Thunderstorm Wind, Buchanan
- When
- July 21, 9:37 PM EST
- Where
- Buchanan County, Hurley
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.417, -82.033
Several trees were blown down.
Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 21, 2006
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What forecasters said that day
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 Jul 21, 9:29 PM EST, 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 9:29 PM EST, 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1029 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006 .SHORT TERM /REST OF TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... DROPPED TSTRM WATCH A BIT EARLY AS HEAVIEST ACTIVITY NOW WELL INTO WEST VIRGINIA/VIRGINIA. STRATIFORM TYPE RAIN BEHIND THIS ACTIVITY EXTENDS BACK ABOUT 100 MILES. THERE IS A BREAK IN THE ACTION BEFORE POSSIBILITY OF MORE ACTIVITY FROM TSTMS NOW OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. DROPPED POPS A BIT IN BETWEEN BUT RAISE BACK UP TOWARD DAYBREAK. WILL BE MONITORING CLOSELY FOR WATER PROBLEMS ESPECIALLY IN EASTERN MTNS AND ALONG THE MID OHIO VALLEY WHERE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS HAVE OCCURRED. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 728 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006/ AVIATION... TSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO EVENING HOURS ACROSS REGION...DIFFICULT TO TIME WITH SCATTERED ACTIVITY AHEAD OF MAIN BOUNDARY APPROACHING FROM KENTUCKY. LEADING EDGE SHOULD REACH HTS BETWEEN 00Z AND 01Z AND CRW 02Z-03Z. EXTENSIVE SHIELD OF SHOWERS BEHIND LEADING EDGE SO KEPT MOST AREAS IN PRECIP 2-3 HOURS AT A MINIMUM. LOWERED VSBYS LATER TONIGHT IN HAZE/FOG. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 240 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006/ SHORT TERM /REST OF TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... SCATTERED CONVECTION FIRING AHEAD OF ADVANCING FRONTAL BOUNDARY. SEVERE THREAT IS LIMITED BY MARGINAL PW VALUES AND LACK OF SHEAR. MODELS AGREE THAT FRONT WILL STALL OUT ACROSS THE CENTRAL OR SOUTHERN COUNTIES OF CWA. SOME DIFFERENCES IN TIMING/SPEED OF SURFACE LOW...WITH GFS QUICKER THAN NAM. OTHER MODELS SEEM TO AGREE WITH GFS...SO SPED UP POP INCREASE A BIT OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY. RAMP UP TO CATEGORICAL POPS ON SATURDAY WITH STRONG LIFT...AMPLE MOISTURE...AND 40-50KT H850 INFLOW. STILL CONCERNED ABOUT WATER POTENTIAL ON SATURDAY WITH PW VALUES INCREASING TO AROUND 2 INCHES AND STRONG LIFT. WETTEST AREA REMAINS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COUNTIES. WITH RAIN NOT SLATED TO ARRIVE HERE UNTIL LATER TOMORROW MORNING...AND WITH MESOSCALE ISSUES TO SORT OUT...WILL HOLD OFF ON ANY FLOOD WATCH FOR NOW. SEVERE POTENTIAL WILL DEPEND ON WHETHER EASTERN COUNTIES CAN GET A TOUCH OF SUNSHINE BEFORE THICKER CLOUDS AND STEADY RAINS ARRIVE. H500 SHORTWAVE AXIS MOVES EASTWARD WITH TIME...REACHING THE CWA SUNDAY MORNING. EXPECT FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO FINALLY GET SWEPT EASTWARD BEFORE THIS...WITH DEEP MOISTURE SHUNTED EAST WITH IT. HAVE DECREASING POPS SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH LINGERING SLIGHT CHANCE/LOW CHANCE POPS BY 12Z. MOS NUMBERS IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT OVERNIGHT...BUT WENT A TOUCH COOLER IN THE NORTHEAST...WITH FEWER CLOUDS. COOLER SIDE OF GUIDANCE LOOKS BEST SATURDAY WITH CLOUDS/RAIN...AND RAN WITH MAV SATURDAY NIGHT. LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... GENERAL MODEL AGREEMENT ON THE BIG PICTURE THIS EXTENDED PERIOD. STRONG UPPER TROUGH FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR DRIVES COLD FRONT WELL SOUTH AND EAST BY SUNDAY WITH COOLER AND DRIER HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN. SCATTERED LEFTOVER SHOWERS SUNDAY MORNING...MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAINS...WILL DIMINISH AS THE DRIER AIR WORKS IN DURING THE DAY. THE UPPER TROUGH DOES LIFT OUT QUICKLY ON MONDAY...AND THE SURFACE HIGH SLIDES EAST OF OUR CWA. SO A RETURN TO WARMER TEMPERATURES AND INCREASING HUMIDITY ALREADY STARTS MONDAY...BUT ESPECIALLY ON TUESDAY AS SOUTHERLY FLOW INCREASES. WE DO NOT EXPECT A RETURN TO THE HOT TEMPERATURES OF RECENT DAYS...AS A WEAK UPPER TROUGH DEVELOPS OVER THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS BETWEEN THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGES. THIS WILL NOT MOVE MUCH AT ALL NEXT WEEK...SO THAT SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE AS THE WEEK GOES ON. FIRST REAL CHANCE FOR DIURNAL STORMS WILL BE IN THE MOUNTAINS TUESDAY...AND OVER THE ENTIRE CWA BY THURSDAY. NEXT FRONT APPROACHES FRIDAY...ENHANCING CONVECTION MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTH AND WEST. IN THE LOWLANDS LOOK FOR HIGHS MOSTLY IN THE 80S NEXT WEEK...BUT THE HUMIDITY WILL ALSO GET HIGH BY WEDNESDAY. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 146 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006/ AVIATION... EXPECTING SOME SCATTERED STORMS TO FIRE ALONG ADVANCING FRONT...AS WELL AS OUTFLOW FROM EARLIER CONVECTION. MOST CONFIDENT OF TSRA AT EKN/BKW AND SO INCLUDED MENTION HERE. CB ELSEWHERE...WILL AMEND WITH STRONGER WORDING IF NEEDED. LULL FOR MUCH OF TONIGHT WITH TYPICAL DIURNAL DECREASE...CIGS SHOULD BE MOSTLY VFR BUT MAY FLOAT DOWN TOWARDS MVFR BY 12Z. PUT IN SOME LIGHT 3-5 MILE FOG OVERNIGHT...BASICALLY A CONTINUATION OF DAYTIME HAZE. BULK OF RAIN WILL ARRIVE AT TAIL END OF TAF PERIOD AS WAVE MOVES NORTHEASTWARD ALONG STALLED FRONT...REACHING CRW/HTS/PKB BY 18Z. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1046 AM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006/ SHORT TERM /REST OF TODAY/... FRONT SAGGING THROUGH SOUTHEAST OHIO CURRENTLY. THINK BEST POTENTIAL FOR AFTERNOON PRECIP COVERAGE LIES FROM CRW/EKN LINE ON SOUTH. THIS AREA WILL HAVE BETTER ACCESS TO HIGH PW AIR AS WELL AS LIFT FROM FRONT. AREAS TO THE NORTH WILL BE A BIT DRIER AND THUS SHOULD SEE LESS COVERAGE. PREVIOUS POPS PRETTY MUCH HAD THIS IDEA AND JUST TWEAKED THEM. INCREASED TEMPS A DEGREE OR TWO ACROSS A FEW NORTHERN SITES...DUE TO A BIT MORE SUN...BUT LEFT OTHERS ALONE. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. KY...NONE. VA...NONE. && SHORT TERM...DB
