1 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 Nov 19, 3:29 AM EST, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 329 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003 ******************************************************************** 329 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003 TODAY AND TONIGHT... SYSTEM CLOSED OFF OVER WESTERN TENNESSEE VALLEY AT THIS TIME. MODELS NOW AGREE THIS BECOMES OPEN WAVE AS IT CROSSES AREA TODAY INTO TONIGHT...BEFORE CLOSING OFF TO THE EAST. SYSTEM SHOULD THUS BE PROGRESSIVE ENOUGH TO KEEP THE RAIN MOVING...AND DRY THE AREA OUT TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN GREATER/FARTHER NORTH THAN MODEL FORECASTS THROUGH 00Z BUT CLOSER TO MODEL FORECASTS THROUGH 06Z...THE ETA BETTER THAN THE GFS DURING THE LATTER PERIOD. BEST DYNAMICS AND HEAVIEST RAINFALL AFFECTING THE AREA AT THIS TIME. STILL A BIT EARLY TO GAUGE HOW THE RIVERS ARE GOING TO RESPOND. NO COUNTY PROBLEMS TO REPORT JUST YET. CURRENT TIMING OF SYSTEM IS SUCH THAT WIDESPREAD RAINFALL EXITS THE AREA FIRST THING THIS MORNING. BUT AS OPEN WAVE TRAVERSES THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON...WILL LIKELY SEE SHOWER BECOMING NUMEROUS...AND THUNDER IS POSSIBLE AS ATMOSPHERE BECOMES MARGINALLY UNSTABLE UNDER UPPER TROUGH...AS IS GOING ON BENEATH UPPER LOW AT THIS TIME. TWO OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIGHS ARE FIRST THING THIS MORNING JUST PRIOR TO PASSAGE OF INITIAL FRONT...AND AGAIN MIDDAY TO EARLY AFTERNOON JUST PRIOR TO PASSAGE OF SECONDARY COLD FRONT...DURING THE TIME OF MAXIMUM HEATING AND ASSOCIATED AFOREMENTIONED INSTABILITY. FOLLOWED HIGHER NUMBERS TODAY AND LOWER NUMBERS TONIGHT...NO CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS PACKAGE ON LOWS TONIGHT. LEANED LOW ON POPS WEST TODAY AS WIDESPREAD RAINFALL IS OR WILL BE OUT OF WESTERNMOST COUNTIES BY DAWN. ROLLED WITH LOWER POPS TONIGHT. THURSDAY ON... GFS WILL BE THE MODEL OF CHOICE THIS TIME PERIOD...HAS SHOWN TO BE MORE CONSISTENT WITH THIS WEATHER SYSTEM MOVING THE UPPER LEVEL LOW MORE TOWARDS VIRGINIA AND NOT SOUTH CAROLINA. ETA IS COMING MORE IN LINE. WILL TAKE OUT LINGERING PRECIP FOR THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. MODELS ARE PUSHING THE SYSTEM OUT...WITH LESS WRAP AROUND MOISTURE. TAKING A LOOK AT THE TIME-HEIGHTS OVER THE REGION SHOWS ONLY EXTREMELY SHALLOW MOISTURE REMAINING. EVEN ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS LOOKS LIKE CLOUDS TAKE A QUICK EXIT AFTER 18Z THURSDAY. AS A RESULT...DID DECREASE CLOUD COVER QUITE A BIT OVER THE FIRST SEVERAL PERIODS. ALSO RAISED AFTERNOON HIGHS ROUGHLY 2 DEGREES FRIDAY THROUGH THEN END OF THE FORECAST. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 700 AM EST THURSDAY FOR ZONES WVZ005>011...WVZ013>020...WVZ024>040...WVZ046>047. VA...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 700 AM EST THURSDAY FOR ZONES VAZ003>004. KY...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 700 AM EST THURSDAY FOR ZONES KYZ101>103...KYZ105. OH...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 700 AM EST THURSDAY FOR ZONES OHZ066>067...OHZ075>076...OHZ083>087. && TRM/KF ******************************************************************** 948 PM EST TUE NOV 18 2003 RAIN OVERSPREADING THE AREA ON SCHEDULE...OVER ONE HALF INCH IN SOME WESTERN COUNTIES ALREADY. OBSERVED QPF UPSTREAM HEAVIER FARTHER NORTH INTO KENTUCKY THAN GFS AND ETA DEPICTED. FRESHENED UP WORDING IN THE ZONES...GRIDS ON TRACK. ALSO WEIGHED HIGH WIND POTENTIAL. THESE SYSTEMS TEND NOT TO VERIFY WARNING CRITERIA SAVE PERHAPS AN ISOLATED REPORT...BUT WILL CONSIDER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OVER NEXT FEW HOURS. PBZ SOUNDING SHOWS 50KTS DOWN TO ABOUT 900MB. CLE VAD SHOWS 60KT AT 3KFT WHILE CRW ONLY SHOWS 40. THANKS PBZ FOR COORD ON THIS. TRM ******************************************************************** 252 PM EST TUE NOV 18 2003 TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT KNOCKING ON THE DOOR WITH BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN TAPPING INTO GULF MOISTURE AND EXTENDING FROM GULF COAST NORTH INTO GREAT LAKES. REGIONAL RADARS SHOWING ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT AHEAD OF AND FEEDING INTO THE HEAVY RAIN BAND ON MODERATE SOUTHERLY FLOW. STRONG DYNAMICS AND ASSOCIATED UPPER DIVERGENCE FROM RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF JET EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO REGION THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THIS COUPLED WITH AN 850H JET AROUND 50 TO 60 