Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 277
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 14, 2005, 3:05 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 2005, 3:05 PM EDT (19:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2005, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 47 counties
Garrett County, MD, Belmont County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Noble County, OH, Washington County, OH, Allegheny County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Greene County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Washington County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Barbour County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Brooke County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Marion County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Mason County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Ohio County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Preston County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wetzel County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Warnings issued inside it
3 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wirt | 25 min |
| May 14, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Greene | 38 min |
| May 14, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Westmoreland | 49 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 1:59 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allegany, Garrett | 91 min |
| May 14, 3:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carroll, Charles, Frederick, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's | 95 min |
| May 14, 4:52 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Garrett | 83 min |
| May 13, 8:34 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Darke, Mercer, Paulding, Van Wert | 26 min |
| May 13, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Auglaize, Darke, Mercer, Putnam, Van Wert | 5 hr |
| May 13, 9:35 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Belmont, Columbiana, Harrison, Jefferson, Mahoning, Monroe and 1 more | 85 min |
| May 14, 12:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lawrence | 7 hr |
| May 14, 3:09 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lawrence | 96 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in West Virginia, 2005Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Pennsylvania, 2005Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Ohio, 2005Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2005
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.