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 3:18 AM EST, 18 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 418 AM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005-006-013-015-024>026- 033>036-220800- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-LAWRENCE OH-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN- WAYNE-CABELL-LINCOLN-KANAWHA-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-MCDOWELL-WYOMING- RALEIGH-FAYETTE- 418 AM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXITS ACROSS NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND WEST. HOWEVER...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COULD MOVE FURTHER EAST OVER SOUTHEAST OHIO AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...FROM SCATTERED SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL IS A POSSIBILITY ON SATURDAY...WITH FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE. A FLOOD WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS SITUATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. OHZ066-067-075-076-083>086-WVZ007>011-014-016>020-027>032-037>040- 046-047-220800- PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA- MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-PUTNAM-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN- RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR- NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- 418 AM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO AND WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LOCALIZED DOWNPOURS COULD FORM THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING... FROM SCATTERED SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL IS A POSSIBILITY ON SATURDAY...WITH FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE. A FLOOD WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS SITUATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. ROCHE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 8:49 PM EST, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 949 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006 WVZ014-220215- PUTNAM- 949 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... AT 949 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES WEST OF HURRICANE...OR ABOUT OVER BARBOURSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE STRONG STORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY. WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING 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. 29
Local storm report, Jul 21, 9:04 PM EST, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1004 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1000 PM TSTM WND DMG MILTON 38.43N 82.14W
07/21/2006 CABELL WV FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN MILTON
&&
MCMULLENLocal storm report, Jul 21, 9:07 PM EST, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1007 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1007 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 W HAMLIN 38.28N 82.20W
07/21/2006 LINCOLN WV LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN WEST HAMLIN
&&
MCMULLENSpecial weather statement, Jul 21, 9:14 PM EST, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1014 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006 WVZ015-220245- KANAWHA- 1014 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... AT 1014 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER ST. ALBANS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE TORNADO... SOUTH CHARLESTON...SISSONVILLE...NITRO...INSTITUTE AND DUNBAR. WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. SMALL BRANCHES COULD FALL WITH THESE WIND SPEEDS. PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. 29
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 9:19 PM EST, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1019 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006 VAZ004-220245- BUCHANAN- 1019 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... AT 1019 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRUNDY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE STACY... ROSEANN...BIG ROCK AND HURLEY. WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. EXPECT FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 9:26 PM EST, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1026 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006 VAZ004-WVZ033-034-220300- BUCHANAN-MCDOWELL-WYOMING- 1026 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... AT 1026 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTH CENTRAL BUCHANAN COUNTY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GILBERT CREEK...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE HANOVER... BAILEYSVILLE...R.D. BAILEY LAKE...PINEVILLE...IAEGER AND DAVY. WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR. THIS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. 29
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:36 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Buchanan
- When
- July 21, 10:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Buchanan County, Grundy
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.267, -82.036 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Water from small streams got into a few homes along Route 460.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in California, July 21 to 27, 2006
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Tennessee, July 21, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 21, 2006
- Heat in Florida, July 21, 2006
- Heat in California, July 21 to 25, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 21, 2006
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 21, 2006
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, July 21, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 21, 2006
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 21, 2006
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 21, 2006
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 21, 2006
More
Every storm in Virginia in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, July 2006
Sources
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: 5517015, 5517016.