Flash Flood Warning 58, NWS Charleston, WV

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
347 AM EDT SAT JUL 7 2001

STORMS HAVE FORMED IN WARM AIR ADVECTION PATTERN AHEAD OF WARM
FRONTAL BOUNDARY THIS MORNING.  STORMS ARE ALSO BEING SUPPORTED BY
H500 SHORT WAVE DROPPING SE FROM OHIO.  RUC RUNS SHOW WEAKENING VORT
LOBE SWINGING THROUGH BY 12Z...THIS SHOULD TAKE MOST OF THE
SHOWERS/STORMS WITH IT.  WILL HAVE A BREAK DURING LATE MORNING/EARLY
AFTERNOON FOR MOST PART BEFORE MORE STORMS LIKELY POP UP THIS
AFTERNOON IN TROPICAL AIRMASS.  WILL MAINTAIN CHC POPS AREAWIDE
TODAY WITHOUT MUCH TIMING AS BOUNDARIES FROM MORNING RAINS COULD
INITIATE FURTHER STORMS AT ANY TIME.

AVN LOOKS MOST REASONABLE IN HANDLING OF NEXT WAVE VERY LATE
TONIGHT/MONDAY...ALTHOUGH IT LOOKS OVERDONE STRENGTHWISE.  AVN TRACK
WOULD PUT PRECIP FOCUS IN OUR NE KY/FAR SW WV/SW VA COUNTIES...AND
THAT IS WHERE HIGHEST POPS WILL RESIDE. LOW CHANCE FOR CRW/BKW ON
PERIPHERY...AND WILL ROLL THE DICE ON A SILENT 20 FOR THE NORTHEAST
COUNTIES.

TAKING A FWC/FAN BLEND ON TEMPS THE FIRST TWO PERIODS...AND TOWARDS
THE SLIGHTLY COOLER AVN ON MONDAY.

.RLX...
WV...NONE.
VA...NONE.
KY...NONE.
OH...NONE.

.END / CL

WVZ007-008-013>016-026>028-030-031-035>039-047-080930-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
430 AM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST...THROUGH
WEST VIRGINIA.

BRIEF DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE EARLY MORNING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.  LOCALIZED RAIN AMOUNTS OF AN INCH IN 30 MINUTES
COULD OCCUR.  THIS WOULD LEAD TO PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS...RUNMOFF ACROSS SECONDARY ROADS...AND QUICK RISES ON THE
AFFECTED SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.

SOME OF THE STORMS HAVE CONSIDERABLE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

.END / KTB / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

WVZ016-018-081330-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
736 AM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001

...HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS EASTERN ROANE AND SOUTHERN CALHOUN
COUNTIES...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING SINCE 5 AM ACROSS
EASTERN ROANE AND SOUTHERN CALHOUN COUNTIES.  RADAR ESTIMATES OF
BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN ARE INDICATED.  AN AUTOMATED RAIN
GAGE NEAR THE BEECH FORK ON THE COUNTY LINE REPORTS 2.63 INCHES OF
RAIN IN THE PAST ONE AND ONE HALF HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF
RAIN OR SO IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 830 AM.  RAIN WILL TAPER OFF AFTER
THAT TIME.

NO FLOODING PROBLEMS IN EITHER ROANE OR CALHOUN COUNTIES HAVE BEEN
REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT THIS TIME.
HOWEVER...THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF WATER FLOWING OVER AREA
ROADWAYS.  ALSO...SOME OF THE SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WHICH FEED
INTO THE WEST FORK OF THE LITTLE KANAWHA MAY BE EXPERIENCING STRONG
RISES TO NEAR BANKFULL.

BE CAREFUL NEAR AREA STREAMS THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE
BANKS...WHICH COULD GIVE WAY UNEXPECTEDLY.  DO NOT DRIVE YOUR
VEHICLE THROUGH STANDING OR RUNNING WATER...IT MAY BE DEEPER THAN
YOU THINK.

.END/CLY

WVZ037-081430-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
839 AM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001

...HEAVY RAIN IN NICHOLAS COUNTY...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SINCE 630 AM HAVE CAUSED HEAVY RAINFALL
TOTALS IN NORTHWEST NICHOLAS COUNTY.  RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF BETWEEN
2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN WERE NOTED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS.

WATER WAS REPORTED ON SOME OF THE SIDE STREETS IN SUMMERSVILLE...AS
WELL AS ON ROUTE 39 TOWARDS GAULEY.  WATER WAS ALSO REPORTED ON A
BRIDGE NEAR KEYS CREEK.

AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OR SO OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 930 AM.
THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF FURTHER PONDING OF WATER ON AREA
ROADS...AND STREAMS IN THE AREA MAY BE RUNNING NEAR OR AT BANKFULL.

BE CAREFUL NEAR AREA STREAMS THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE
BANKS...WHICH COULD GIVE WAY UNEXPECTEDLY.  DO NOT DRIVE YOUR
VEHICLE THROUGH STANDING OR RUNNING WATER...IT MAY BE DEEPER THAN
YOU THINK.

.END/CML