2 flash 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 16, 9:42 AM EST, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1042 AM EDT MON JUN 16 2003 SURFACE BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS I-64 CORRIDOR COUPLED WITH A TROPICAL AIRMASS AND UPPER FLOW E/SE LESS THAN 10KTS...SETUP IS PRESENT FOR BACKBUILDING CELLS. NEARLY STATIONARY CELL ACROSS NORTHERN KANAWHA COUNTY SINCE 5 AM DUMPING UPWARDS OF 2-3 INCHES AND CREATING LOTS OF FLOODED ROADS. FOR THIS AFTERNOON WITH FLOW BACKING TO THE SE ALOFT ACROSS NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE COAL FIELDS...FEEL BEST CHANCE REMAINS ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-64. PWATS REMAIN NEAR 1.7 AND WARM CLOUD DEPTH OF 11KFT...SO 40 TO 50DBZ (NON-CONVECTIVE CELL) COULD EASILY PRODUCE NEAR 0.75 INCHES IN AN HOUR. WITH ALL THE CLOUDS LOWERED MAX TEMPS A CAT ACROSS THE SOUTH WITH NEAR 80F ACROSS THE NORTH. .RLX...FLOOD WATCH THRU TONIGHT FOR ZONES WVZ005>011... WVZ013>020...WVZ024>040...WVZ046>047. VA...FLOOD WATCH THRU TONIGHT FOR ZONES VAZ003>004. KY...FLOOD WATCH THRU TONIGHT FOR ZONES KYZ101>103...KYZ105. OH...FLOOD WATCH THRU TONIGHT FOR ZONES OHZ075>076...OHZ083>087. 99 ******************************************************************** 330 AM EDT MON JUN 16 2003 TODAY AND TONIGHT... SIMILAR SITUATION TONIGHT AS IT WAS THIS TIME LAST NIGHT. WE REMAIN IN SAME WARM AND MOIST AIRMASS WITH PW/S WELL OVER 1.5 INCHES. ONE DIFFERENCE IS THAT SOME DRIER AIR HAS MOVED INTO THE NORTHERN PART OF THE AREA AS DEWPOINTS ARE AROUND 60 AND UPPER 50S ACROSS NORTHERN FRINGES OF CWA. RADAR CURRENTLY INDICATING SCATTERED SHOWERS ONCE AGAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN CWA AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO. LOOKING AT YET ANOTHER DAY OF RAIN AND POTENTIAL PROBLEMS DEPENDING ON WHERE ORGANIZATION TAKES PLACE. WITH FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS NORTHERN CWA AND WEAK UPPER ENERGY EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO REGION TODAY FROM SOUTHWEST...HAVE GRADIENT IN POP FIELD FROM NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST WITH CHANCE POPS IN NORTHEAST TO LIKELY SOUTHWEST. GRADUALLY LOWER POPS TO CHANCE ALL LOCATIONS OVERNIGHT WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING BUT THERE WILL CERTAINLY BE POTENTIAL FOR NOCTURNAL SHOWERS. AFTER COORDINATION WITH SURROUNDING OFFICES...HAVE ALSO EXTENDED CURRENT FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 AM TUES MORNING AS ANY ORGANIZED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD CAUSE PROBLEMS WITH SATURATED GROUNDS. THINK THERE IS POSSIBILITY FOR WATCH TO BE EXTENDED INTO TUES BUT AT THIS TIME WITHIN THIS MESOSCALE DRIVEN ENVIRONMENT DECIDED TO GO ONE DAY AT A TIME. LEANED TOWARD THE WARMER FWC/MET GUIDANCE FOR TEMPS TODAY THINKING THAT WITH A FEW BREAKS IN CLOUDS AND SUN WE COULD EASILY REACH UPPER 70S TO NEAR 80 AS WE WILL BE STARTING DAY IN UPPER 60S. WENT TOWARDS WARMER FWC/MET GUIDANCE FOR LOWS TONIGHT AS WELL THINKING CLOUDS AND HIGH DEWPOINTS WILL KEEP TEMPS UP. TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... MODELS IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT THAT A STRONG ENOUGH SHORT WAVE WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...HELPING TO PUSH OUT MUCH OF THE MID AND UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE CURRENTLY OVER THE AREA. BEFORE THIS HAPPENS...THIS FEATURE WILL ENHANCE CONVECTION TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. A COLD FRONT WITH A STRONGER SHORT WAVE WILL CROSS THE AREA THURSDAY WITH SCATTERED CONVECTION. HIGH PRESSURE WITH DRIER AND COOLER AIR FINALLY TAKES CONTROL FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MOS GUIDANCE PROBABLY A TOUCH TOO HIGH GIVEN THE ALL THE MOISTURE...CLOUDS AND IMPENDING CONVECTION THROUGH WEDNESDAY. OTHERWISE...TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE FOLLOWED AS A GENERAL RULE. HC/JMV ******************************************************************** 1005 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2003 WILL UPDATE FORECAST TO LOWER WINDS TONIGHT AND MONDAY. WILL ALSO ADJUST POPS BASED ON CURRENT RADAR TRENDS. RPY ******************************************************************** 135 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2003 ...TONIGHT AND MONDAY... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR THE OVERNIGHT WILL CONTINUE...AS THE RADAR INDICATING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POPPING UP AT THIS TIME. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS STILL HIGH...HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS FOR TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL DECREASE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH OVERNIGHT...SO THE CHANCE POPS ARE GOOD FOR THE NORTH WITH LIKELY POPS SOUTH. THE DRY FORECAST FOR THE WEST AS THE SYSTEM PULLS AWAY FROM THE SOUTH AND EAST...CONTINUE SLIGHT CHANCE CENTRAL AND NORTH...CHANCE POPS SOUTH WHICH IS CLOSER TO THE SYSTEM WITH OVERRUNNING CONDITIONS AHEAD OF THE NEXT SYSTEM LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE REASONABLE WITH MINOR CHANGES TO THE HIGHS ON MONDAY. ...