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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Charleston, WV

July 14, 20234 counties in West Virginia; Athens County, Meigs County, Washington County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2023, 10:18 AM EDT for 4 counties in West Virginia; Athens County, Meigs County, Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 42 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 14, 2023, 10:18 AM EDT (14:18 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2023, 11:00 AM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Athens County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Washington County, OH, Pleasants County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:17 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 Jul 14, 6:46 AM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 6:46 AM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 3:41 AM EDT, 6 hours 37 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 14, 9:37 AM EDT, 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 14, 9:46 AM EDT, 32 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 14, 10:05 AM EDT, 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 14, 10:06 AM EDT, 12 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 13, 9:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wyoming	35 min
Jul 13, 10:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Fayette	29 min
Jul 13, 11:32 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Fayette, Raleigh	107 min
Jul 14, 12:06 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	McDowell, Wyoming	3 hr
Jul 14, 12:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Logan	44 min
Jul 14, 1:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wyoming	39 min
Jul 14, 9:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wood	44 min
Jul 14, 10:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wood	48 min
Jul 14, 11:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Doddridge, Ritchie	33 min
Jul 14, 11:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Doddridge	47 min
Jul 14, 12:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Gilmer, Lewis	48 min
Jul 14, 2:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	McDowell	50 min
Jul 14, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Braxton	45 min
Jul 14, 4:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Nicholas	36 min
Jul 14, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Putnam	30 min
Jul 14, 6:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Kanawha	29 min
Jul 14, 6:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Roane	32 min
Jul 14, 6:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Summers	8 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2023 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2023 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2023

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.