1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 6, 2:00 AM EST, 7 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
300 AM EDT THU JUN 6 2002
TODAY AND TONIGHT...
COLD FRONT STALLED OVER SOUTHEAST OHIO..EASTERN KY AND WESTERN WEST
VIRGINIA ATTM. WAVE WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT AND MOVE ACROSS
THE REGION THIS MORNING. AS THE WAVE MOVES OUT OF THE REGION IT WILL
PUSH THE FRONT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTEROON. PLENTY
OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AROUND AND ANY TSTMS THAT FORM COULD PRODUCE
LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINS. WILL KEEP CURRENT FFA UP TIL NOON TODAY SINCE
THAT AREA HAS HAD THE MOST RAIN OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
PREVIOUS FCST TEMPS AND GUID TEMPS SEEM REASONABLE AND WONT STRAY
TO FAR FROM THEM.
FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
EVEN THOUGH A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM BUILDS IN ON FRIDAY...ETA SHOWS
ENOUGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS FOR SOME CUMULUS CLOUDS. THIS HIGH
PROVIDES DRY WEATHER THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH GRADUALLY WARMING
TEMPERATURES. NEXT CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS IS INTO NEXT WEEK AS
MOISTURE INCREASES IN ADVANCE OF ANOTHER SYSTEM. FEEL THAT MONDAY
MAY BE DRY...BUT WILL LEAVE THAT FOR ISC COORDINATION.
.RLX...
WV...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL NOON EDT THURSDAY FOR ZONES
WVZ007>011...WVZ017...WVZ019>020...WVZ031>032.
VA...NONE.
KY...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL NOON EDT THURSDAY FOR ZONES KYZ101>103.
OH...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL NOON EDT THURSDAY FOR ZONES
OHZ066>067...OHZ075>076...OHZ083>087.
.END/JS/RPYThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A few roads were closed in Thorn Township. The sheriff's department reported some basement flooding around Thornville.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, June 2002
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