Alert archive / West Virginia / Flood Watches in 2007
Flood Watch 5, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flood watch at Dec 9, 2007, 8:35 PM EST for 26 counties in West Virginia; 7 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Dec 9, 2007, 11:00 PM EST. It was in force for 22 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 9, 2007, 8:35 PM EST (01:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 9, 2007, 11:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2007, 8:59 PM EST
- In force
- 22 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Flood severity
- None
All 37 counties
Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Athens County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Washington County, OH, Barbour County, WV, Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Mason County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:38 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 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 flood watch went out at Dec 9, 7:48 PM EST, 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 9, 7:48 PM EST, 47 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Dec 9, 6:06 PM EST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 606 PM EST SUN DEC 9 2007 WVZ024-025-092330- LOGAN WV-MINGO WV- 606 PM EST SUN DEC 9 2007 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... AT 606 PM EST...A THUNDERSTORM WAS AT THE NORTHWEST TIP OF MINGO COUNTY...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE... BREEDEN...DINGESS...LENORE...NAUGATUCK...WEST LOGAN...LOGAN...AND SWITZER. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND A BRIEF DOWNPOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. 19
Special weather statement, Dec 9, 6:35 PM EST, 2 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 635 PM EST SUN DEC 9 2007 WVZ024>026-100000- LOGAN WV-MINGO WV-BOONE WV- 635 PM EST SUN DEC 9 2007 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... AT 635 PM EST...A LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS EXTENDED FROM WESTERN LOGAN COUNTY TO NORTHWESTERN MINGO COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS LINE OF STORMS INCLUDE... TURTLE CREEK...JEFFREY...BLAIR...SARAH ANN...CHAUNCEY...MADISON...AND SHARPLES. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. ALSO...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS A HALF INCH OF RAIN IN 30 MINUTES IS POSSIBLE. THIS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. 19
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Dec 9, 11:48 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RLX | Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Dec 10, 2:56 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | RLX | Barbour | 32 hr |
| Dec 10, 2:56 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | RLX | Barbour | 25 hr |
| Dec 10, 2:56 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | RLX | Upshur | 23 hr |
Nearby
Flood Watches in West Virginia, 2007Flood Watches in Ohio, 2007Flood Watches in Kentucky, 2007Every flood watch in 2007
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.