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 Jul 28, 9:15 AM EST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1015 AM EDT MON JUL 28 2003 FRONT CURRENTLY FROM NEAR WHEELING TO AROUND CINCINNATI. HEAVIEST SHOWERS/TSTORMS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY DRIFTING EAST AND SOUTHEAST. HOPEFULLY THIS TREND CONTINUES AND WE CAN AVOID HEAVIEST RAINS ACROSS OUR AREA (BEING OPTIMISTIC). A FEW SHOWERS STILL POSSIBLE NORTH OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY AS SHORT WAVE SWINGS ON THROUGH TODAY. FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE VALUES HAVE REBOUNDED A BIT WITH RECENT DRY DAYS...HOWEVER WILL MONITOR CLOSELY CURRENT SITUATION FOR ANY TRAINING OF PRECIP. WILL UPDATE ZONES. .RLX... WV...NONE. VA...NONE. KY...NONE. OH...NONE. END/ DB ******************************************************************* 350 AM EDT MON JUL 28 2003 MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT... THE BIG QUESTION IS THE TIMING OF THE COLD FRONT. THE MODELS ARE CLOSER THIS MORNING THAN IN PREVIOUS RUNS...BUT STILL LOOK A LITTLE FAST...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL WAVE...CURRENTLY OVER WESTERN IL MOVES EAST DURING THE DAY. AT THIS POINT...THE ETA IS SLOWER WITH THE MOVEMENT AND ITS POSITION WAS GENERALLY USED. THIS IDEA WOULD KEEP MOISTURE AND GOOD LIFT OVER MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY MAKING SHOWERS AND TSTORMS LIKELY. BY NIGHT THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STRETCH FROM ROUGHLY EKN TO HTS. NORTH OF THE FRONT...ENOUGH MOISTURE SHOULD STILL BE AVAILABLE THAT ANY SHORTWAVES ROTATING THROUGH COULD STILL PRODUCE SOME SHOWERS EARLY THUS HAVE LEFT CHANCE POPS NORTH OF THE FRONT. FOR TEMPERATURES...HAVE GONE ON THE COOL SIDE AS CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION SHOULD KEEP READINGS DOWN. HAVE TRENDED TOWARD MAV NUMBERS. FOR TONIGHT...NO BIG DEVIATIONS FROM GUIDANCE. TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... ALL MODELS HAVE BEEN TOO FAST WITH THE FRONT ON PREVIOUS RUNS...SO WILL OPT FOR A SLOWER SOLUTION TONIGHT. THIS MEANS A REMAINING CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN ALL BUT THE NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES ON TUESDAY. NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. BASED ON CURRENT MODEL RUNS...WILL REMOVE DRY PERIOD EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. .END/ESS/RPY ******************************************************************* 915 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2003 ...EVENING UPDATE DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS WEAKENED SIGNIFICANTLY AS PRECIP ENTERED THE CWA...AND THE SUN SET. GREATEST INSTABILITY REMAINS TO THE NORTH. AS A RESULT...WILL FRESHEN UP FORECAST FOR OVERNIGHT PERIOD. POPS ARE IN LINE...BUT WILL DECREASE THE PROBABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS. AT THIS HOUR...ONLY A FEW STRIKES WERE NOTICED...MOSTLY TO OUR WEST AND NORTH. WILL ALSO DECREASE WIND SPEEDS TO AROUND 10 MPH OR LESS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA FURTHER AWAY FROM THE APPROACHING FRONT. UPDATE OUT SHORTLY. .END/ KF ******************************************************************* 300 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2003 TONIGHT AND MONDAY... LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAKING ENDS MEET ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO...OUT AHEAD OF ADVANCING SURFACE FRONT. MSAS SHOWS GOOD MOISTURE CONVERGENCE ALONG THIS AXIS ALONG WITH -5 LIX AND LOWERING. ABUNDANT SUNSHINE AND MODEST SOUTHWEST FEED SOUTH OF THE LINE. WILL USE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WORDING THIS EVENING FOR MY NORTHWEST ZONES. THIS FRONT HAS PW AXIS OF TWO INCHES PLUS ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF IT. THIS AXIS NOSES INTO MY WESTERN COUNTIES TONIGHT BEFORE BEING PINCHED OFF BY ADVANCING FRONT LATER MONDAY. WILL USE HEAVY WORDING WESTERN ZONES MONDAY. ON OR CLOSE TO NUMBERS...CLOSER TO MAV PATTERN ON POPS. MONDAY NIGHT THRU WEDNESDAY NIGHT... LITTLE CHANGE TO CURRENT FORECAST. MODELS PUSH FRONT THRU BRINGING GOOD DRYING TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ONE DIFFERENCE IS ON TUESDAY NIGHT WHERE THE GFS BRINGS A WAVE THROUGH WEST VIRGINIA ALONG THE FRONT AND THE ETA DOES NOT. WITH THE AVIATION PUSHING THE FRONT QUICKLY OUT AFTER THE WAVE PASSES IT HAS NO REAL IMPACT ON THE FORECAST. THE ACTUAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD BE MUCH GREATER TUESDAY NIGHT IF THIS PANS OUT. THURSDAY THRU SUNDAY... COLD FRONT DROPPING SLOWLY FROM THE UPPER GREAT LAKES NEVER REACHES AREA AS IT WASHES OUT/PULLS OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. ANOTHER STATIONARY BOUNDARY SETS UP ACROSS THE SPINE OF THE APPALACHIANS EARLY IN THE PERIOD...BUT WITHDRAWS BY THE WEEKEND. AS A RESULT WILL CARRY SHOWERS/TSTORMS THURSDAY AND INTO FRIDAY AND KEEP THE WEEKEND CLEAR AT THIS TIME. FOLLOWED TEMP GUIDANCE FAIRLY CLOSELY AS DONT EXPECT MUCH DAY TO DAY VARIATION BETWEEN OVERNIGHT LOWS AND DAYTIME HIGHS. TRM/AR/DB *******************************************************************
KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-281500- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 500 AM EDT MON JUL 28 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND MOST OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE... A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL TRY AND SLIDE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WITH THE FRONT AND COULD PRODUCE SOME MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL AT TIMES. THIS COULD CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED WATER PROBLEMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SEYMOUR
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 55 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:28 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Spencer measured 2.9 inches of rain for its 24 hour amount, most of which fell in a few hours. Goff Run, Spring Creek, and Reedy Creek flooded roads. Water surrounded a few homes, but did not get inside.
Leatherbark Creek surrounded a few homes along Route 33. Secondary roads around Mt Zion were flooded.
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, July 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: 5379606, 5379607.