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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Charleston, WV

July 23, 2022Doddridge County, Ritchie County, Tyler County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2022, 2:55 PM EDT for Doddridge County, Ritchie County, Tyler County, West Virginia. It was in force for 35 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 23, 2022, 2:55 PM EDT (18:55 UTC)
Expired: Jul 23, 2022, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

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

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 23, 11:39 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

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 Jul 23, 1:59 PM EDT, 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 1:59 PM EDT, 56 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 11:56 AM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 23, 2:09 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 2:24 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 2:26 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 23, 2:28 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 23, 2:42 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
242 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2022

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

0130 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NW MCARTHUR           39.25N 82.48W
07/23/2022                   VINTON             OH   911 CALL CENTER

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON POLERLINES ACROSS THE
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Local storm report, Jul 23, 2:52 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
252 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2022

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

0218 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 N POMEROY             39.09N 82.03W
07/23/2022                   MEIGS              OH   911 CALL CENTER

            MULTIPLE TREES ON POWERLINES DOWN ACROSS THE
            COUNTY.

&&

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 23, 3:43 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	RLX	Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mason and 3 more	12 hr
Jul 23, 1:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Mason	43 min
Jul 23, 1:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Mason	49 min
Jul 23, 2:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Mason, Roane	34 min
Jul 23, 2:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wirt, Wood	51 min
Jul 23, 2:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wirt, Wood	46 min
Jul 23, 2:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Kanawha, Roane	43 min
Jul 23, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Kanawha	50 min
Jul 23, 3:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis	32 min
Jul 23, 3:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Braxton, Clay, Gilmer, Nicholas	56 min
Jul 23, 3:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wayne	67 min
Jul 23, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Harrison, Lewis, Randolph, Taylor, Upshur	45 min
Jul 23, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Lewis, Webster	55 min
Jul 23, 4:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Fayette, Nicholas	25 min
Jul 23, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph	36 min
Jul 23, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Nicholas	21 min
Jul 23, 4:53 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Pocahontas	3 hr
Jul 23, 5:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pocahontas	37 min
Jul 23, 12:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Perry	37 min
Jul 23, 12:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson, Vinton	47 min
Jul 23, 1:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens, Morgan, Perry	31 min
Jul 23, 1:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Vinton	23 min
Jul 23, 1:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Vinton	31 min
Jul 23, 2:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Carter, Greenup	49 min
Jul 23, 2:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence	47 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.