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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Charleston, WV

April 16, 2024Jackson County, Kanawha County, Roane County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 2024, 3:24 PM EDT for Jackson County, Kanawha County, Roane County, West Virginia. It was in force for 36 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
Apr 16, 2024, 3:24 PM EDT (19:24 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 2024, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Roane County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:27 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 Apr 16, 2:39 PM EDT, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 2:39 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 16, 1:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 16, 2:51 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 16, 2:53 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 16, 2:55 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 16, 2:56 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 16, 3:03 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 16, 3:19 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 8:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLogan, Wyoming37 min
Apr 15, 8:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Raleigh, Wyoming26 min
Apr 15, 8:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWyoming27 min
Apr 15, 9:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMcDowell, Wyoming32 min
Apr 15, 10:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMcDowell34 min
Apr 16, 1:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMercer15 min
Apr 16, 1:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLincoln17 min
Apr 16, 2:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLincoln18 min
Apr 16, 2:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXFayette31 min
Apr 16, 2:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXRaleigh15 min
Apr 16, 2:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXKanawha26 min
Apr 16, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXKanawha, Lincoln, Putnam33 min
Apr 16, 2:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFayette, Nicholas31 min
Apr 16, 2:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMcDowell30 min
Apr 16, 2:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Fayette, Kanawha26 min
Apr 16, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Kanawha, Lincoln25 min
Apr 16, 2:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXKanawha34 min
Apr 16, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Logan, Raleigh18 min
Apr 16, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXKanawha, Lincoln32 min
Apr 16, 3:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXClay, Kanawha, Roane24 min
Apr 16, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXFayette20 min
Apr 16, 3:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXFayette26 min
Apr 16, 3:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXRoane27 min
Apr 16, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Kanawha, Roane31 min
Apr 16, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXFayette17 min
Apr 16, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXWebster19 min
Apr 16, 5:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXPocahontas28 min
Apr 16, 5:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXWirt26 min
Apr 16, 2:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLawrence22 min
Apr 16, 3:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXGallia26 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.