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 22, 8:53 AM EST, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 955 EDT FRI AUG 22 2003 ******************************************************************** 955 EDT FRI AUG 22 2003 MORNING UPDATE... CURRENT PACKAGE LOOKS ON TRACK FOR THE MOST PART. 06Z MESOETA HAS A DECENT HANDLE ON WHAT IS GOING ON NOW. WILL UP POPS A TAD BASED ON CURRENT RADAR. TEMPERATURES LOOK ON TRACK AND ONLY OTHER CHANGE WILL BE TAKING OUT AFT AND MORNING WORDING FOR 1ST PERIOD. .RLX... WV...NONE. VA...NONE. KY...NONE. OH...NONE. JS ******************************************************************** 300 EDT FRI AUG 22 2003 TODAY AND TONIGHT... MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE WILL BE CHANCE OF PRECIP WITH APPROACHING FRONT AND TEMPERATURES. CURRENT SURFACE ANALYSIS AT 06Z SHOWS FRONT EXTENDING ACROSS SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN BACK THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS. CURRENT CONVECTION...WHICH PUSHED OFF THE FRONT EARLIER...ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO STRUGGLING TO PUSH SOUTH ACROSS THICKNESS RIDGE SET UP ACROSS CENTRAL OHIO. FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY SLIDE SOUTH DURING DAY WHILE MOST DYNAMICS CONTINUE INTO THE NORTHEAST. QUESTION WILL BE WHEN WILL CONVECTION FIRE TODAY AS WATER VAPOR AND ILN/PBZ SOUNDINGS ALL INDICATE SIGNIFICANT DRIER AIR ABOVE 850H. THIS SHOULD INHIBIT CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT UNTIL LATER IN THE AFTERNOON FOR AREAS AWAY FROM THE FRONT. WILL PLAY HIGH CHANCE ACROSS NORTH TODAY AND GRADIENT DOWN TO LOW CHANCE FROM BKW SOUTH...AND THEN REVERSE FOR TONIGHT WITH HIGH CHANCE ACROSS SOUTH AND EAST AND LOWER CHANCE IN NORTHWEST EARLY DIMINISHING DURING EVENING. EXPECTING ANOTHER HOT AND HUMID DAY ACROSS LOWLANDS AS 850H TEMPS AROUND +18C WITH DEWPOINTS IN 70S. COULD SEE SOME 90 DEGREE TEMPS IN HTS-CRW CORRIDOR AGAIN TODAY. SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... FRONT PASSES SOUTH OF CWA EARLY SATURDAY WITH SHOWERS IN SOUTH ENDING. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON HIGH PRESSURE TAKING CONTROL SATURDAY THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY...COOLER AT FIRST...THEN A WARMING TREND EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE HIGH CENTER SLIDES TO THE MID ATLANTIC COAST. FROM WEDNESDAY ON...NEWEST MODEL RUNS ARE TRENDING TO PUSH A COLD FRONT CLOSE TO US BY THURSDAY. HAVE INTRODUCED LOW POPS ACROSS NORTH ON THURSDAY. HESITATE TO CHANGE TOO MUCH TOO SOON THAT FAR OUT. I THINK MODEL TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE A BIT TOO LOW NEXT WEEK...GIVEN THE RATHER IMPRESSIVE 850MB WARM TONGUE SURGING IN FROM THE PLAINS STATES...BUT NOT QUITE 90 DEGREES. HC/JMV ******************************************************************** 920 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2003 WITH MID 70S DEW POINTS ACROSS THE REGION...AM CONCERNED THAT COOLING ALOFT COULD PRODUCE SOME SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT. WITH NO REAL KICKER THOUGH...WILL HOLD WITH CURRENT FORECAST FOR NOW. .END/RPY ******************************************************************** 330 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2003 ...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... THE FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE OCCURRING AT THIS TIME SHOULD DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT. HOWEVER...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH OUR NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES BY MORNING...BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION. HAVE OPTED NOT TO INCLUDE MENTION OF FOG AS THE AMOUNT OF FOG HAS BEEN LESS EACH MORNING. THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SLOWLY SOUTH INTO OUR SOUTHEASTERN OHIO COUNTIES BY FRIDAY EVENING. AS A RESULT...WILL HAVE 50 POPS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION WITH 40 POPS IN THE MOUNTAINS. ...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... MODELS ARE VERY CONSISTENT FROM PREVIOUS RUNS WITH THE GFS RUNNING ABOUT 6 HOURS AHEAD OF THE ETA ON THE TIMING OF THE FRONT PUSHING THROUGH THE REGION. WITH THE TIME OF THE YEAR...WILL LEAN TOWARD THE SLIGHTLY SLOWER SOLUTION OF THE ETA...WHICH KEEPS THE SLGT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE EXTREME SOUTH THROUGH MIDDAY ON SATURDAY. AFTER THAT...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTH WITH DRIER AIR AND COOLER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED. AT THIS POINT...THINK THE COOLEST NIGHT WILL PROBABLY BE ON SATURDAY NIGHT/SUN MORNING...BUT NOT BY MUCH. FOR THE TEMPERATURES...THE GUIDANCE WAS PRETTY CLOSE AND WAS GENERALLY FOLLOWED. THE FWC LOOKED A LITTLE WARM ON SATURDAY SO WENT CLOSER TO THE MAV AND MET NUMBERS IN THE LOWLANDS. ...