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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 214, NWS Charleston, WV

August 31, 2019Randolph County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 31, 2019, 5:22 PM EDT for Randolph County, West Virginia. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 31, 2019, 5:22 PM EDT (21:22 UTC)
Expired: Aug 31, 2019, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Randolph County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 30, 7:39 PM EDT, 21 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 7:39 PM EDT, 21 hours 43 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 31, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pocahontas	30 min
Aug 31, 5:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pocahontas	58 min
Aug 31, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Randolph	24 min
Aug 31, 6:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Nicholas	30 min
Aug 31, 7:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Logan, Mingo	39 min
Aug 31, 7:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pocahontas	25 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2019 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019

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.