1 thunderstorm wind, 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 11, 2:10 PM EST, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 310 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2003 ********************************************************************* 310 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2003 ...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... ABUNDANT MOISTURE CONTINUES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. THE UPPER REMAINS WEST OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND FILLS. AN INVERTED TROF MOVES INTO THE REGION TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SO THIS WILL COMBINE WITH THE MOISTURE...CONTINUE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. THE TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE BALLPARK...HOLD STEADY FOR NOW DUE TO CLOUDS AND MOISTURE IN THE AREA. ...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... INVERTED TROF ACROSS REGION THRU WEDNESDAY NIGHT LEAVES ME WITH NO OPTION OTHER THAN TO CONTINUE SHOWERS/TSTORMS ESPECIALLY FOR THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. ON THURSDAY A BIT OF WEAKNESS IN THE HIGH IS INDICATED IN BOTH THE GFS AND ETA MODELS AND AS A RESULT A CHANCE OF DIURNAL SHOWERS/TSTRMS. ...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY... NOT TOO MANY CHANGES THROUGH THIS PERIOD DUE TO LOW CONFIDENCE. MAY NEED TO INCREASE POP ON THURSDAY. HOWEVER...WILL LEAVE DRY AT THIS TIME. GFS LOOKS TO BE TOO STRONG ON THIS FEATURE FOR THE END OF THE WORKWEEK. FOR THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD DID ADD SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE MONDAY PERIOD...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE CWA. .RLX... WV...NONE. VA...NONE. KY...NONE. OH...NONE. .END/ ELW/DB/KF ********************************************************************* 1010 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2003 THE FORECAST IS ON TARGET THIS MORNING WITH UPPER LOW REMAINING TO THE WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE. LIFT BEING AIDED BY HEATING THIS AFTERNOON. THE FORECAST WILL NOT BE UPDATED AT THIS TIME. .END/ ELW ********************************************************************* 241 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2003 TODAY TIL TUESDAY... RLX WSR-88D REMAINS ACTIVE ACROSS NERN CWA WITH H2 AGEO WIND DIV MOVING ACROSS NRN MTNS W OF BACK ALLEGHANY RIDGE...YIELDING AREA OF RA. RADAR AND GROUND TRUTH (VIA IFLOWS) SHOWS AMOUNTS LESS THAN 0.20 IN 30 MIN...ONE GAUGE (EDREY 3 NE) REPORTED 0.47 IN 15 MIN. MDLS ARRIVE AT A CONSENSUS LIFTING PRESENT BATCH OF RAIN TO THE CKB VCNTY THIS MORNING. TRIMMED POPS FM LKLY AT 10Z TO CHANCE AT 15Z AS UPPER LEVEL DIV WEAKENS OVER NORTH CENTRAL WV. DEBATED A FLOOD WATCH AGAIN AS H8 DEFORMATION ZONE SETS UP ALONG APPALACHIANS WITH CONCENTRATED AREA OF MOISTURE FLUX CONVERGENCE. CWA AGAIN HIGHLIGHTED IN DAY1 EXCESSIVE RAINFALL...BUT PER COORD WITH PIT ELECTED TO HOLD OFF. TONIGHT WHERE RAIN FALLS FOG IS A CERTAINTY...OTHERWISE EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO FIZZLE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. DAY SHIFT WILL SEE IF WX SHALL BE INSERTED OVER SRN SECTIONS AS MDLS HINT AT AREA OF PRECIP MOVING UP FM SWRN VA AS H8 WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH TOWARDS 12Z. TUESDAY FORECAST ON TRACK WITH CHANGES MADE TO ONLY MAXT...BUMPED THEM UP A FEW DEGS ACROSS THE N AND IN THE MTNS. TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... UPPER SYSTEM WEAKENS AND RETROGRADES WEST TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. CURRENT FORECAST LOOKS REASONABLE WITH DECREASING DIURNAL POPS. LAST THREE GFS RUNS APPEAR TO BE FROM THREE DIFFERENT PLANETS WHILE EUROPEAN MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING ALOFT. I ADDED THURSDAY POPS LAST MID WATCH...TO HAVE THEM DROPPED BY DAY SHIFT. NOT INCLINED TO TOUCH WITH TEN FOOT POLE...WOULD LIKE TO SEE TWO GFS RUNS THE SAME. SHORT WAVE SHOWN ON LATEST GFS NOW A VERY SMALL FEATURE OVER BRITISH COLUMBIA. UKMET IS FASTER WITH THIS WHILE ECMWF IS MUCH FARTHER NORTH AND ALSO FAST. CANADIAN SIMILAR TO UKMET. FRIDAY AND THE WEEKEND BASICALLY LOOK VERY WARM AND DRY AS HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT FINALLY SCOURS OUT DEEP LAYER MOISTURE...PENDING BEHAVIOR OF AFOREMENTIONED SHORT WAVE FOR FRIDAY. NUMBERS CLOSE TO AVAILABLE MOS AND REASONABLE ALL AROUND WITH ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS BEING MADE. 29/TRM ********************************************************************* 955 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2003 WILL UPDATE ZONES TO REMOVE FLOOD WATCH. ALSO UPDATED DECREASE POPS A TAD AND EVENING WORDING AS WELL IN 1ST PERIOD. OTHERWISE NO OTHER CHANGES ARE EXPECTED. JS ********************************************************************
KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-111500- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 341 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND MOST OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE... LIKE THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS...WE CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE LIGHT WINDS ALOFT WHICH PROMOTE SLOW MOVING STORMS. COMBINE THAT WITH A TROPICAL ATMOSPHERE AND THE THREAT OF FLOODING AGAIN IS A CONCERN. NOW A FLOOD WATCH IS NOT IN EFFECT AND MOST AREAS WILL REMAIN DRY...HOWEVER IF YOU GET WET...IT COULD LAST A LENGTHY PERIOD OF TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 29
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
0455 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0315 PM 5 NE MIDDLEBOURNE WV FLASH FLOOD
08/11/03 TYLER CO. RT 11 BLOCKED BY
DEBRIS FROM ELK FORK CREEK
DBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
505 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0445 PM PATRIOT WV HEAVY RAIN
08/11/03 GALLIA 1.75 IN AN HOUR
DBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
0607 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0515 PM 9 NW GALLIPOLIS OH FLASH FLOOD
08/11/03 GALLIA SR850 AND SR554 FLOODED
NEAR BIDWELL
DBThe Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:29 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees fell along Caney Ridge. On Bise Ridge, a deck was blown off a house, plus an outbuilding was moved 6 feet off its foundation.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, August 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: 5334382.