1 flash flood, 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 31, 1:59 PM EST, 6 hours 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 259 PM EDT SUN AUG 31 2003 ********************************************************************* 259 PM EDT SUN AUG 31 2003 TONIGHT AND MONDAY... SURFACE ANALYSIS ILLUSTRATES FRONT UP TO THE TUG FORK WITH STORMS FILLING IN SOUTH OF IT. TSTM COMPLEX MOVING ACROSS EASTERN KY TO AFFECT SOUTHERN CWA LATE THIS AFTN...ALTHOUGH GIVEN CURRENT TRACK IT SHOULD BE IN NORTHERN HALF OF CWA BY 00Z. SO WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS FOR MUCH OF THE EVENING WITH AN INCREASE TO LIKELY TOWARDS DAYBREAK AS H8-H5 OMEGA PASSES ACROSS NORTHERN ZONES. NOT EXPECTING STRATUS TO DEVELOP LIKE THE PAST FEW DAYS GIVEN SECTOR OF ATMOSPHERE WE WILL RESIDE IN. BY 12Z FRONT ALONG I-70...SO PATCHY VALLEY FOG OTHERWISE EXPECT CONVECTIVE CLOUDS TO POP BY 14-15Z UNDERNEATH ALREADY PRESENT ALTOCU LAYER. BESIDES CONTINUED THREAT OF DOWNPOURS...SEVERE TSTMS POSSIBLE...AS SURFACE DEWPOINTS CLIMB TO 71-74F...WHICH IN TURN BUMPS SBCAPES TO 1.5 KJ/KG. AS WAVE RIDES UP THE FRONT...CLOSE PROXIMITY...AND AFOREMENTIONED THERMODYNAMIC PROFILE UPPED POPS TO CAT ACROSS EXTREME NORTH WITH LIKELY DOWN TO CRW-HTS. PREFER SLIGHTLY WARMER NUMBERS ACROSS THE NORTH MONDAY AS THINGS WONT GET GOING UNTIL AFTER 16Z. MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... MODELS IF FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THIS TIME PERIOD. ONLY SMALL TWEAKS DEEMED NECESSARY. REMAINING IN WET PATTER TO BEGIN WITH. 12Z GFS IS WETTER THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WITH DISTURBANCE SLOWER RIDING UP FROM THE SOUTH AND SLOWER MOVING COLD FRONT ALL TOGETHER. AS A RESULT...WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR A FEW MORE HOURS THURSDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS. GFS DEEPER THAN ECMWF WITH UPPER LEVEL LOW ACROSS NORTHERN GREAT LAKES/ONTARIO/QUEBEC REGION BY FRIDAY MORNING. BY SUNDAY 12Z...ALMOST LOOKS LIKE ECMWF IS TYING TO SET UP A CLOSED LOW TO OUR SOUTH. THE DEEPER LOW OF THE MRF SHOWS QUICKER MOVEMENT IN KICKING OUT THE MOISTURE QUICKER ACROSS THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS. OTHERWISE...DRY AS OF NOW...FOR REMAINING PERIODS. .RLX... WV...NONE. VA...NONE. KY...NONE. OH...NONE. 29/KF ********************************************************************* 1025 AM EDT SUN AUG 31 2003 THE WET HOLIDAY WEEKEND CONTINUES AGAIN TODAY. BATCH OF PRECIP MOVING ACROSS SERN OH ATT A RESULT OF H7 WAVE PASSING ATOP WARM AIR ADVECTION IN THE LOWEST 8KFT. AS FRONT CURRENTLY ACROSS KDAN TO KTYS TO KEVV MOVES NORTH...IT SHALL BRING HIGHEST AREAL COVERAGE OF PRECIP TO SOUTHERN AREAS THIS AFTERNOON...THUS LKLY POPS. K INDICES RUN WELL INTO THE 30S...PWATS TOP 1.8...AND WARM CLOUD DEPTHS OF 12KFT...ALL POINT TO +RA AGAIN. ELECTED NOT TO HOIST AN FFA AT THIS TIME GIVEN HARDEST HIT AREAS RESIDE NORTH OF WHERE HEAVY RAIN AXIS IS ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON. NEEDLESS TO SAY AMOUNTS APPROACHING 2.5 OVER THE SOUTH (WHICH WONT BE THAT HARD TO ATTAIN) SHALL CAUSE CONCERN...FARTHER N 1.5-2.0 IS ALL THATS NEEDED TO CREATE HIGH WATER PROBLEMS. NOT MUCH TWEAKING TO THE GRIDS OTHER THAN LOWERING TRW CHANCES TO SCHC AND FINE TUNING HRLY POP GRIDS. 