1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 10, 2:05 PM EST, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 305 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2001 ON THE LATEST WEATHER MAP...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED OVER EASTERN CANADA WITH A COLD FRONT EXTENDING ACROSS NWRN PA...NRN OH AND NRN IND INTO THE TX PANHANDLE. A PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH WAS LOCATED FROM SW PA ACROSS OH INTO SRN IL. KRLX SHOWS A LINE OF SHRA/TSRA ALONG THIS TROUGH FROM SW PA INTO OHIO WHILE SCT STORMS WERE LOCATED ELSEWHERE. AGREE WITH HPC ON MOVEMENT OF THIS FRONT. FRONT SHOULD MOVE INTO NRN PORTIONS OF CWA OVERNIGHT. A SFC LOW WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE BOUNDARY SATURDAY MORNING AND THEN MOVE NORTHEAST DURING THE DAY. AS THE LOW PASSES NORTHEAST OF THE REGION SAT NIGHT...THE FRONT SHOULD THEN BEGIN TO MOVE SOUTH ONCE AGAIN. THE END RESULT OF THIS THINKING IS THAT THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. THE FRONT WILL THEN CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE. WHILE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL REMAINS POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THE STORMS ...STILL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS WHETHER THERE IS MORE THAN JUST A LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING THREAT. COORDINATED WITH PBZ ON FFA POSSIBILITIES AND THEY AGREED WITH ME. WILL ADD MENTION OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FOR TONIGHT. .RLX... WV...NONE. VA...NONE. KY...NONE. OH...NONE. .END / JSH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms dumped 2 to 3 inches of rain in less than 3 hours over the eastern portion of the county. Small streams covered roads and surrounded old buildings.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in West Virginia in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, August 2001
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: 5262928.