABEE...EAGLE MILLS...BYER AND
ALLENSVILLE.

LAT...LON 3917 8279 3917 8277 3937 8275 3937 8252
      3940 8251 3938 8229 3904 8234 3903 8237
      3904 8243 3901 8244 3889 8276 3894 8275
      3895 8280 3897 8281
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 246DEG 32KT 3953 8293 3929 8279 3897 8285

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Special weather statement, May 10, 6:54 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
654 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2016

KYZ101-103-OHZ083-085>087-WVZ006-007-102330-
BOYD-GREENUP-LAWRENCE-GALLIA-MEIGS-JACKSON-MASON-CABELL-
654 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON...
GALLIA...LAWRENCE...WESTERN MASON AND NORTHWESTERN CABELL COUNTIES...

AT 653 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR OAK HILL TO NEAR LAKE VESUVIUS TO NAPLES...AND
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND
MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH
FLOODED ROADWAYS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HUNTINGTON...ASHLAND...IRONTON...POINT PLEASANT...GALLIPOLIS...COAL GROVE...
POMEROY...OAK HILL...RIO GRANDE...CHESAPEAKE...PROCTORVILLE...RUTLAND...
LAKE VESUVIUS...BARBOURSVILLE...MASON...GALLIA...FLATWOODS...RUSSELL...
VERNON AND WATERLOO.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 64 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 14
AND 17.

LAT...LON 3861 8269 3894 8265 3904 8243 3903 8232
      3904 8232 3904 8200 3864 8202 3840 8234
      3849 8284
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 265DEG 41KT 3892 8248 3861 8255 3844 8280

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 10, 4:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Vinton	23 min
May 10, 5:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Vinton	29 min
May 10, 6:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens	24 min
May 10, 6:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson, Vinton	36 min
May 10, 7:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens, Meigs	36 min
May 10, 7:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boyd	23 min
May 10, 7:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boyd, Carter, Lawrence	32 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.