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... A GRADUAL WARMING TREND WILL MARK THIS FORECAST PERIOD. HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE AREA WITH NO PRECIP. GFS SHOWING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SINKING SOUTHWARD DAY 7 (THURSDAY). DID INCREASE POPS SLIGHTLY ACROSS THE NORTH...BUT REMAINED BELOW SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CRITERIA...AS THIS FEATURE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN FURTHER TO THE NORTH THAN THE MODEL IS INDICATING AT THIS TIME. WILL SEE HOW THIS PLAYS OUT. .END/ JSH/ESS/KF ******************************************************************** 1018 AM EDT THU AUG 21 2003 NOT NEARLY AS MUCH FOG ACROSS OUR AREA THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...HAZE IS STILL BEING REPORTED IN MANY AREAS. LATEST RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS A FEW SHOWERS PUSHING SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN WV MOUNTAINS. THESE SHOWERS ARE IN RESPONSE TO A WEAK MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROF WHICH ROTATED AROUND THE UPPER HIGH OVER THE REGION. REGIONAL SOUNDINGS SHOW REGION HAS A MID-LEVEL CAP IN PLACE. HOWEVER...FORECASTED TEMPERATURES AND DEWPOINTS ARE SUFFICIENT TO WEAKEN/REMOVE THE CAP AND EXPECT MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. WILL UP POPS ACROSS SOUTHERN/CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TO 30 POPS AS PRECIP ALREADY OCCURRING OVER THAT AREA. THE UPDATED 30 POPS WILL ALSO MATCH UP BETTER WITH THE OTHER POP GRIDS IN THAT REGION. WILL LEAVE REMAINDER OF REGION AS 20 POPS. OTHERWISE...WILL MAKE ONLY MINOR TWEAKS. .END/ JSH ********************************************************************
KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-221500- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 530 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND MOST OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. COLEMAN
OHZ066-067-075-076-084-221330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 730 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... AT 7:30 AM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS CENTRAL PERRY AND NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST OHIO. THESE STORMS LIKELY CONTAIN TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THIS LINE WILL BE DRIFTING SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF PERRY AND MORGAN COUNTIES...AND INTO WASHINGTON...ATHENS AND VINTON COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST OHIO THROUGH 9:30 AM. THE STORMS WILL LIKELY WEAKEN AFTER 9 AM. PERSONS SHOULD BE WATCH OUT FOR PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AS WELL AS RAPID RISES IN CREEKS AND STREAMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. JMV
KYZ101-OHZ083-085>087-221400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 900 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...FOR SOUTHEASTERN OHIO AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY. AT 9:00 AM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS THE REGION. THESE STORMS LIKELY CONTAIN TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THIS LINE WILL BE DRIFTING SOUTHWARD ACROSS JACKSON AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES. THE STORMS WILL LIKELY WEAKEN AFTER 10 AM...AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE FURTHER SOUTHWARD. PERSONS SHOULD BE WATCH OUT FOR PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AS WELL AS RAPID RISES IN CREEKS AND STREAMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
OHZ083>086-WVZ007-008-221500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1004 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...FOR VINTON...JACKSON...MEIGS...AND GALLIA COUNTIES IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...MASON...AND JACKSON COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA. HEAVY RAIN WILL REMAIN A POSSIBILITY AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTHEAST...AND CONVERGE ACROSS NORTHERN GALLIA COUNTY. AREAS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL INCLUDE VINTON...WESTERN MEIGS...AND NORTHERN GALLIA COUNTIES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND A HALF AN INCH OR MORE AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. AS RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA...PERSONS SHOULD BE WATCH OUT FOR PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AS WELL AS RAPID RISES IN CREEKS AND STREAMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
WVZ015-016-024>026-221630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1134 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...MINGO...LOGAN...BOONE...KANAWHA...AND ROANE COUNTIES. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE POPPED UP ACROSS CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND AN INCH AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA. AS RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA...PERSONS SHOULD BE WATCH OUT FOR PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AS WELL AS RAPID RISES IN CREEKS AND STREAMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
WVZ013-015-024>027-033>037-221745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1230 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAVE POPPED UP ACROSS CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN. AT 12:30 PM...THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE POSITIONED ACROSS CLAY COUNTY AND STRETCHED SOUTHWARD THROUGH MINGO COUNTY. THEY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA. AS RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA...PERSONS SHOULD BE WATCH OUT FOR PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AS WELL AS RAPID RISES IN CREEKS AND STREAMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 116 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:30 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Near Allensville, Kelley Branch washed out culverts and private bridges. Riles Run overflowed. A car was driven into flood waters along Route 18. Numerous private bridges were damaged.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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