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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Jul 26, 2016, 2:42 PM EDT for Greenup County, Kentucky. It was in force for 63 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 26, 2016, 2:42 PM EDT (18:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2016, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
County Greenup County, KY
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:44 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 Jul 26, 2:03 PM EDT, 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 2:03 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 3:59 AM EDT, 10 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 359 AM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-270800- 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- 359 AM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. 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, Jul 26, 2:40 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 240 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016 WVZ030-039-040-047-261945- BARBOUR-LEWIS-RANDOLPH-UPSHUR- 240 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL UPSHUR AND CENTRAL LEWIS COUNTIES... AT 239 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BUCKHANNON... MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BUCKHANNON...STONEWALL JACKSON...JUNIOR...WOMELSDORF (COALTON)... OVERHILL...LORENTZ...ELLAMORE...TALLMANSVILLE AND HORNER. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 88 AND 98. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. LAT...LON 3893 8063 3902 8060 3901 7994 3889 7993 TIME...MOT...LOC 1839Z 281DEG 18KT 3897 8022 26
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 2:42 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 242 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016 KYZ101-103-OHZ087-261945- BOYD-GREENUP-LAWRENCE- 242 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT LAWRENCE OHIO...SOUTHEASTERN GREENUP AND NORTHEASTERN BOYD COUNTIES... AT 241 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GREENBO LAKE... OR 8 MILES WEST OF IRONTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ASHLAND...IRONTON...COAL GROVE...CATLETTSBURG...GREENBO LAKE... NAPLES...FLATWOODS...RUSSELL...RACELAND...WORTHINGTON...WURTLAND... BELLEFONTE...WESTWOOD...HANGING ROCK...WARNOCK AND SUMMIT. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAVE BEEN REPORTED. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. LAT...LON 3845 8299 3854 8303 3856 8258 3843 8256 TIME...MOT...LOC 1841Z 275DEG 18KT 3850 8282 26
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 2:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lewis | 65 min |
| Jul 26, 3:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 26, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Gilmer | 56 min |
| Jul 26, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Harrison | 52 min |
| Jul 26, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Gilmer | 65 min |
| Jul 26, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Calhoun | 58 min |
| Jul 26, 5:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Ritchie, Wirt | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 68 min |
| Jul 26, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Roane | 45 min |
| Jul 26, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Roane | 62 min |
| Jul 26, 6:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Roane, Wirt | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 66 min |
| Jul 26, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette | 65 min |
| Jul 26, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson | 66 min |
| Jul 26, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lawrence | 66 min |
| Jul 26, 4:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson | 3 hr |
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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.