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 Jul 25, 2:20 PM EST, 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 320 PM EDT THU JUL 25 2002 ********************************************************************* SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SAT NIGHT) NCEP RUNNING IN BACKUP MODE TODAY WITH MM5 REPLACING ETA AND NOGAPS IN PLACE OF AVN. LITTLE GUIDANCE TO GO ON TODAY AND AVN (NOGAPS) JUST COMING IN. NOT MAKING MANY CHANGES TO CURRENT FORECAST AS PERSISTENCE LOOKS TO BE BEST WAY TO GO WITH ONLY MINOR TWEAKS. SFC BOUNDARY REMAINS TO THE SOUTH OF CWA ATTM ACROSS NRN NC INTO SRN KY. AFTN TSRA DEVELOPED ALONG MTNS AND EASTERN LOWLANDS...WITH SLOW MOVING STORMS AND HEAVY PRECIP. UPSTREAM VORT MAX TO SLIDE EAST OVERNIGHT ACROSS NRN PART OF AREA. BEST DYNAMICS WILL REMAIN ACROSS OH/PA BUT WITH LOTS OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...CHANCE POPS LOOK REASONABLE. WILL GO WITH 40 POP ALONG MTNS WITH MORE ORGANIZED PRECIP EARLY THIS EVENING. VORT TO EXIT REGION EARLY FRIDAY...WHILE SFC BOUNDARY TO THE SOUTH PUSHES NORTH. THE BOUNDARY...LIS OF -3 TO -5...AND PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL KEEP CHANCES OF PRECIP IN FORECAST. FLOW WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH THOUGH THAT SLOW MOVING STORMS SHOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE. SPC HAS SLIGHT RISK ACROSS SOUTHEAST OHIO COUNTIES AS ANOTHER UPPER VORT IS PROGGED TO PUSH INTO WESTERN OHIO LATE FRIDAY. THIS VORT WILL PUSH THROUGH FRI NGT/SAT MRNG AND KEEP CHANCES OF PRECIP THROUGH SAT. UPPER HIGH BEGINS TO BUILD IN SAT AND MID LEVELS WARM AND SHOULD CAP ATMOSPHERE AND END CHANCE FOR PRECIP SAT NIGHT. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL GENERALLY BE IN UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S WHILE HIGHS REMAIN IN MID TO UPPER 80S FRI AND SAT. EXTENDED (SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY) ONLY MINOR MINOR CHANGES TO THE FORECAST. PUT CHANCE POPS FOR TUE WITH THE FRONT MOVING INTO THE REGION. CONTINUE CHANCE POPS WED WITH FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM EXITING THE AREA. ONLY MINOR CHANGES TO THE TEMPERATURES. .RLX... WV...NONE. VA...NONE. KY...NONE. OH...NONE. .END/ HC/ELW ********************************************************************* 1010 AM EDT THU JUL 25 2002 SURFACE MAP SHOWING OLD STATIONARY BOUNDARY ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...BACK ACROSS NORTHERN TENNESSEE. UPPER 60S TO NEAR 70 DWPTS STILL AROUND ACROSS SOUTHERN PART OF CWA WITH MID 60S ACROSS NORTH. DRIER AIR JUST TO THE NORTHWEST WITH MID 50S DWPTS ACROSS CENTRAL OHIO. ILN SOUNDING DRY ABOVE 850MB BUT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS. VIS SAT SHOWS THIS WELL AS LOW CLOUDS ABUNDANT. PATCHY DENSE FOG SLOWLY BURNING OFF. WV LOOP INDICATING APPROACH OF SW TROF CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS UPPER MIDWEST. SFC FLOW WILL BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY AGAIN AS THIS FEATURE GETS CLOSER AND SHOULD LIFT THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY NORTH. WITH ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND INVERTED TROF ACROSS LOWLANDS AND ELEVATED TERRAIN FOR FOCUS...CURRENT FORECAST POPS LOOK ON TRACK. HOWEVER...IN SOUTHEAST OHIO FEEL IT WILL BE MORE DIFFICULT FOR SHOWERS TO DEVELOP AS SW TROF DOES NOT ARRIVE TIL TONIGHT AND LITTLE IN WAY OF FOCUSING AT SFC. STARTING OUT WITH ONLY A FEW CLOUDS IN THIS AREA BUT WITH HEATING OF DAY EXPECT CUMULUS TO DEVELOP AND CURRENT SKY COVER IN FORECAST LOOKS FINE. WILL LOWER POP TO A SILENT 20 THOUGH IN SOUTHEAST OHIO. NORTHERN MTNS UNDER MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES NOW AND THINK THIS WILL LAST THROUGH DAY...SO WILL INCREASE SKY COVER HERE. REMAINDER OF FORECAST LOOKS ON TRACK AND TEMPS LOOK OKAY. ********************************************************************* 317 AM EDT THU JUL 25 2002 RW/TRW FOCUSED IN THE MTNS WED AND THAT WL ONCE AGAIN BE THE CASE TDY. INVRTD TROF ACR LLNDS AND A ANABATIC WND IN THE MTNS PROVIDE THE SFC TRIGGER...WHILE DWPTS IN THE UPR 60S...H10-H8 EQUIV POT TEMP ADV...H7-H5 LPS RTS NR 6C/KM ARE UPR LVL TRIGGERS. MDLS RESOLVE A SERIES OF UPR LVL DISTURBANCES TREKKING OVR FA THRU SAT AS H7-H5 TROF DIPS S. NOT GOING TO GET FANCY WITH TIMING PRECIP...SINCE ACTVTY WON/T BE DIURNALLY DRIVEN. H7 WNDS INC TO 40KTS COME 12Z SAT AS A RESULT STRM MOTION