Flash Flood, Marion
- When
- June 14, 2:40 PM EST to 3:30 PM EST
- Where
- Marion County, 4 mi NE of Valley Falls
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 39.510, -80.243 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hopewell Rd flooded.
Flash Flood in West Virginia, June 14, 2003
1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What forecasters said that day
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, 2:10 PM EST, 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 2:10 PM EST, 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 310 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2003 FRONT IS RIGHT ON OUR DOORSTEP BUT DEWPOINTS SLOW TO DROP IMMEDIATELY BEHIND. TROUBLE AREA TODAY HAS BEEN ACROSS NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA WITH REPEATED CELLS MOVING DUE WEST TO EAST INTO THE MOUNTAINS. HAVE EXTENDED THE FLOOD WATCH FOR OUR WEST VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND COUNTY(S) WHICH SHOULD CONTINUE TO SEE RAINFALL THROUGH TONIGHT. HOW FAR SOUTH THE FRONT MOVES WILL DETERMINE CLOUD COVER OVERNIGHT AND POSSIBILITY OF MORNING FOG...WILL LET THE EVENING SHIFT MAKE THAT CALL BASED ON ACTUAL FRONT LOCATION. PLEASANT WEATHER IN STORE FOR A FEW DAYS WITH HIGH PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE LAKES. THIS WILL HOLD THE BOUNDARY TO OUR SOUTH BUT AS THE HIGH MOVES INTO THE ATLANTIC BY WEDNESDAY, WE COULD SEE A RETURN FLOW OF MOISTURE...STILL SOME MODEL DIFFERENCES AND WENT WITH COLLABORATION FOR TIMING LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. THE GARDEN HAS PLENTY OF WATER NOW ITS TIME FOR SOME SUNSHINE. PIT 61 80 58 81 / 40 10 10 10 HLG 60 79 57 78 / 40 10 10 10 MGW 61 80 59 79 / 50 10 10 10 ZZV 62 80 60 80 / 40 10 0 10 PHD 60 80 57 78 / 30 10 10 10 FKL 58 78 56 76 / 30 10 10 10 DUJ 57 77 54 76 / 30 10 10 10 LBE 60 79 57 78 / 40 10 10 10 BTP 58 78 56 76 / 30 10 10 10 IDI 57 77 54 76 / 30 10 10 10 ODM 59 76 53 74 / 70 30 10 10 .PBZ... MD...FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS EVENING FOR ZONE MDZ001. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS EVENING FOR ZONES WVZ012...WVZ021>023...WVZ041. TYBURSKI
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 4:00 AM EST, 10 hours 40 minutes before
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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 10:40 AM EST, 4 hours before
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 radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:38 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, June 14, 2003
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, June 14, 2003
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, June 14, 2003
- High Surf in Oregon, June 14, 2003
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 14, 2003
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 14, 2003
- Tornadoes in Illinois, June 14, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 14, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 14 to 15, 2003
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, June 14, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 14, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 14, 2003
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, June 2003
Sources
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: 5365257.