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 27, 9:50 AM EST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1050 AM EDT SAT JUL 27 2002 1050 AM EDT SAT JUL 27 2002 FRONT PUSHING NORTHWARD ACROSS AREA THIS AFTERNOON WITH PLENTY OF PRECIPITATION ON RADAR. THEREFORE...WILL UP POPS IN THE NORTH TODAY. .RLX... WV...FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 20Z TODAY FOR ZONES ARND CKB-EKN INCLUDING WVZ028>032...WVZ038>040...WVZ046>047. VA...NONE. KY...NONE. OH...NONE. ****************************************************************** 630 AM AM EDT SAT JUL 27 2002 WITH SAME ENVIRONMENT OVER OUR WETTEST COUNTIES - FELT THE BEST WAY TO GO - IS TO CONTINUE THE FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY. (IT WAS TO EXPIRE AT 13Z.) OF COURSE...A DOWNPOUR OF 1-2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE ANYWHERE. BUT 2 INCHES IN LESS THAN 3 HOURS COULD CAUSE MORE PBLMS IN THE WET COUNTIES ARND CKB-EKN. ****************************************************************** 300 AM EDT SAT JUL 27 2002 850 INFLOW AND UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE STILL FORMING SHWRS OVR NRN CWA AT 07Z. MORE DVLPG ACRS WRN OH AT THAT HR. HARD TO PICTURE HOW THE DAY WILL EVOLVE IN TERMS OF THE PCPN. HEATING AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WILL BE ARND. EVEN AMOUNT OF SUN TOUGH TO FIGURE...BUT STILL THINKG NGM GUIDANCE TOO HOT TDY...COUNTING ON MORE CLDS. LEAVING FLOOD WATCH UP TIL 13Z IN CKB-EKN VCNTY. WILL EVEN HAVE TO MONITOR DVLPTMT THIS AFTN FOR THAT RGN...BUT NOT ENOUGH SIGNS TO KEEP THE WATCH GOING ALL DAY THERE NOW. WILL REEVALUATE TOWARD DAWN THIS MRNG. ONE THING WE KNOW-THE MUGGY/BUGGY AIR WILL CONTINUE. NO FRONTAL PASSAGES IN SIGHT. THOUGH ONE MAY APPROACH FROM GREAT LAKES TUES-WED. RAISED MAX TEMPS A BIT ON SUNDAY. LEFT 20 POP FOR NOW ON SUNDAY. THINKING WARMING ALOFT WILL KEEP US A BIT MORE STABLE DURG THE AFTN AND EVENING. WITH THAT HEAT AND DEW POINTS-RADAR MAY SEE SOMETHING. ********************************************************************* 935 PM EDT FRI JUL 26 2002 THE RADAR IS CLEAR AT THE MOMENT...BUT WITH THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE REMAINING AND THE MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THAT SHORTWAVE ENERGY RIDING THE PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER RIDGE WILL HELP GENERATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATER TONIGHT. THE ONLY CHANGE TO THE FCST WILL BE TO ADD TIMING WORDING TO THE PCPN. OTHERWISE...FCST REMAINS UNCHANGED. ********************************************************************* 330 PM EDT FRI JUL 26 2002 SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT) AFTN TSRA DEVELOPED AROUND MIDDAY IN MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS. CAPE VALUES IN EXCESS OF 2000 J/KG WITH STORM MOTION AROUND 20 KTS...WHICH IS MUCH FASTER THAN PREVIOUS DAYS. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES STILL BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 INCHES...SO STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF DROPPING HEAVY RAINS. MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT THAT MCS WILL DEVELOP IN RESPONSE TO SW TROF OVER MIDWEST THIS EVENING AND PUSH INTO THE REGION OVERNIGHT...ALONG WEAK WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY. WITH MANY COUNTIES HAVING RECEIVED LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...IN EXCESS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS...AND LOW FFG VALUES...HAVE DECIDED TO ISSUE FLOOD WATCH TIL SAT MORNING FOR NRN AND CTL MTNS AND PART OF NRN LOWLANDS. WILL GO WITH LIKELY POPS ACROSS ENTIRE CWA. TEMPS TONIGHT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO FALL TOO MUCH AS ANOTHER MUGGY NIGHT ON TAP. GUIDANCE NUMBERS LOOK REASONABLE AND NOT STRAYING MUCH...GOING SLIGHTLY ABOVE FOR POPS. EXPECT LOTS OF CLOUDS AROUND SAT FROM LEFTOVER CONVECTION AND ANOTHER VORT MAX IS EXPECTED TO PASS OVER NRN CWA WHICH WILL KEEP HIGH CHANCE POPS IN FORECAST. GOING BELOW GUIDANCE...CLOSER TO MAV NUMBERS FOR HIGHS DUE TO CLOUDS AND PRECIP. DEEPER MOISTURE MOVES EAST OF AREA LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY AS UPPER HIGH BUILDS IN. KEEPING THINGS DRY SAT NIGHT THROUGH SUN NIGHT...ALTHOUGH WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AROUND AND STRONG HEATING SUNDAY...ISOLATED TSRA NOT OUT OF QUESTION. FOR NOW GOING WITH SILENT 20 POP. HIGH TEMPS SUNDAY WILL PUSH TO AROUND 90 OR EVEN LOW 90S ALONG HTS-CRW CORRIDOR. EXTENDED (MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) NO BIG CHANGES TO EXTENDED. FRONT STILL EXPECTED TO ARRIVE ON TUESDAY AND CONTINUING CHANCE POPS MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY STILL LOOK DRY AT THIS TIME. TEMPS WILL BE NEAR NORMAL THROUGH EXTENDED. .END/ HC/ELW *********************************************************************
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:08 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Spruce Fork flooded after 2 to 3 inches of rain in 3 hours. Logan County Emergency Services said, an overflow of a coal sediment pond also created some standing water in basements and yards.
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: 5305209.