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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

August 17, 2016Clay County, Nicholas County, Webster County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Aug 17, 2016, 3:03 PM EDT for Clay County, Nicholas County, Webster County, West Virginia. It was in force for 57 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Aug 17, 2016, 3:03 PM EDT (19:03 UTC)
Expired: Aug 17, 2016, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

Counties Clay County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Webster 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 Aug 17, 2:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 2:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 17, 2:11 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 17, 1:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
118 PM EDT WED AUG 17 2016

WVZ024>026-034-171815-
BOONE-LOGAN-MINGO-WYOMING-
118 PM EDT WED AUG 17 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL MINGO...SOUTHEASTERN
BOONE...LOGAN AND NORTHWESTERN WYOMING COUNTIES...

AT 118 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
DELBARTON...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILLIAMSON...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LOGAN...OCEANA...MAN...DELBARTON...WHARTON...BALD KNOB...HOLDEN...
MALLORY...MOUNT GAY-SHAMROCK...RED JACKET...AMHERSTDALE-ROBINETTE...
MATEWAN...WEST LOGAN...BRUNO...MOUNT GAY...DINGESS...MYRTLE...PIE...
COAL MOUNTAIN AND KOPPERSTON.

THIS INCLUDES ROUTE 119 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 6 AND 29.

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

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 3763 8217 3765 8218 3765 8219 3763 8219
      3763 8221 3766 8224 3766 8226 3787 8226
      3793 8157 3792 8156 3764 8156 3762 8218
TIME...MOT...LOC 1718Z 265DEG 23KT 3777 8215

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Special weather statement, Aug 17, 1:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 17, 2:11 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 17, 2:24 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 17, 2:31 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 17, 3:03 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 17, 11:51 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wayne	54 min
Aug 17, 11:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Mason	63 min
Aug 17, 12:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Mingo	55 min
Aug 17, 12:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Cabell, Putnam	57 min
Aug 17, 12:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam	65 min
Aug 17, 1:13 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Cabell, Jackson, Kanawha, Putnam	32 min
Aug 17, 1:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Logan, Mingo	57 min
Aug 17, 1:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Kanawha, Putnam, Roane	34 min
Aug 17, 2:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Raleigh, Wyoming	64 min
Aug 17, 2:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Clay, Kanawha	36 min
Aug 17, 2:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Braxton, Gilmer, Lewis	59 min
Aug 17, 2:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Raleigh, Wyoming	36 min
Aug 17, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Summers	29 min
Aug 17, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Randolph, Upshur	60 min
Aug 17, 3:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Cabell	34 min
Aug 17, 4:12 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Cabell, Mason, Putnam	3 hr
Aug 17, 1:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Gallia, Jackson	67 min
Aug 17, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Buchanan, Dickenson	34 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.