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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

August 20, 2019Doddridge County, Ritchie County, Tyler County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Aug 20, 2019, 11:12 PM EDT for Doddridge County, Ritchie County, Tyler County, West Virginia. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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Issued
Aug 20, 2019, 11:12 PM EDT (03:12 UTC)
Expired
Aug 20, 2019, 11:45 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV

Counties Doddridge County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Tyler County, WV

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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 Aug 20, 10:23 PM EDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 10:23 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 20, 2:20 PM EDT, 8 hours 52 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Charleston WV
220 PM EDT Tue Aug 20 2019

OHZ066-067-075-076-083>085-VAZ003-004-WVZ009>011-017>020-024>034-039-
040-515>526-211830-
Perry-Morgan-Athens-Washington-Jackson OH-Vinton-Meigs-Dickenson-
Buchanan-Wood-Pleasants-Tyler-Wirt-Calhoun-Ritchie-Doddridge-Mingo-
Logan-Boone-Clay-Braxton-Gilmer-Lewis-Harrison-Taylor-McDowell-
Wyoming-Upshur-Barbour-Northwest Raleigh-Southeast Raleigh-
Northwest Fayette-Southeast Fayette-Northwest Nicholas-
Southeast Nicholas-Northwest Webster-Southeast Webster-
Northwest Pocahontas-Southeast Pocahontas-Northwest Randolph-
Southeast Randolph-
220 PM EDT Tue Aug 20 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southeast Ohio,
southwest Virginia, and portions of central West Virginia,
northeast West Virginia, northern West Virginia, southeast West
Virginia and southern West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

There is a marginal risk for severe thunderstorms through this
evening with the main threat being possible damaging wind.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

There is a marginal risk for excessive rainfall on Thursday and
Thursday night, which could result in potential flash flooding.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather
 conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures.

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ086-087-WVZ005>008-013>016-211830-
Greenup-Carter-Boyd-Lawrence KY-Gallia-Lawrence OH-Wayne-Cabell-
Mason-Jackson WV-Lincoln-Putnam-Kanawha-Roane-
220 PM EDT Tue Aug 20 2019

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky, portions
of southeast Ohio, and portions of central West Virginia, southern
West Virginia and western West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Heat Advisory.

There is a slight risk for severe thunderstorms through this evening with
the main threat being damaging wind.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

There is a marginal risk for excessive rainfall on Thursday and
Thursday night, which could result in potential flash flooding.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather
 conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 20, 8:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
818 PM EDT TUE AUG 20 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0710 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S CLIFFORD            37.97N  82.53W
08/20/2019                   LAWRENCE           KY   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON ROUTE 1690 NEAR
            CHERRYVILLE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1901904

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Special weather statement, Aug 20, 8:28 PM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
828 PM EDT Tue Aug 20 2019

OHZ076-WVZ010-011-019-210115-
Washington-Ritchie-Pleasants-Tyler-
828 PM EDT Tue Aug 20 2019

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON...
PLEASANTS...NORTHWESTERN RITCHIE AND SOUTHWESTERN TYLER COUNTIES...

At 828 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Belmont, or
near Marietta, moving northeast at 20 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
St. Marys, Belmont, Newport, Matamoras, Friendly, Schultz, Arvilla,
Point Lookout, New Matamoras, Hebron, Willow Island and Maxwell.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

LAT...LON 3957 8107 3932 8094 3930 8130 3946 8143
      3958 8121
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 246DEG 19KT 3942 8133

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Local storm report, Aug 20, 8:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 20, 10:22 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 20, 10:29 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 20, 11:12 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 20, 8:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXPleasants47 min
Aug 20, 8:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXDoddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler31 min
Aug 20, 9:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXDoddridge, Harrison, Lewis, Taylor44 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.