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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Jul 20, 2018, 10:51 AM EDT for Carter County, Greenup County, Kentucky. It was in force for 39 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 20, 2018, 10:51 AM EDT (14:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2018, 11:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
Counties Carter County, KY, Greenup County, KY
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 20, 10:29 AM EDT, 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 10:29 AM EDT, 22 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 20, 10:51 AM 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 |
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| Jul 20, 1:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 35 min |
| Jul 20, 2:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha, Roane | 31 min |
| Jul 20, 2:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Clay, Fayette, Raleigh, Roane | 26 min |
| Jul 20, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Calhoun | 36 min |
| Jul 20, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Lewis, Ritchie | 20 min |
| Jul 20, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Lewis | 46 min |
| Jul 20, 6:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam, Wayne | 37 min |
| Jul 20, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mingo, Putnam | 33 min |
| Jul 20, 7:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Jackson, Kanawha, Logan, Mingo, Roane | 25 min |
| Jul 20, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Clay, Fayette, McDowell, Raleigh, Wyoming | 46 min |
| Jul 20, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson, Lawrence | 37 min |
| Jul 20, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence | 34 min |
| Jul 20, 4:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Carter, Greenup | 7 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.