2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. 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 Aug 27, 2:00 PM EST, 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 300 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2003 ********************************************************************* 300 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2003 ...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... BUSY TIME AT THE OFFICE WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AND STORMS ROLLING ACROSS THE NORTH. WILL HAVE AN EVENING GROUP IN THE ZONES TO COVER THE REMAINING PERIOD OF THE WATCH. NO MAJOR CHANGES FOR THE FIRST TWO PERIODS. FRONT MAY BRIEFLY SINK TO A PKB/CKB LINE BEFORE LIFTING BACK NORTHWARD TOMORROW. WILL LEAVE CHANCE POPS TO THE NORTH THIS EVENING AND SLIGHT TO THE SOUTH. WITH BOUNDARIES FLYING AROUND AND A SOUPY AIRMASS...SLIGHT CHANCE POPS LOOK GOOD THROUGH THE NIGHT DESPITE THE LOSS OF HEATING. BACK IN THE SOUP FOR THURSDAY WITH NO FORCING OF NOTE...SO SLIGHT CHANCE LOOKS GOOD FOR THE AREA. DID RAISE MIN TEMPS A DEGREE OR TWO TONIGHT...NOT MUCH CHANGE TO MAX TEMPS TOMORROW...MAV LOOKS GOOD. ...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... MOIST PERIOD OF THE FORECAST AS WARM SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW CONTINUES. WILL WATCH SFC LOW PUSHING INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION THURSDAY NIGHT. AS A RESULT FRONT WILL MOVE NORTHWARD AGAIN IN THE FORM OF A WARM FRONT. BEST CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT AS COLD FRONT NEARS AND SETTLES ACROSS THE REGION. ...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... NO REAL REASON TO CHANGE CURRENT FORECAST. AS FRONT REACHES THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND THE UPPER FLOW FLATTENS OVER OUR REGION WHICH WILL END ANY PUSH KEEPING THE FRONT IN OUR REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WEAK WAVE FOR MONDAY WILL NUDGE THE FRONT EAST OF MOUNTAINS WHERE IT WILL STALL AGAIN AS A TROUGH DIGS IN OHIO VALLEY. .RLX... WV...NONE. VA...NONE. KY...NONE. OH...NONE. .END/ CL/KF/AAR ********************************************************************* 1020 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2003 ONLY REAL CHANGE FOR THE AFTERNOON WILL BE TO ADD SLIGHT CHANCE TO AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-64. FEEL THAT WITH OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FLYING AROUND FROM MORNING CONVECTION...PLUS A WEAKER CAP...STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT ANYWHERE TODAY. TEMPS LOOK OK...BUT DID OPEN UP A FEW RANGES IN THE LOWLANDS. CRW ALREADY TO 80. 90 STILL LOOKS GOOD FOR A HIGH...AT LAST...UNLESS MORE CLOUDS FORM OR A SHOWER HITS THE AIRPORT. CL ********************************************************************* 315 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2003 TODAY AND TONIGHT... DUE TO SUPERCOMPUTER PROBLEMS TRADITIONAL MODELS WERE NOT RUN TONIGHT BUT RATHER THE MM5 IN PLACE OF ETA AND UKMET IN PLACE OF GFS. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS SOUTHEAST IOWA BACK THROUGH NORTHERN ILLINOIS INTO SOUTHERN MICHIGAN. THIS IS FURTHER NORTH THAN PREVIOUS MODELS PLACED IT AND THERE IS NOT MUCH FORCING TO PUSH IT VERY FAR SOUTH DURING DAY FROM WHAT I SEE. HOWEVER...MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW THIS FRONT MOVING INTO OUR NORTHERN FORECAST AREA BY LATE AFTERNOON. AM A BIT SKEPTICAL THAT IT WILL ACTUALLY MAKE IT THAT FAR SOUTH BUT WITH OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES LEFTOVER FROM TONIGHTS CONVECTION AND WEAKENING OF THE CAP ACROSS THE NORTH...HAVE KEPT CHANCE POPS ACROSS NORTH. THINKING PRECIP WILL BE MAINLY IN LATE AFTERNOON AS CAP WEAKENS AND PEAK HEATING OCCURS WITH ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM APPROACHING FRONT. ORIENTED POPS NORTH TO SOUTH PARALLEL TO CAP AND KEPT PRECIP CONFINED TO NORTH OF HTS-CRW-BKW LINE. AS LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING CONVECTION FIRES AND FRONT SLIPS SOUTH...GRADUALLY INCREASE POPS FURTHER SOUTH AND CARRY CHANCE OVERNIGHT EVERYWHERE. THINK TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL AGAIN BE VERY WARM IN THE HTS-CRW CORRIDOR AND CHARLESTON COULD FINALLY HIT THE ELUSIVE 90 DEGREE MARK. THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... AVAILABLE EURO AND NOGAPS MODELS CONTINUE THE TREND OF INITIAL FRONT EITHER WASHING OUT OR LIFTING BACK NORTH EARLY THURSDAY. SMALL CHANCE OF CONVECTION IS STILL THERE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH POSSIBLE LEFT OVER BOUNDARIES IN THE MOIST AND CONDITIONALLY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. MODELS ALSO CONTINUE THE TREND OF MOVING NEXT MUCH STRONGER COLD FRONT INTO THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...AND THEN HANGING AROUND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS FLOW ALOFT BECOMES PARALLEL TO THE FRONT. SO A WET WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK STILL LOOKS VALID WITH HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE. FRONT SHOULD OOZE THROUGH MOST OF THE AREA BY SUNDAY BEFORE STALLING...WITH MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE FRONT. SINCE SCENARIO HAS NOT REALLY CHANGED...LITTLE CHANGE TO TEMPERATURE FORECASTS. HC/JMV ********************************************************************* 935 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2003 WILL UPDATE FOR WINDS TONIGHT AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. RPY ********************************************************************
KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-271500- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 510 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND MOST OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST OHIO. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...ALTHOUGH LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A COLD FRONT WILL STALL OUT ACROSS THE REGION SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR TRAINING OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SAME AREAS...WHICH COULD ULTIMATELY LEAD TO SOME FLOODING PROBLEMS. THE MAIN THREAT AREAS WILL BE SOUTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. COLEMAN
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
0249 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0220 PM MCCONNELSVILLE OH WIND DAMAGE
08/27/03 MORGAN SEVERAL TREES DOWN ALONG
ROUTE 376 SOUTH.
JSHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
255 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2003
THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
204 PM MOUNT PERRY OH .50 INCH HAIL
08/27/03 PERRY EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
204 PM AND 219 PMWVZ007>011-014-017-019-272000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 257 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2003 AT 300 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING THE OHIO RIVER AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 2 INCHES IN AN HOUR HAVE BEEN REPORTED. THIS WILL CREATE TEMPORARY DRAINAGE PROBLEMS AS THE STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE WEST VIRGINIA COUNTIES NEAR THE OHIO RIVER THROUGH AROUND 4 PM. PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND WEST VIRGINIA.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
258 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
242 PM STEWART OH WIND DAMAGE
08/27/03 ATHENS SEVERAL TREES DOWN 204 PM AND 219 PMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
258 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
242 PM STEWART OH WIND DAMAGE
08/27/03 ATHENS SEVERAL TREES DOWNPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
310 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2003
THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
207 PM NELSONVILLE OH WIND DAMAGE
08/27/03 ATHENS EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
207 PM AND 237 PM
LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN.The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 126 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:27 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Scattered locations throughout the county had trees knocked down.
Several large branches were snapped off.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in West Virginia in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in West 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: 5334647, 5334648, 5334649.