29 ********************************************************************* 430 AM EDT SUN AUG 31 2003 SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT... BASED ON CURRENT RADAR TRENDS AND MODEL LIFT...APPEARS ETA HAS MISSED WAVE CAUSING PRECIPITATION TO OUR WEST. THEREFORE...WILL LEAN A BIT MORE TOWARD THE AVN FOR PRECIPITATION. FRONT WILL GRADUALLY LIFT NORTHWARD LATER TODAY...ALSO HELPING TO FOCUS SOME PRECIPITATION. PRECIPITABLE WATER REMAINS IMPRESSIVE...BUT MODEL DIFFERENCES HAVE CONVINCED ME TO HOLD BACK AS FAR AS A FLOOD WATCH IS CONCERNED. DAY SHIFT CAN EVALUATE AND ISSUE IF NECESSARY. MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... MORE UNCERTAINTY ABOUNDS FOR THE EARLY PART OF THE WORK WEEK AS THE MODELS...WHILE GIVING A SIMILAR SCENARIO...HAVE SOME FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL TIMING DIFFERENCES. EARLY ON...THE GFS LOOKS TO BE IN BETTER SYNC WITH BRING THE WARM FRONT AND ASSOCIATED RAIN INTO THE REGION LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. THE ETA IS A TOUCH SLOWER WITH THIS MOVEMENT AND THAT COULD BE THE RESULT OF UNDER ESTIMATING THE WAVE CURRENTLY ACROSS KY. THUS EARLY ON IN THE PERIOD...HAVE TRENDED TOWARD THE GFS SCENARIO. BY MONDAY NIGHT...START RELYING MORE HEAVILY ON THE ETA AS THE GFS HAS UNDER DONE A FAIRLY STRONG SHORTWAVE EJECTING EASTWARD FROM THE ROCKIES. THE RESULTS OF THE STRONGER SHORTWAVE...IS A MORE DEFINE SFC LOW AND A WARM FRONT THAT MOVES FURTHER NORTH...FOCUSING THE MORE ALONG THE I-70 CORRIDOR. IT IS ALSO SLOWER TO MOVE THE FRONT AND MOISTURE PLUME ACROSS THE REGION ON TUESDAY. BY WEDNESDAY...MOST OF THE DEEP MOISTURE LOOKS TO BE TO THE EAST...WHICH MAY BE LEADING TO SOME DRY WEATHER...BUT WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE STILL HANGING AROUND WITH ANOTHER FRONT TO THE WEST AND SIGNIFICANT SHORTWAVE SHARPENING THE UPPER TROUGH OVER THE LAKES...HAVE KEPT THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS. FOR TEMPERATURES...MONDAY IS CHALLENGING AS THE GUIDANCE IS SPREAD PRETTY WELL. OUR PREVIOUS NUMBERS WHERE VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH THE GFS...BUT UNLESS THE CLOUDS REMAIN FIRMLY ENTRENCHED MOST OF THE DAY...THE LOWER MAV NUMBERS WILL BE HARD TO MAINTAIN. AT THIS POINT THINK THAT SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS SHOULD DEVELOP IN THE WARM SECTOR SO HAVE RAISED NUMBERS A COUPLE OF DEGREES TOWARD THE MET/FWC NUMBERS. HAVE FOLLOW SIMILAR THINKING MONDAY NIGHT OF RAISING MIN TEMPS IN THE WARM SECTOR. WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND MOISTURE AXIS MOVING EAST ON TUESDAY...COOLED TEMPS DOWN TOWARD MAV NUMBERS. RPY/ESS ********************************************************************* 800 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2003 WILL DO AN UPDATE TO REMOVE THE FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND LOWER THE POPS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. THE FRONT CONTINUES JUST NORTH OF CRW AND EKN...BUT THE PCPN HAS MOVED OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT. BUT WILL BRING PCPN BACK AFTER MIDNIGHT TO MATCH UP WITH THE LIKELY POPS SUNDAY. ONCE AGAIN WILL CANCEL THE FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT. THE TEMPERATURES ARE ON TRACK AND WILL LET STAND AS THEY ARE FOR NOW. ELW ********************************************************************
KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-010143- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 348 PM EDT SUN AUG 31 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND MOST OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE... ABUNDANT MOISTURE REMAINS IN THE ATMOSPHERE WITH A FRONT STRETCHING ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL. LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS COULD NOT BE RULED OUT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS TWO FOLD THREAT OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER TOMORROW...ONE BEING THE CONTINUED CHANCE OF SEEING HIGH WATER PROBLEMS...AS THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS TROPICAL. SECOND THE CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM CLARKSBURG TO CHARLESTON TO WILLIAMSON AND POINTS WEST. DAMAGING WINDS SHALL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
