3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Aug 3, 3:00 PM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 400 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 .SHORT TERM /REST OF TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... PREVIOUS FORECAST HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON POPS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. CONVECTION AHEAD OF COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OVER SOUTHEAST OH...AND WEAKEN AS THEY REACH THE OH RIVER TONIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. FEW OF THESE SHOWERS AND A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO COULD PENETRATE THE LOCALLY KNOWN...WALL OF DEATH ALONG THE OH RIVER...AFFECTING CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO BE ALONG A LINE FROM CKB...CRW AND HTS BY FRI MORNING. KEPT CAT POPS ACROSS THE EXTREME NORTHWEST SECTIONS...WITH LIKELY POPS EXTENDING THRU THE NORTHWEST QUADRANT OF OUR CWA...WEST OF CRW AND EKN. HOWEVER...CHANCES OF SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND WEST OF THE WESTERN SLOPES. TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY COOL TONIGHT DUE TO HIGH HUMIDITY RETURN AND PLENTY OF CLOUDS. THIS IS MORE IN LINE WITH MET GUIDANCE. CLOUDS AND NORTHWEST TO NORTHERLY FLOW WILL KEEP HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 80S ON FRI. MODELS A BIT DIFFERENT ON SOUTHWARD PUSH OF DRIER AIR FOR SATURDAY. GFS IS FURTHER SOUTH WITH NAM HOLDING MORE MOISTURE OVER THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES. FURTHER NORTH POSITION USUALLY WINS THIS TIME OF YEAR...SO WILL LEAN THAT DIRECTION. MOISTURE RETURNS ON SUNDAY AS CAP WEAKENS...SO WILL GO WITH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS...WITH BEST CHANCES IN THE SOUTH AND MOUNTAINS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 156 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2006/ AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS UNDER GENTLE SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL PREVAIL THRU 00-02Z. LOW TO MID LEVEL CLOUDS...WELL AHEAD OF COLD FRONT TO MOVE OVER THE PKB AND HTS AFTER 22Z. SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS COULD REACH PKB BY 23-01Z. GUIDANCE SUGGESTING FIRST BATCH OF RAINFALL ACTIVITY COULD DISSIPATE AS IT APPROACHES SOUTHEAST OH. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL BANDS COULD REACH HTS AND CRW OVERNIGHT. THE ACTUAL COLD FRONT LOCATED FROM SOUTHERN MI...EXTENDING SOUTHWEST ACROSS NORTHERN IN...AND CENTRAL IL...EXPECTED TO REACH PKB BY 03-04Z...AND THEN TO WEAKEN AS IT PROGRESSES SLOWLY SOUTHEAST. BY 12Z...THE FRONT WILL BE MOVING EAST ACROSS CKB-CRW-HTS LINE INTO THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS LATE FRI MORNING...BEFORE EXITING THE MOUNTAINS BY LATE AFTERNOON. THEREFORE...INCLUDED SHOWERS OVERNIGHT FOR MOST SITES INTO THE MORNING HOURS. VISIBILITIES COULD DROP TO MVFR/IFR ALONG SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 133 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2006/ LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... OVERALL PATTERN SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY WITH A COLD FRONT SLIDING ACROSS THE REGION ON MONDAY WITH SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AS THE FRONT MOVES INTO A WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS. BEHIND THE FRONT THE HIGH PRESSURE WITH DRIER AND COOLER AIR FILLS INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. THIS IS THE PATTERN THAT HAS BEEN DEPICTED BY HPC. TIMING ON THE FRONT IS STILL UNCERTAIN AS THE GFS MAINTAINS THE MONDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING TIME FRAME...WHILE THE NEW 12Z NAM IS GETTING MUCH QUICKER WITH THE FRONT MORE SUNDAY NIGHT. THE MODELS HAVE BECOME MORE AMPLIFIED NEXT WEEK THAN IN PREVIOUS DAYS INDICATING THAT THE FRONT SHOULD PUSH SOUTH OF THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT WITH THE COOLER AIR ARRIVING ON TUESDAY. WHILE THE FORECAST FOLLOWS THIS SOLUTION...THE RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN US MAY NOT BREAK DOWN AS MUCH...KEEPING THE FRONT FURTHER NORTH. WILL NEED TO SEE HOW THIS PATTERN EVOLVES AS A FURTHER NORTH FRONT WILL MEAN MORE CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION THAN IS CURRENTLY SHOWN. FOR TEMPERATURES...HAVE RUN ALONG WITH THE HPC VALUES. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 115 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2006/ SHORT TERM /REST OF TONIGHT/... UPDATED ZONES FOR SVR WATCH # 683 && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. KY...NONE. VA...NONE. && SHORT TERM...ARJ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 317 AM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 OHZ066-067-075-076-083>086-WVZ009>011-040730- PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA- WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER- 317 AM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG AND WEST OF THE OHIO RIVER. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM ANY STORM WILL BE STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. KYZ101>103-105-OHZ087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>008-013>020-024>040-046- 047-040730- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-LAWRENCE OH-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN- WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-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- 317 AM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. 29
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1149 AM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 WVZ035-031615- RALEIGH- 1149 AM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... AT 1149 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER BECKLEY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE STANAFORD...SHADY SPRING...PROSPERITY...PINEY VIEW...MACARTHUR AND MABSCOTT. WIND GUSTS TO **FILL-IN** MPH 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. 13
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR FILL IN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1149 AM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 WVZ035-031615- RALEIGH- 1149 AM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... AT 1149 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER BECKLEY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE STANAFORD...SHADY SPRING...PROSPERITY...PINEY VIEW...MACARTHUR AND MABSCOTT. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH 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. 13
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 147 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:15 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees fell on Chapel and Cimarron Roads, plus a tree fell on a house along Route 345.
Trees fell onto power lines.
Trees were blown down across roads.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, August 2006
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5525549, 5525550, 5525551.