Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Watches in 2006

Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Charleston, WV

April 16, 200618 counties in West Virginia; 8 counties in Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood watch at Apr 16, 2006, 3:25 PM EDT for 18 counties in West Virginia; 8 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Apr 17, 2006, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 16, 2006, 3:25 PM EDT (19:25 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 17, 2006, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 17, 2006, 4:38 AM EDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Flood severity: None

All 26 counties

Athens County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Perry County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Washington County, OH, Barbour County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Mason County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Apr 16, 1:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 1:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 16, 4:16 AM EDT, 11 hours 9 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 15, 8:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	McDowell	32 min
Apr 15, 9:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wayne	22 min
Apr 15, 8:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Carter	30 min
Apr 15, 9:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lawrence	27 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in West Virginia, 2006 Flash Flood Watches in Ohio, 2006 Every flash flood watch in 2006

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.