2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 Jul 10, 2:40 PM EST, 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 340 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2003 ******************************************************************* 340 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2003 ...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 AM EDT FRIDAY. ALSO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SE OHIO AND NE KENTUCKY UNTIL 6 PM. LATEST WATCH WILL COVER REMAINING ZONES UNTIL 10 PM. CLOUDS HAVE BEEN LINGERING AROUND OVER THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. WITH MANY BOUNDARIES READY TO HELP SPUR CONVECTION...WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THE RADAR. MANY COUNTIES HOPING THE FRONT WOULD PASS SOONER THAN FRIDAY MORNING. ...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... CONTINUED DRY FORECAST FOR FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...AS SYSTEMS MOVES NORTH AND EAST OF THE REGION. MOISTURE WILL INCREASE SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH A SHORTWAVE PASSING THROUGH THE AREA...WILL CONTINUE THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY. THE TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE BALLPARK. ...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... LEFT MUCH OF EXTENDED AS PREVIOUS FORECAST PACKAGE...NO REAL CHANGES IN GUIDANCE AS WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS APPALACHIANS HOLDS CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN EASTERN MOUNTAIN ZONES EARLY IN THE WEEK. COULDNT REALLY TAKES MENTION OF SHOWERS/TSTMS OUT OF FORECAST AS COLD FRONT APPROACHES REGION ON THURSDAY. STUCK IN A PATTERN. .RLX... WV...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 AM FOR WVZ005>011-013>020-024>040-046-047. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR WVZ005>011-013>020-024>040-046-047. VA...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 AM FOR VAZ003-004. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR VAZ003-004. KY...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 AM FOR KYZ101>103-105. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 6 PM FOR KYZ101>103-105. OH...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 AM FOR OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 6 PM FOR OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087. .END/ KF/ELW/DB ******************************************************************* 1230 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2003 ...UPDATE TO ADD SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SE OHIO AND NE KENTUCKY COUNTIES UNTIL 22Z... .END/ KF ******************************************************************* 1050 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2003 ...MORNING UPDATE... HOISTED FLOOD WATCH ENTIRE AREA UNTIL 4 AM. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. FRONT SWEEPING THROUGH FRIDAY DURING DAYBREAK WEST AND CENTRAL ZONES...MORE TOWARDS NOON EAST. UPDATED POPS FOR THIS ISSUANCE. .END/ KF ******************************************************************* 320 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2003 THUR FRI --> BRIEF PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER...ENOUGH TO GET THE RADAR INTO VCP 32 SO STP CAN BE RESET. AREA OF TSTMS FIRING UP IN BUOYANT ATMS ACROSS ERN KY...LI/S OF -3C AND H10-H8 MSTR CONV. STORMS WILL CONT ON A E/NE TRACK GIVEN LAYER MOTION OF 225/25KTS. THEY SHOULD REACH NE KY COUNTIES BY 09-10Z TIME FRAME. ATMS RECOVERING OVER I-64 CORRIDOR WHICH WAS HIT LAST NIGHT WITH A SWATH OF 2-3 INCHES. BRIEF CLEARING DURING SUNRISE HOURS WILL HELP FIRE UP MORE TSTMS. AFTER THIS LOOKING FOR A LULL BY LATE MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON...AS WE AWAIT MCS TO DEVELOP OVR IL/IND AHEAD OF CLDFRNT. DIDNT CHANGE MUCH TO EXISTING GRIDS AS LKLY POPS AND 70-90% SKY GRIDS LOOK GOOD. DEBATED CAT POPS FOR FIRST TWO PDS...BUT FEEL TSTMS OVER CNTRL KY WILL MISS MOST OF CWA...THEN THINGS WON/T FIRE UP AGAIN UNTIL MIDDAY. EVEN THEN SOME QUESTION OF AREAL EXTENT...GIVEN LACK OF LARGE SCALE SYNOPTIC FORCING UNTIL DCVA SWINGS THRU AFTER 06Z. FRONT STILL SLATED TOWARDS DAYBREAK FRIDAY...NOT MUCH TIMING DIFFERENCES AMONGST 00Z NCEP SUITE...SO LEFT POPS AS IS. FEEL INITIAL LINE OF CONV WILL ROB MOST OF THE MSTR...THUS NOT EXPECTING HIGH QPF VALUES WITH FROPA. DID SOME SLGT MODIFICATIONS TO MAX AND MIN T...MAINLY IN THE MTNS...OTRW THEY ARE IN FINE SHAPE. FRIDAY NIGHT ON --> FRONT PUSHES OFF TO THE EAST FOLLOWED BY WEAK HIGH PRESSURE AND A WELCOME CHANGE TO SLIGHTLY COOLER AND LESS HUMID WEATHER FOR THE WEEKEND. DID NOT PLAY UP LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE MOISTURE AS MUCH AS ETA FRIDAY NIGHT. A FEW WINKLES EMERGE IN THE FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND. HELD OFF BITING ON ETA SOLUTION FOR SATURDAY...WHICH ACTUALLY BRINGS A SECOND FRONT THROUGH COMPLETE WITH THETA E RIDGE/FEED AHEAD OF IT. DID ADD SOME CLOUDS. MAINTAINED AFTERNOON AND EVENING POPS WITH SLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS FOR SUNDAY AND NEXT WEEK. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW AND WEAK TROUGHING ALOFT JUSTIFY THUNDERSTORM MENTION AT LEAST IN THE MOUNTAINS. PLAYED APPROACH OF NEW FRONT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. NUMBERS LOOKED REASONABLE EXCEPT BELOW MAV POPS SATURDAY. GFS SHOWS WEAKER VERSION OF SECOND FRONT SATURDAY. 29/TRM ******************************************************************* 1000 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2003 OVERNIGHT... WILL UPDATE TO EXPIRE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AT 10 PM. OTHERWISE NO CHANGES. CONTINUE FLOOD WATCH OVERNIGHT. JMV ******************************************************************* 815 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2003 OVERNIGHT... UPDATE TO EXPAND FLOOD WATCH AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE CWA UNTIL 430 AM THURSDAY MORNING. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING HAVE PUT OUT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR IN A FEW SPOTS. EXPECT ORGANIZED CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS TO ROLL ACROSS OVERNIGHT... ENHANCING THE FLOOD POTENTIAL... ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH. JMV *******************************************************************
KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-101500- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 437 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND MOST OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE... THERE ARE TWO POTENTIAL WEATHER HAZARDS TODAY...ONE BEING THE THREAT OF HIGH WATER AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. ANY THUNDERSTORM WHICH DEVELOPS TODAY IN THIS TROPICAL AIRMASS WILL GENERATE DOWNPOURS. THE SECOND WEATHER HAZARD IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM PHILIPPI SOUTH TO CHARLESTON TO WILLIAMSON. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:31 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and power lines fell, damaging roofs in town. Several streets were blocked by fallen tree branches. An F2 tornado was occurring across the Ohio River, near Lubeck in Wood County of West Virginia.
Trees and power lines were blown down. A roof was blown off one house, and one deck was reported damaged.
Houses were evacuated in Hamden, as the headwaters of the Little Racoon Creek flooded.
Rains of 2 to 3.5 inches fell from the community of Jackson on north, toward the Vinton County border. The cooperative observer at Jackson measured 3.3 inches of rain. Many roads were closed by overflowing streams. No reports of flooding in dwellings were received.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, July 2003
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: 5375811, 5375810, 5375809, 5375808.