9 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 Jun 14, 9:30 AM EST, 5 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1030 AM EDT SAT JUN 14 2003 ******************************************************************** 1030 AM EDT SAT JUN 14 2003 THE SURFACE FRONT WILL SLIDE SLOWLY OVER THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. A SHORTWAVE WILL APPROACH DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE LIKELY POPS ARE REASONABLE FOR THE WEST AND NORTH WITH CHANCE ELSEWHERE. WITH THE ABUNDANT MOISTURE...HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE WITH THESE. WILL RAISE THE TEMPERATURES A BIT THIS AFTERNOON TO LOWER 80S WEST AND NEAR 80 EAST. .RLX... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. VA...NONE. KY...NONE. .END/ELW ******************************************************************** 310 AM EDT SAT JUN 14 2003 TODAY AND TONIGHT... SAME STORY AGAIN TODAY AS WE REMAIN IN VERY MOIST AIR MASS WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER AROUND 1.5 TO 1.75. THE ONE DIFFERENCE TODAY AS OPPOSED TO PREVIOUS DAYS IS THAT WE WILL HAVE SOME SORT OF FOCUSING MECHANISM TO FOCUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CURRENTLY A COLD FRONT IS SITUATED FROM SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA TO A LOW OVER SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SLIDE SOUTHEAST TODAY AND BY 00Z SUNDAY BE ALIGNED ALONG MY NORTHWEST CWA. NOW THAT THERE IS A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR CONVECTION...AM A BIT CONCERNED THAT WE COULD SEE SOME PROBLEMS DEVELOP IF THINGS GET ORGANIZED. HPC HAS NORTHWEST CWA IN ISOLATED EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THREAT. HELD OFF ON ANY TYPE OF FLOOD WATCH DUE TO FAIRLY HIGH FFG VALUES IN SOUTHEAST OHIO AND BECAUSE OF THE UNCERTAINTY AS TO HOW THINGS WILL DEVELOP TODAY. DAY SHIFT WILL BE ABLE TO EVALUATE THE THREAT AS STORMS BEGIN TO DEVELOP AND SEE WHERE ANY ORGANIZATION TAKES PLACE. WILL PLAY LIKELY POPS ACROSS SOUTHEAST OHIO INTO NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND CHANCE ELSEWHERE TODAY...AND GO WITH HIGH CHANCE 50 POP EVERYWHERE TONIGHT AS FRONT SLOWLY SLIDES SOUTHEASTWARD. WILL BE ANOTHER MUGGY DAY TODAY AND MILD NIGHT TONIGHT. SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... MODELS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT THAT NORTHERN STREAM SHORT WAVE SWEEPING SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST CANADA...WHICH WAS TO PUSH FRONT AND PRECIPITATION SOUTH OF CWA BY SUNDAY...WILL NOT BE STRONG ENOUGH TO DO THIS. FRONT WILL ONLY PUSH VERY SLOWLY SOUTH THROUGH THE CWA DURING SUNDAY WITH A SERIES OF WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES RIDING ALONG THE FRONT...EACH DISTURBANCE HELPING TO NUDGE IT SOUTHWARD. EXPECT MOST OF THE PRECIP TO SLOWLY END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ON SUNDAY...AS THE FRONT PRESSES INTO THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE CWA BY SUNDAY EVENING. THE FRONT WILL THEN STALL JUST SOUTH OF THE CWA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...SO WILL KEEP SMALL CHANCE ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE CWA. BEYOND MONDAY...THE FORECAST GOOD WEATHER IS ALSO IN DOUBT...BUT I HESITATE TO MAKE WHOLESALE CHANGES WHEN THE PATTERN IS IN A TURMOIL. SO WILL KEEP DRY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH NEXT FRONT AND PRECIP ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. LITTLE CHANGE TO GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES. HC/JMV ******************************************************************** 1000 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2003 WILL UPDATE FORECAST TO LOWER POPS AND WINDS TONIGHT. RPY ******************************************************************** 245 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2003 ...