7 inches in Pocahontas and Randolph Counties. This was on the western fringe of a much larger event along the Mid Atlantic states.
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The episode as NWS RLX wrote it up.
A stalled frontal system and a southeast tropical feed of moisture caused 3 day rain totals, from Saturday the 24th to 1800E on Tuesday the 27th, of 2.5 to 6.7 inches in Pocahontas and Randolph Counties. This was on the western fringe of a much larger event along the Mid Atlantic states. Automatic gauges on Brushy Mountain and at Woodrow in Pocahontas County had around 6.7 inches of rain for the event. Some of the heavier rain totals from cooperative observers were 6.5 inches at Snowshoe, 5.3 inches at Webster Springs, and 4.8 inches at Valley Head. Luckily, prior to the event, the ground was dry and the streams were running at their usual low summer level. However, minor flooding of small streams and headwater rivers did eventually occur, especially on the 26th into the 27th.
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 Jun 25, 1:46 PM EST, 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 246 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006 .SHORT TERM /REST OF TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... SAT WV IMAGERY INDICATING LONG SUB-TROPICAL FETCH REACHING FROM THE GULF INTO THE NERN US. THIS FETCH FEEDING COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE INTO FORECAST AREA PRODUCING WIDESPREAD SHOWER ACTIVITY TODAY. THIS TREND TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS...THEN EXPECT ACTIVITY TO OCCUR ONCE AGAIN MONDAY. 12Z MODELS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT IN HANDLING MAIN FEATURES THROUGH NEXT 24 HOURS...WITH 5H TROUGH STEADILY DIGGING OVER THE MIDWESTERN STATES...AND MID LEVEL FLOW OVER WV BECOMING MORE SOUTHERLY. AIRMASS REMAINS IN A STEADY STATE...MOIST AND UNSTABLE WITH WEAK STEERING FLOW...THUS EXPECTING WATER PROBLEMS TO OCCUR THROUGH MONDAY WHERE THE HEAVY RAINERS OCCUR. && .AVIATION... MVFR-IFR TO LOCAL LIFR CONDITIONS PREVAIL NEXT 24 HOURS AS FORECAST AREA REMAINS UNDER A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WITH WEAK STEERING FLOW. SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATED AN IMPRESSIVE MOISTURE FEED FROM THE GULF EXTENDING ACROSS THE EASTERN US. ANOTHER FEED GETTING SET TO NUDGE INTO THE SE STATES A TROPICAL WAVE INVOF BAHAMAS POISED TO PUSH INTO THE SERN US. LITTLE CHANCE OF RECOVERY FROM AFTERNOON CONVECTION EXPECTED FOR TONIGHT...WITH ONLY SLIGHT IMPROVEMENTS IN CIGS FOR TONIGHT. FOG AND LOW CIGS RETURN ONCE AGAIN MONDAY MORNING. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 640 AM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006/ AVIATION /12Z TO 12Z/... COMPLICATED AVN FCST THIS MRNG AS FLIGHT CATEGORIES RANGE FM LIFR IN THE RA TO VFR WHERE ITS NOT. LOW CLDS AND VIS RESTRICTIONS AT THE ONSET...ONCE AGAIN TAKE THE BETTER PART OF THE MRNG TO MIX OUT. AT CRW AND CKB ALLOWED FOR A PD OF CONTD IFR/LIFR DURING THE MRNG AS RA SHIELD MVS N THRU CNTRL AND WRN WV. BY AFTN...VIS AND CIGS SHOULD BE MVFR IN ANY RW. OH RVR TERMINALS OF PKB AND HTS WL SEE RA A GOOD PART OF THE DAY WITH SFC TROF ANCHORING DOWN OVERHEAD. WENT PREVAILING MVFR WITH OCNL IFR IN RW THIS MRNG. EKN AND BKW LIFT TO MVFR BY 16Z THEN STAY THERE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. CRW/HTS/PKB/EKN DROP FM MVFR THIS EVNG TO IFR OVRNGT WITH ONSET OF FG AND/OR LOW CLDS. BKW KEEPS ENUF OF A SE PUFF TO NEGATE VIS RESTRICTIONS...BUT UPSLOPE FLOW ALLOWS MVFR CIGS ALL NGT. DOWNSLOPING SE WIND STAYS UP AT CKB TNGT OFF SETTING FG THEREBY ALLOWING VFR WX. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 449 AM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006/ SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT/... 