WVZ036-037-010000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 654 PM EDT SUN AUG 31 2003 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CONCERNING HEAVY RAINFALL... HEAVY RAINFALL WAS AFFECTING PORTIONS OF NICHOLAS AND FAYETTE COUNTIES THIS EVENING. IN NICHOLAS COUNTY...MT NEBO REPORTED TWO TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES RAINFALL IN A SHORT TIME...WITH SOMEWHAT LESS THAN THAT JUST TO THE NORTH IN SUMMERSVILLE. THE RAINFALL IN MT NEBO WAS ENOUGH TO FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER THE SOUTHWEST HALF OF NICHOLAS COUNTY WILL SPREAD OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE COUNTY THROUGH 8 PM. MINOR NUISANCE FLOODING...SUCH AS WATER BACKING UP IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS OR PONDING ON ROADWAYS...CAN BE EXPECTED. SMALL QUICK RESPONSE CREEKS WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO RISE. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING ME BE NEEDED FOR NICHOLAS COUNTY IF HEAVY RAINFALL PERSISTS OVER THE SAME AREAS. IN WEBSTER COUNTY...THERE HAS BEEN WATER ON ROADS IN OAK HILL...BUT THE RAIN HAS ALL BUT EXITED THAT COUNTY. NO MORE THAN MINOR RESIDUAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED THERE. REMEMBER TO KEEP SMALL CHILDREN AWAY FROM SMALL CREEKS THAT ARE SWOLLEN AND FLOWING FAST...AND DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS ROADWAY THAT IS COVERED BY WATER...ESPECIALLY MOVING WATER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/RLX .END / TRM
WVZ036-037-010000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 654 PM EDT SUN AUG 31 2003...CORRECTED COUNTY REFERENCE... HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CONCERNING HEAVY RAINFALL... HEAVY RAINFALL WAS AFFECTING PORTIONS OF NICHOLAS AND FAYETTE COUNTIES THIS EVENING. IN NICHOLAS COUNTY...MT NEBO REPORTED TWO TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES RAINFALL IN A SHORT TIME...WITH SOMEWHAT LESS THAN THAT JUST TO THE NORTH IN SUMMERSVILLE. THE RAINFALL IN MT NEBO WAS ENOUGH TO FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER THE SOUTHWEST HALF OF NICHOLAS COUNTY WILL SPREAD OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE COUNTY THROUGH 8 PM. MINOR NUISANCE FLOODING...SUCH AS WATER BACKING UP IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS OR PONDING ON ROADWAYS...CAN BE EXPECTED. SMALL QUICK RESPONSE CREEKS WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO RISE. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING ME BE NEEDED FOR NICHOLAS COUNTY IF HEAVY RAINFALL PERSISTS OVER THE SAME AREAS. IN FAYETTE COUNTY...THERE HAS BEEN WATER ON ROADS IN OAK HILL...BUT THE RAIN HAS ALL BUT EXITED THAT COUNTY. NO MORE THAN MINOR RESIDUAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED THERE. REMEMBER TO KEEP SMALL CHILDREN AWAY FROM SMALL CREEKS THAT ARE SWOLLEN AND FLOWING FAST...AND DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS ROADWAY THAT IS COVERED BY WATER...ESPECIALLY MOVING WATER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/RLX .END / TRM
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:00 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Small streams feeding into the Holly River flooded roads around Jumbo and Skelt. Four people were evacuated. A few miles south, the nearest cooperative observer measured 2.26 inches of rain during the 24 hour period, that included this event.
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: 5334650.