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... IN LIGHT OF LATEST MODEL INFORMATION WITH LOW MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL OHIO VALLEY ON TUESDAY...UPPED POPS AND LOWERED MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES TO BE MORE IN LINE WITH MAV GUIDANCE...AS A RESULT OF MORE CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION SUGGESTED BY MODELS. WILL NEED TO MONITOR CLOSELY IF WE DONT GET ANY BREAKS IN RAINFALL MONDAY. MAY FINALLY GET A BREAK IN THE RAIN BY THURSDAY. ...THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... AFTERNOON HIGHS NEAR 80 ACROSS THE LOWLANDS SEEM REASONABLE DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. THIS IS NEAR SEASONAL NORMS. COLD FRONT PROGGED TO COME THROUGH ON THURSDAY. THIS FEATURE WILL WORK AS A KICKER...TO PUSH OUT THE PESKY FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT DOES NOT SEEM TO WANT TO LEAVE. THIS RESULTS IN A CHANGE IN THE TIMING OF THE COLD FRONT...PUSHING IT UP A FEW HOURS. HAD ORIGINALLY EXPECTED THE FRONT TOWARDS FRIDAY. AS FOR THE NEXT WEEKEND...HIGH PRESSURE WILL SINK SOUTHWARD FROM THE UPPER GREAT LAKES REGION BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. THIS WILL KEEP DRY WEATHER IN THE FORECAST FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. .END/ ELW/DB/KF ********************************************************************
WVZ037-161400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 854 AM EDT MON JUN 16 2003 AT 854 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN NICHOLAS COUNTY...ESPECIALLY FROM DRENNEN AND MOUNT LOOKOUT TO SUMMERSVILLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMW WILL BRING LOCAL HEAVY RAIN OF AN INCH OR MORE THIS MORNING WHICH WILL BRING RAPID RISES ON CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE VICINITY OF THE SUMMERVILLE LAKE RECREATIONAL AREA. PERSONS LIVING OR CAMPING NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THIS REGION SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT. DO NOT ENTER OR TRY TO CROSS WATER OUT OF THE BANKS OR ACROSS ROADWAYS.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
939 AM EDT MON JUN 16 2003
THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0938 AM CHARLESTON WV FLOODING
06/16/03 KANAWHA EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
0923 AM AND 0938 AM
STREAMS OVER ROADS OR
IN BUILDINGS.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
943 AM EDT MON JUN 16 2003
THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0940 AM ELKVIEW WV FLOODING
06/16/03 KANAWHA EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
0925 AM AND 0940 AM
STREAMS OVER ROADS OR
IN BUILDINGS.WVZ046-161715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1111 AM EDT MON JUN 16 2003 DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAD FALLEN OVER CENTRAL POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN THE VICINITY OF SNOWSHOE...CASS AND GREEN BANK. THIS WILL BRING STREAMS IN THESE AREAS TO AROUND BANKFULL CREATING SOME PROBLEMS IN NORMAL LOW SPOTS NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS. MOTORIST SHOULD BE ALERT FOR WATER OVER ROADWAYS AND NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER IF ENCOUNTERED. PERSONS LIVING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT SHOULD FLOODING PROBLEMS DEVELOP.
VAZ003-004-161945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 211 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003 AT 211 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED THROUGH CENTRAL DICKENSON AND SOUTHER BUCHANAN. THESE STORMS HAVE DROPPED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THIS WILL CAUSE QUICK RISES ON STREAMS WITH SOME REACHING NEAR BANKFULL LEVELS WITH NORMAL LOW SPOTS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS. PERSONS SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM CREEKS AND STREAMS. DO NOT GET NEAR BANKS AS THE WET GROUND MAY GAVE WAY. MOTORISTS DRIVING THRU THE REGION MUST NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER OVER THE ROAD. PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
OHZ087-161930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 225 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003 AT 225 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS DROPPED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN ABOUT AN HOUR IN EXTREME NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY OHIO...PARTICULARLY BETWEEN BUCKHORN AND BLACKFORK. THIS WILL CAUSE QUICK RISES ON STREAMS WITH SOME REACHING NEAR BANKFULL LEVELS WITH NORMAL LOW SPOTS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS. PERSONS SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM CREEKS AND STREAMS. DO NOT GET NEAR BANKS AS THE WET GROUND MAY GAVE WAY. MOTORISTS DRIVING THRU THE REGION MUST NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER OVER THE ROAD. PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 117 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:31 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
About 2 inches of rain flooded small streams and roads near Lake Snowden and Albany. No dwellings were reported flooded.
Small streams feeding into Symmes Creek around Waterloo and Arabia flooded roads, including Route 141, after localized downpours of around 3 inches.
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, June 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: 5366541, 5366542.