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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Jul 5, 2016, 3:36 PM EDT for Kanawha County, West Virginia. It was in force for 54 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
- Jul 5, 2016, 3:36 PM EDT (19:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2016, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
County Kanawha County, WV
The radar
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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 Jul 5, 2:38 PM EDT, 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 2:38 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 11:07 AM EDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1107 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-061515- 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-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE- NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- 1107 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...AN ISOLATED SLOW MOVING DOWNPOUR MAY BE SEEN IN THE MUGGY SUMMER AIR... THAT COULD CAUSE CREEKS TO RISE RAPIDLY. HOWEVER...THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. STRONG OR HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...THE STRONGEST MOST LIKELY TO BE ON FRIDAY. HOWEVER...THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. TRM
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 5, 9:51 AM EDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
951 AM EDT TUE JUL 05 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0715 AM TSTM WND DMG 8 SW CHARLESTON 38.27N 81.73W
06/23/2016 KANAWHA WV NWS EMPLOYEE
HICKORY TREE DOWN.
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CORRECTED EVENT DATE
EVENT NUMBER RLX1601183
TRMLocal storm report, Jul 5, 2:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 8:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour | 16 min |
| Jul 4, 10:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Ritchie | 2 hr |
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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.