6.7U STLT PIX ILLUSTRATES PLUME OF MSTR EXTENDING FM THE NRN GULF OF MEXICO NE INTO SRN NEW ENGLAND. THEREFORE...WE CONT TO HIGHLIGHT TROPICAL AIRMASS WITH DOWNPOURS IN ANY RW OR TRW...SAVE FOR FAR WRN ZNS IN SERN OH. 6Z SFC ANALYSIS DEPICTS INVERTED SFC TROF JUST E OF A CKB-CRW-WIL LINE. RW ARE BECOMING WDSPRD E OF THE OH RVR IN RESPONSE TO MID LVL WAVE TRAVERSING N THRU THE SRN APPLCHS. WITH CWA POSITION ON THE CYCLONIC SHEAR SIDE OF AFOREMENTIONED H5 S/W CLOUD TOPS CONT TO COOL AND RADAR IS FILLING IN WITH RW THIS MRNG. UPDATED POPS TO CAT EVERYWHERE E OF THE OH RVR THRU LATE MRNG BEFORE TRIMMING BACK SOME DURING THE AFTN. INVERTED SFC TROF WORKS WWRD THIS AFTN AS MID LVL HGTS FALL IN THE CNTRL CONUS. H8 TROF PSTN IS IMMEDIATELY ABV THE SFC...WHILE H7 TROF IS FARTHER W IN CNTRL OH...ILLUSTRATING FAIRLY DEEP CONVERGENCE. LAYER RH EXCEEDS 85% AND LARGE SCALE ISEN UPGLIDE IN THE TROPOSPHERE OWES TO RW/TRW DEVELOPMENT ANYWHERE NEAR THE BNDRY. NOT TOO KEEN ON TRW DEVELOPMENT...ESPECIALLY LOOKING BACK AT LIGHTNING DATA FM YDY AND MINIMAL CHANGE IN THE THERMODYNAMIC STATE OF THE ATMS. PCPN BY THIS EVENG SHOULD BE CONCENTRATED IN TWO AREAS...ONE ALONG THE OHIO RIVER WITH THE TROF. THE SECOND ON THE ERN SLOPES WITH INC SERLY /UPSLOPE/ FLOW. UPR LVL IMPULSES CONT TO TRAVERSE DURING THE EVNG ALLOWING FOR SCT-NUMEROUS RW...HWVR WITH THE LOSS OF SOLAR RADIATION AREAL COVERAGE WL BE LESS THAN CATEGORICAL. LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... AREA REMAINS IN MOIST CONVEYOR BELT MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. AXIS OF CONVERGENCE KEEPS AXIS OF MOST WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIEST RAINFALL ALONG THE OHIO RIVER...SLIPPING BACK INTO EASTERN OHIO LATE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...BEFORE LIFTING OUT TUESDAY. INCLUDED THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS BUT THIS IS MINIMAL WITH MARGINAL INSTABILITY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MEANWHILE UPPER LEVEL RIPPLES IN THE DEEP S TO SE FLOW OFF THE ATLANTIC KEEP A SECOND PRECIPITATION MAXIMUM GOING IN THE MOUNTAINS. WHATEVER BECOMES OF CIRCULATION OVER BAHAMAS GETS DRAWN N TUESDAY...AGAIN INVIGORATING THE RAINFALL IN THE MOUNTAINS...IF IT IS ABLE TO LEAN FAR ENOUGH WEST AHEAD OF UPPER TROUGH OVER THE OHIO VALLEY. THE ATLANTIC AIR WILL LIKELY BE A BIT TOO STABLE TO SUPPORT THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MOUNTAINS MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. THE OTHER CONCERN IS FLOODING WITH PW VALUES UP AROUND 1.8 INCHES AND THE POTENTIAL FOR PROLONGED RAINFALL IN THE TWO AFOREMENTIONED AREAS...ALONG AND WEST OF THE OHIO RIVER...AND IN THE MOUNTAINS. PW VALUES ACTUALLY COME DOWN TUESDAY AND LATEST NAM12 TAKES HIGH PW AIR ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT BECOMES OF THE BAHAMAS SWIRL EAST OF THE AREA. THE OHIO VALLEY SHORT WAVE LIFTS OUT LATE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...TAKING WIDESPREAD RAIN AND CLOUD COVER WITH IT. WITH THE COOL CORE ALOFT COMING ACROSS...AND BREAKS OF SUNSHINE ALLOWING SURFACE HEATING...STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY FIRE UP STARTING OVER THE SW PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS CAPES CLIMB TO PERHAPS OVER A GRAND WITH MEAN LAYER FLOW UP AROUND 25KTS. TRIED TO DRY THINGS OUT FOR TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WITH DRY AIR ARRIVING FROM THE WEST. FOLLOWED THE LOWER NUMBERS ON HIGHS MONDAY WITH A BLEND OF THE WELL CONVERGED NUMBERS ON LOWS MONDAY NIGHT AND HIGHS TUESDAY. HYDROLOGY... STRATIFORM Z/R RELATIONSHIP FM KFCX CORRELATES BEST WITH IFLOW GAUGES IN POCAHONTAS COUNTY. DEEP CONVECTION AND TROPICAL RELATIONSHIPS ARE OVER ESTIMATING RAINFALL AMNTS. HIGH RES LCL MDLS /WSETA AND 5KM WRF/ HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON QPF AMNTS...ALBEIT