Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Watches in 2010
Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this flash flood watch at May 16, 2010, 4:45 AM EDT for 28 counties in West Virginia; 9 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at May 16, 2010, 3:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 59 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 2010, 4:45 AM EDT (08:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 16, 2010, 3:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 19, 2010, 2:04 AM EDT
- In force
- 59 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Flood severity
- None
All 41 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, Morgan County, OH, Perry 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, McDowell 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, Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:46 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 May 16, 1:32 AM EDT, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 16, 1:32 AM EDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 4:36 PM EDT, 12 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 436 PM EDT SAT MAY 15 2010 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-162045- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON- JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE- CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA- ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON- GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE- NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- 436 PM EDT SAT MAY 15 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE COULD BRING AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. A FLOOD WATCH MAY BE NEEDED SHOULD CONFIDENCE INCREASE IN A FLOOD THREAT. THE PUBLIC IS ADVISED TO MONITOR THE FORECAST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 6:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette | 4 hr |
| May 16, 6:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 4 hr |
| May 16, 7:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Raleigh | 2 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in West Virginia, 2010Flash Flood Watches in Ohio, 2010Flash Flood Watches in Kentucky, 2010Every flash flood watch in 2010
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.