1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 14, 8:21 AM EST, 5 hours 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 921 AM EDT SAT JUN 14 2003 MORNING UPDATE INCLUDES THE ISSUANCE OF FLOOD WATCH FOR PENNSYLVANIA AND WEST VIRGINIA COUNTIES. RAIN PEPPERED OUR WV COUNTIES YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN OVERNIGHT IN PA COUNTIES. RECENT RAINS PLUS SATURATED SOIL CANNOT TAKE MUCH MORE...HOWEVER, THERE HAVE BEEN RELATIVELY LIGHTER RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND HIGHER FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE IN OHIO SO HAVE HELD OFF ON THE WATCH FOR THAT AREA. AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEXT WAVE MOVING ALONG THE TURTLE-LIKE FRONT SHOULD MAKE ITS WAY INTO THE AREA BY EARLY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED STORMS ARE BREAKING OUT AHEAD OF THIS AREA AND WITH HEAVY RAIN LAST NIGHT IN LAWRENCE, BUTLER, ARMSTRONG, AND CLARION COUNTIES, THIS IS AN AN AREA TO WATCH THROUGHOUT THE DAY. HOPING TO GET ALL OF THIS DREARY WEATHER OUT BY FATHERS DAY AND A DRYING TREND FOR NEXT WEEK. THE TOMATO PLANTS NEED SUN AS WELL AS WATER. PIT 77 60 79 57 / 50 30 10 10 HLG 78 60 79 57 / 50 30 10 10 MGW 81 62 80 60 / 70 60 30 10 ZZV 80 62 80 60 / 60 40 10 0 PHD 76 60 79 58 / 50 20 10 10 FKL 75 57 74 53 / 30 10 10 10 DUJ 74 57 74 53 / 30 10 10 10 LBE 78 60 79 57 / 50 30 10 10 BTP 76 59 75 55 / 40 20 10 10 IDI 78 59 75 55 / 40 20 10 10 ODM 76 58 76 55 / 70 60 30 10 .PBZ... MD...FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY FOR ZONE MDZ001. OH...NONE. PA...FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY FOR ZONES PAZ007>009...PAZ013>016... PAZ020>023...PAZ029>032. WV...FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY FOR ZONES WVZ001>004...WVZ012... WVZ021>023...WVZ041. TYBURSKI
MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-141100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 500 AM EDT SAT JUN 14 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. HOWEVER...AT THIS TIME...THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE LEVELS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
WVZ021-022-141730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1140 AM EDT SAT JUN 14 2003 ...HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING THROUGH THE AREA... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH MARION AND MONONGALIA COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING WATCH FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. HEAVY RAINFALL CAN QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. THE HEAVIEST SHOULD BE OVER BY 1230 PM, HOWEVER, ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE DAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:39 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Major flooding along Route 310. Numerous roads washed out. Three boys, playing near a creek, were swept away. One died. Others rescued unharmed. Dead 10-yr old boy was found in Scratchers Creek near Hopewell Rd.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood, Marion | 2003-06-14 | 10 | Male | In Water | Direct |
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, June 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: 5365256.