KTS FROM THE SOUTH WILL BRING HEAVY RAINS TO ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS. FLOOD WATCH CURRENTLY UP AND WILL CONTINUE. BULK OF RAIN SHOULD PUSH INTO HTS-CRW AREA BETWEEN 9PM AND MIDNIGHT AND SLOWLY PUSH EAST OVERNIGHT. THERE IS MODEL DISAGREEMENT ON WHAT HAPPENS BEYOND TONIGHT AS GFS SHOWS AND OPEN WAVE EXITING TO THE NORTHEAST ON WEDNESDAY WHILE THE ETA/ECMWF/CANADIAN ARE SLOWER AND DEVELOP A CUTOFF LOW OVER NORTH CAROLINA BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW THAT DEVELOPS LATE TONIGHT MOVES ALONG MOUNTAINS EARLY WEDNESDAY WHICH SHOULD BRING ANOTHER SLUG OF RAIN TO THE UPSLOPE REGIONS OF MOUNTAINS. OVERALL HAVE LEANED TOWARD THE ETA SOLUTION AND HPC DISCUSSIONS ALSO LEAN THIS WAY. THEREFORE HAVE LINGERED HIGH POPS LONGER DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN THE EAST AND THEN CONTINUE LOW CHANCE IN MOUNTAINS ON THURSDAY UNDER INFLUENCE OF UPPER LOW. TRENDED TEMPERATURES A LITTLE WARMER ON THURSDAY AS WELL. WINDS TONIGHT COULD BECOME PRETTY GUSTY AS 850H JET GETS GOING BUT HELD OFF ON ANY ADVISORIES AS TERRAIN SEEMS TO PREVENT STATIONS MEETING ADVISORY CRITERIA AND PROBABLY WILL ONLY SEE THIS IN HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY... PREFERRED SOLUTION IS FOR LOW TO BREAK FROM FLOW...SIT JUST TO OUR SOUTHEAST AND GRADUALLY FILL PER ETA AND ECMWF. NO REAL KICKER TO PUSH IT OUT SO JUST A GRADUAL DETERIORATION. AS A RESULT AM KEEPING THE CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IN THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF FORECAST AREA INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. THE FLOW KEEPS A MILD PATTERN AFTER THIS SYSTEM AS IT BECOMES MORE OF A WEST TO EAST FLOW WITH WAVES PASSING TO THE NORTH. THIS SHOULD MEAN MONDAYS FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE QUICK AND NOT BE OF MUCH CONSEQUENCE. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO NOT BE VERY COLD AS THE COLD AIR REMAINS IN CANADA. SO...HAVE MODERATED THE TEMPERATURES SATURDAY AND BEYOND FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST. AAR/HC ******************************************************************** 1035 AM EST TUE NOV 18 2003 MORNING UPDATE... HEAVY PRECIP EVENT STILL EXPECTED TO ARRIVE OVERNIGHT AS STRONG SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH MISSISSIPPI MOVES EAST. HAVE ADDED REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST OHIO COUNTIES INTO FLOOD WATCH SO ENTIRE CWA IS COVERED. THINK POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS FOR SMALL STREAM FLOODING AND POTENTIALLY RIVER FLOODING ALONG HOCKING. MAIN PRECIP BAND SET UP NORTH TO SOUTH ALONG AND EAST OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO MOST OF INDIANA AT THIS TIME. SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS HAVE BEEN POPPING UP AHEAD OF BAND BUT VERY SCATTERED IN NATURE. UPDATED GRIDS TO REFLECT A LITTLE SLOWER TIMING IN HOURLY GRIDS BUT CONTINUE WITH LIKELY AND CATEGORICAL POPS MAINLY OCCURRING LATE. HAVE ADJUSTED MAX TEMPS DOWN A FEW DEGREES IN UPSLOPE AREAS ON EASTERN SLOPES INCLUDING BKW AS THEY ARE SOCKED IN WITH LOW CLOUDS AND WILL NOT RISE TOO MUCH MORE. REMAINDER OF FORECAST LOOKS ON TRACK. HC ********************************************************************
KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-191600- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 500 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND MOST OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE... A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS POSTED THROUGH 7 AM THURSDAY MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH 6:30 AM THIS MORNING HAVE BEEN GENERALLY AROUND AN INCH. A FEW LOCATIONS HAVE RECEIVED HIGHER AMOUNTS. WITH RAINFALL TOTALS AROUND 2 INCHES IN 12 TO 24 HOURS...WOULD BE ENOUGH TO BRING STREAMS TO BANKFULL ACROSS MANY AREAS. FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN POSTED THIS MORNING FOR MANY COUNTIES ACROSS WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. * FLOOD WATCH................SEE WGUS61 KRLX - FFARLX FOR DETAILS * .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. KF
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Rains of 1.5 to 2.4 inches fell in about a 12 hour period, from late on the 18th into midday on the 19th. The heaviest rain was in the eastern portion of the county. Flooding was relatively minor. Small streams flooding roads was the most common feature.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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