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH 24 HOURS. THE UPPER LEVEL TROF WITH SHORTWAVES EJECTING ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT. THE TROF MOVES EAST DURING THE PERIOD AS SURFACE MAKE A SLOW PROGRESSION EAST. A WAVE DEVELOPS ALONG THE SOUTHWEST OF THE FRONT AND MOVES ALONG IT. THE SURFACE FRONT HANGS UP ALONG THE APPALACHIANS BY SATURDAY EVENING. WILL CONTINUE THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE TONIGHT DUE TO THE HIGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONTENT IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE LIFT PROVIDED BY THE SHORTWAVES AND SURFACE FRONT. THE TEMPERATURES ARE REASONABLE DUE TO THE CLOUD COVER AND PRECIPITATION. SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... THROUGH THE PERIOD WE WILL BE RIDING THE ROLLER COASTER. FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AND HANGS TO OUR SOUTH AND EAST. SUNDAY SHOULD BE RELATIVELY DRY BUT NEXT SYSTEM MOVES UP FROM THE SOUTHEAST AND MOVES FRONT OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CWA BY TUESDAY MORNING. ENDING POPS FROM WEST TO EAST ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. KEEPING SLIGHT CHC EARLY SUNDAY. RE-INTRODUCED SLIGHT CHC POPS LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES CLOSE TO GUIDANCE AND CLUSTER GRIDS. OUT PERIODS TUESDAY --> CONSISTENCY REMAINS AS HIGH PRESSURE ANCHORS OVER THE MID ATLANTIC BOTH AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT FOR MUCH OF THE PERIOD. AS SURFACE ANTICYCLONE SLIDES OFF THE EAST COAST...SYSTEMS ARE ALLOWED TO TRACK OUR WAY BY WEEKS END. MORE A ZONAL FLOW DEVELOPS BY THURSDAY WHICH CARRIES A FRONT TO THE OHIO RIVER BY AFTERNOON..THEN SOME DEBATE IF IT KEEPS TREKKING TO THE COAST. MID LEVEL HEIGHTS FALL AND WEAKENING UPSTREAM RIDGE SUPPORT PRECIP CHANCES ON THROUGH FRIDAY WITH FRONT STALLING ALONG THE MOUNTAINS. GIVEN ITS DAY 7 WILL CARRY CHANCE POPS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY ALL AREAS...WITH SOME AFTERNOON PRECIP MENTION WEST OF THE OHIO RIVER. TEMPS SHALL HAVE A DECENT DIURNAL TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH LITTLE CLOUD COVER...DAY 6 AND 7 MORE OF A DEBATE ON HOW FAST MOISTURE RETURNS. LEANED ON THE COOLER SIDE THESE DAYS. .RLX... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. VA...NONE. KY...NONE. ELW/SIKORA/99 ********************************************************************
KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-141500- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 530 AM EDT SAT JUN 14 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND MOST OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE... HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL BE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN TODAY. ORGANIZED STORMS COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR...WHICH COULD CAUSE LOCAL FLASH FLOODING. SOUTHEAST OHIO...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA IS MOST AT RISK TODAY...WHILE THE THREAT WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ORGANIZED STORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR...WHICH COULD CAUSE LOCAL FLASH FLOODING. SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA WILL BE MOST AT RISK. COLEMAN
KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-142130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 241 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2003 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...FOR MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA...SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...AND EXTREME WESTERN PORTIONS OF VIRGINIA. IN THE WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE POPPED UP. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. IF HEAVY RAIN DOES FALL...MINOR WATER PROBLEMS CAN BE EXPECTED IN POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 34 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:06 UTC.
9 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Creeks such as Big Harts and Frances flooded. Private bridges and outbuilding were damaged. About 4 homes had minor water damage.
Roads were flooded by small streams. No dwellings were affected.
Small streams feeding into the Guyandotte River flooded several roads.
A mobile home was flooded along Route 33, by the headwaters of Steer Creek.
Water overflowed onto Routes 21 and 622 from small streams. A few homes sustained water damage.
Streams overflowed from Teays Valley on south. A rain gauge in Hurricane measured 2.7 inches of rain in 1 hour. One mobile home was destroyed, about a dozen other homes had major damage. One church and a public pool were also damaged.
Roads along Ball and Charley Creeks flooded.
Localized downpours of 1.5 to 2.5 inches hit the city during the evening. A few basements received water damage, while roads were flooded.
Small streams, such as Nutter Fork and Piggin Run, flooded. Route 18 was blocked by high water.
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: 5366173, 5366174, 5366254, 5364795, 5364798, 5364797, 5364796, 5364799, 5364800.