CLIMBS TO NR 25 MPH...HWVR PWATS ARND 1.5 STILL SHOW POT FOR LCL HVY RNS...BUT IF ANY HI WATER THREAT ARISES IT BE A RESULT OF TRAINING...FM FRI NGT ON...TILL THEN NRLY STNTRY MVMNT WL BE THE CULPRIT. AVN HAS COME IN LINE WITH ETA AND BOTH PUSH A WRM FRNT THRU FRI. ITS ASSOC WAA ALOFT/ISEN UPGLIDE SPELL ANOTHER RND OF RW/TRW. STGR CELLS WL CROSS NRN WV WHERE H2 AGEO WND DIV IS MORE PRONOUNCED. NW FLO EST FRI NGT BRINGING WVS IN. MAIN AXIS LINES ALNG AND S OF TUG FORK BASIN...SO HIGHEST POPS THERE FRI NGT. UPR LVL WRMNG AND BLDNG HGTS MV IN SAT...BUT WITH CWA ON PERIPHERY OF RDG RW/TRW CHCS STILL LINGER. H8 TEMPS WRM TO NR 20C SUN AND WITH H7 HGTS OF 318DM SHUD BE ENUF OF A CAP TO SQUASH ANY CONV DVLPMNT...SO WL RIDE WITH SILENT 20S AND INC TEMPS A CAT. NOT MUCH DISAGREEMENT IN SHORT TERM NUMERICAL NMBRS...FEEL TEMPS MAYBE A DEG OR TWO WRM IN MTNS...ESP BKW...WHILE BKN AC DECKS SAT CUD HINDER TEMPS FM REACHING THE UPR 80S. ATT THIS TIME WL RIDE WITH CONTINUITY AND PUT GRID NMBRS AT LO END OF UPR 80S FOR SRN WVA. ********************************************************************* AT THIS TIME...SHOWERS HAVE MOVED AWAY FROM MOST OF THE CWA...ONLY ORGANIZED PCPN IS OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTION OF CWA. SINCE LITTLE PCPN IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP...SINCE HEATING IS GONE...WILL REMOVE MENTION OF PCPN FOR MOST AREAS NOW. FOR MOUNTAIN COUNTIES WILL MENTION PCPN UNTIL MIDNIGHT THEN ENDING. TEMPS FORECAST LOOKS OKAY AND IS IN LINE WITH GUIDANCE. THOUGHT ABOUT POSSIBLY RAISING THEM A COUPLE BASED ON MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS AND DEWPOINTS IN UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S...BUT THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE MOS HAD FORECAST SO WILL NOT ADJUST THE MINS. ********************************************************************* 230 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2002 SHORT TERM(TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT) TNGT...WILL CONTINUE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALL FA EXCEPT NW WV AND SE OH. THURSDAY...CHANCE POPS THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WITH INVERTED TROF EXTENDING ACROSS THE REGION AND ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. DRY FORECAST FOR FRIDAY NIGHT AS THE TROF AND SHORT WAVE EXIT AREA. NO CHANGES TO THE GRID TEMPERATURES. EXTENDED (SATURDAY THOUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY) ONLY MINOR TWEAKS NEEDED TO UPDATE FORECAST. FIRST OF SUCH TWEAKS WAS THE INCREASE IN TEMPS ON ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECTING NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS THROUGH THIS TIME PERIOD. UPPER LVL RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD INTO THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT...BECOMING MORE ZONAL TOWARDS TUESDAY AND MID WEEK. WILL KEEP MENTION OF PRECIP OUT OF THE AREA FOR SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...WITH ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE ACROSS S CWA SUNDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING AS PRECIP SHOULD BE CENTERED MORE TO OUR NORTH. LOOKS DRY ON TUESDAY AND THEN POSSIBLY WET AGAIN FOR WEDNESDAY. *************************************************************** 1040 AM EDT WED JUL 24 2002 THE PREVIOUS FORECAST LOOKS GOOD WITH LOW CLOUDS AND FOG THIS MORNING. WILL CONTINUE CHANCE OF AFTN AND EVENING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE TEMPERATURES FOR THIS AFTN SEEM REASONABLE. WILL ONLY MAKE MINOR CHANGES TO THE SKY CONDITIONS THIS AFTN. ***************************************************************
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0350 PM EDT THU JUL 25 2002
THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
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0349 PM OAK HILL WV PEA SIZE HAIL
07/25/02 FAYETTE EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
0334 PM AND 0349 PMThe Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:57 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several roads were flooded and closed after 2 to 3 inches of rain. No evacuations occurred. Homes were not damaged.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in West Virginia in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, July 2002
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: 5305208.