Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 901
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Aug 27, 2003, 2:05 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 27, 2003, 2:05 PM EDT (18:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2003, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 50 counties
Boyd County, KY, Athens County, OH, Belmont County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Perry County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Washington County, OH, Fayette County, PA, Greene County, PA, Washington County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Barbour County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Brooke County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Marion County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Mason County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Ohio County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Preston County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wetzel County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Warnings issued inside it
33 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Muskingum | 62 min |
| Aug 27, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Morgan | 23 min |
| Aug 27, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens | 23 min |
| Aug 27, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Noble | 65 min |
| Aug 27, 2:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Coshocton | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Greene | 48 min |
| Aug 27, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monroe | 58 min |
| Aug 27, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Wetzel | 55 min |
| Aug 27, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Washington | 96 min |
| Aug 27, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Washington | 33 min |
| Aug 27, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Wirt | 27 min |
| Aug 27, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette | 54 min |
| Aug 27, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 46 min |
| Aug 27, 3:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Noble | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 85 min |
| Aug 27, 3:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Preston | 49 min |
| Aug 27, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Roane | 32 min |
| Aug 27, 3:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Wetzel | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion | 57 min |
| Aug 27, 3:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Belmont | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 3:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Preston | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 4:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Fayette | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Greene | 65 min |
| Aug 27, 4:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Greene | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 45 min |
| Aug 27, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Ohio | 24 min |
| Aug 27, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lewis | 35 min |
| Aug 27, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Washington | 62 min |
| Aug 27, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 44 min |
| Aug 27, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette | 54 min |
| Aug 27, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Putnam | 45 min |
| Aug 27, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Upshur | 45 min |
| Aug 27, 6:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Preston | 3 hr |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 12:52 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Greenup | 113 min |
| Aug 27, 5:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more | 96 min |
| Aug 26, 9:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Belmont, Jefferson | 6 hr |
| Aug 27, 2:15 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Ashland, Crawford, Defiance, Erie, Fulton and 24 more | 90 min |
| Aug 27, 2:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Ashland, Carroll, Crawford, Defiance, Erie and 21 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 27, 4:57 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Ashland, Crawford, Defiance, Erie, Fulton and 17 more | 93 min |
| Aug 27, 6:11 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Athens, Belmont, Fairfield, Franklin, Guernsey, Hocking and 6 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 9:47 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Athens, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton and 21 more | 118 min |
| Aug 26, 10:18 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fayette, Greene | 57 min |
| Aug 27, 9:23 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Centre, Cumberland and 8 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 9:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair and 31 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 27, 11:48 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allegheny, Beaver, Bedford, Cambria, Columbia and 18 more | 87 min |
| Aug 27, 3:09 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bedford, Franklin, Fulton, Somerset | 66 min |
| Aug 27, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bedford, Franklin, Fulton, Somerset | 7 hr |
| Aug 27, 5:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bedford, Fayette, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Somerset and 1 more | 87 min |
| Aug 27, 6:56 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams | 64 min |
| Aug 27, 12:22 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Hardy, Pendleton, Pocahontas, Randolph | 53 min |
| Aug 27, 10:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 27, 2:10 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 1 more | 65 min |
Nearby
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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.