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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 188, NWS Charleston, WV

July 22, 2022Pleasants County, Ritchie County, Wood County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2022, 4:17 PM EDT for Pleasants County, Ritchie County, Wood County, West Virginia. It was in force for 43 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: Jul 22, 2022, 4:17 PM EDT (20:17 UTC)
Expired: Jul 22, 2022, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Pleasants County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 22, 2:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 2:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 3:47 AM EDT, 12 hours 30 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 22, 3:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 22, 3:42 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 22, 4:10 PM EDT, 7 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
Jul 22, 3:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Wood	44 min
Jul 22, 3:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Tyler	48 min
Jul 22, 4:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Ritchie, Tyler	41 min
Jul 22, 4:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wood	35 min
Jul 22, 4:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Ritchie	24 min
Jul 22, 5:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Ritchie	39 min
Jul 22, 3:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Washington	28 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2022 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2022

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.