A LTL HIGH...BUT NOT NEARLY AS OVERDONE AS THE GFS. NONETHELESS...BOTH OUTPUT RAINFALL TOTALS THRU 12Z MON EXCEEDING 12HR FFG GUID VALUES. CONSEQUENTLY HOISTED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR POCAHONTAS COUNTY THROUGH 10Z MON. RIVERS ARE IN GOOD SHAPE FOR THE TIME BEING...HOWEVER IF RAINFALL AMNTS GET CLOSE TO THE WRF/NAM THEN WE WILL HAVE MONITOR SEVERAL AREAS...SINCE POCAHONTAS COUNTY IS THE HEADWATERS FOR SIX RIVERS. THE POTENTIAL FOR PROLONGED RAINFALL MONDAY INTO TUESDAY BECOMES INCREASINGLY A CAUSE FOR CONCERN FOR WATER PROBLEMS INCLUDING THE RIVERS. ADDITIONAL FLOOD WATCHES MAY BE NEEDED AS THIS HYDROLOGIC EVENT CONTINUES TO UNFOLD. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR WVZ005-006-013-015-024>028-030>040-046-047 UNTIL 8 PM MONDAY. OH...NONE. KY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR KYZ105 UNTIL 8 PM MONDAY. VA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR VAZ003-004 UNTIL 8 PM MONDAY. && SHORT TERM...KMC AVIATION...KMC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 508 AM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006 WVZ046-260830- POCAHONTAS- 508 AM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR POCAHONTAS COUNTY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY. WIDESPREAD RAIN CONTINUES TODAY INTO TONIGHT. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS FORECAST THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS ON TOP OF TWO TO THREE INCHES RECEIVED SATURDAY...NECESSITATES THE NEED FOR A FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE POTENTIAL FOR PROLONGED RAINFALL THROUGH TUESDAY BECOMES INCREASINGLY A CAUSE FOR CONCERN FOR WATER PROBLEMS INCLUDING THE RIVERS. ADDITIONAL FLOOD WATCHES MAY BE NEEDED AS THIS HYDROLOGIC EVENT CONTINUES TO UNFOLD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. KYZ101>103-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-260830- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH- VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH- 508 AM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE POTENTIAL FOR PROLONGED RAINFALL MONDAY INTO TUESDAY BECOMES INCREASINGLY A CAUSE FOR CONCERN FOR WATER PROBLEMS INCLUDING THE RIVERS. ADDITIONAL FLOOD WATCHES MAY BE NEEDED AS THIS HYDROLOGIC EVENT CONTINUES TO UNFOLD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. KYZ105-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-013>020-024>040-047-260830- LAWRENCE KY-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-RANDOLPH- 508 AM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE REMAINS IN THE VICINITY. IF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREA...THEN HIGH WATER BECOMES A CONCERN. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION FOR POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE POTENTIAL FOR PROLONGED RAINFALL THROUGH MONDAY AND EVEN INTO TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS...BECOMES INCREASINGLY A CAUSE FOR CONCERN FOR WATER PROBLEMS INCLUDING THE RIVERS. FLOOD WATCHES MAY BE NEEDED AS THIS HYDROLOGIC EVENT CONTINUES TO UNFOLD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. 29/TRM
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 139 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:00 UTC.
3 flash flood, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Big Spring and Slaty Fork flooded. Route 219 was closed. Mud slides closed Route 66 near Cass.
Small streams flooded and closed roads. No dwellings were affected.
The Williams River and its feeder streams flooded campsites and roads.
Small streams flooded roads.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in West Virginia in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, June 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: 5505262, 5505263, 5505264, 5505265.