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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

August 6, 2020Harrison County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2020, 11:07 AM EDT for Harrison 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 6, 2020, 11:07 AM EDT (15:07 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2020, 11:30 AM EDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV

County Harrison County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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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 5, 7:45 PM EDT, 15 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 7:45 PM EDT, 15 hours 22 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 9:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBraxton33 min
Aug 6, 10:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLewis30 min
Aug 6, 1:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXDickenson31 min
Aug 6, 1:32 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXDickenson2 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in West Virginia, 2020Every special weather statement in 2020

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.