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Flash Flood Watch 8, NWS Charleston, WV

August 7, 2006Boone County, Wyoming County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood watch at Aug 7, 2006, 2:59 PM EDT for Boone County, Wyoming County, West Virginia. It took effect at Aug 7, 2006, 4:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 7, 2006, 2:59 PM EDT (18:59 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 7, 2006, 4:00 PM EDT
Expired: Aug 7, 2006, 9:39 PM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Flood severity: None

Counties Boone County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:03 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 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 Aug 6, 7:44 PM EDT, 19 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 7:44 PM EDT, 19 hours 15 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
Aug 7, 11:18 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Raleigh	3 hr
Aug 7, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Logan	46 min
Aug 7, 4:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Mingo	29 min
Aug 7, 5:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wood	23 min
Aug 7, 6:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lincoln	23 min
Aug 7, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Ritchie, Wirt	40 min
Aug 7, 6:23 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Mingo	67 min
Aug 7, 6:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Gilmer	25 min
Aug 7, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Athens	34 min
Aug 7, 5:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Morgan	26 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in West Virginia, 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.