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 Jun 17, 10:04 PM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1104 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2003 ****************************************************************** 1104 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2003 LOWERED POPS AS ACTIVITY HAS DIMINISHED AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PUSHES EAST. TIMING OF SYSTEM AND LOW LEVEL THETA E FEED AHEAD OF IT NEXT FEW HOURS STILL WARRANTS GOOD CHANCE NEAR AND EAST OF CURRENT ACTIVITY. CONTINUED FFA EVEN WEST OF OHIO WHERE WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS MAINTAINED. 00Z KILN PW STILL 1.26 INCHES. .RLX... WV...FLOOD WATCH OVERNIGHT FOR ZONES WVZ005>011...WVZ013>020...WVZ024>040...WVZ046>047. VA...FLOOD WATCH OVERNIGHT FOR ZONES VAZ003>004. KY...FLOOD WATCH OVERNIGHT FOR ZONES KYZ101>103...KYZ105. OH...FLOOD WATCH OVERNIGHT FOR ZONES OHZ066>067...OHZ075>076...OHZ083>087. TRM ****************************************************************** 425 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2003 TONIGHT AND TOMORROW... MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROF TO OUR WEST WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH THE PERIOD. THIS FEATURE...ABUNDANT LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE AND INCREASING INSTABILITY WILL RESULT IN A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. STILL BELIEVE HEAVY RAIN IS A DEFINITE POSSIBILITY WITH THE STRONGER STORMS TONIGHT. SO...WILL CONTINUE FFA UNTIL 4 AM. SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR FLOWING INTO THE AREA BEHIND THIS FEATURE WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS DRYING OUT FROM THE WEST LATE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW. TOMORROW NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... MODELS CONTINUE TO HAVE GOOD CONTINUITY ON THE COLD FRONT CROSSING THE REGION MIDDAY ON THURSDAY...BUT THEN THINGS BEGIN TO DIFFER ON THE LOCATION OF THE CLOSED UPPER LOW THAT FORMS EAST OF THE REGION. THE ETA IS FURTHER NORTH OVER NEW ENGLAND WITH THE GFS MORE IN THE MID ATLANTIC STATES. IN EITHER CASE...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN AND DRIES THINGS OUT. BUT THERE COULD BE CLOUDS LEFT IN THE UPSLOPE REGIONS IN THE NRN WV MOUNTAINS ON FRIDAY DUE TO THE UPPER LOW. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FOR THE UPCOMING WEEKEND...BRINGING AN END TO THE WET WEATHER THAT HAS PLAGUED THE REGION. FOR TEMPERATURES...HAVE RUN MORE WITH THE ETA/NGM FOR MAX TEMPS ON THURSDAY AS 850 TEMPS AND SOME SUN SUPPORT READINGS INTO THE UPPERS 70S OUT AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. FOR FRIDAY...HAVE GONE COOLER THAN GUIDANCE AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN...MIXING SHOULD BE LIMITED AND 850 TEMPS IN THE 10C TO 12C RANGE ONLY SUPPORT READINGS INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S WITH SFC CONDITIONS BEING SO WET. FOR MIN TEMPS GUIDANCE LOOKS OKAY WED NIGHT AND THURSDAY NIGHT. FOR FRIDAY NIGHT...WENT COOLER THAN PREV FCST TOWARD THE MEX NUMBERS AS GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. JSH/ESS/KTB ****************************************************************** 1047 AM EDT TUE JUN 17 2003 LATEST RADAR LOOP SHOWS AN AREA OF SHOWERS ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS OF NORTHERN WV WITH ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COALFIELDS. OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA. THESE SHOWERS WERE BEING PRODUCED BY A MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROF WHICH IS INTERACTING WITH ABUNDANT LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE OVER THE AREA. THE COVERAGE OF THESE SHOWERS SHOULD INCREASE DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND CURRENT PACKAGE HAS THIS COVERED. WITH ABUNDANT CLOUDS... FEEL CURRENT WORDING OF OCCASIONAL RW+ WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN WEATHER GRIDS IS THE WAY TO GO. CURRENT THINKING IS THAT LOCATIONS ACROSS OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES MAY NOT SEE THE CURRENT FORECASTED READINGS. SO I PLAN ON MAKING SOME MINOR TWEAKS TO THE TEMP GRIDS FOR THIS AFTERNOON. JSH ****************************************************************** 320 AM EDT TUE JUN 17 2003 TODAY AND TONIGHT... AFTER BUSY EVENING WITH NUMEROUS WATER PROBLEMS ACROSS CWA...TRYING TO CATCH OUR BREATH BEFORE POTENTIAL PROBLEMS ARISE AGAIN. ALREADY EXTENDED FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 4AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWING SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH EASTERN KENTUCKY AT THIS TIME AS WELL AS THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SHORTWAVE DROPPING SOUTHEAST INTO ILLINOIS. KRLX RADAR INDICATING ADDITIONAL SHOWER DEVELOPMENT NORTH OF A JACKSON OHIO TO CHARLESTON TO BECKLEY LINE...WHICH IS GOOD IN THAT THE RAIN IS FALLING OVER AREAS THAT WERE NOT HIT HARD MONDAY. THERE IS HOWEVER SOME ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF LIGHTER SHOWERS ACROSS NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND INTO SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS PLACES A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHEAST KENTUCKY WITH THE STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING THROUGH SOUTHEAST OHIO INTO NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND DOWN THE APPALACHIANS. AS SHORTWAVE ENERGY ACTS UPON THE MOIST AIRMASS IN PLACE SHOWERS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN. THE AREA EXPECTED TO GET HIT THE MOST QPF WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA. WILL STAY IN LINE WITH GUIDANCE FOR POPS AND POST CATEGORICAL POPS EVERYWHERE WITH MENTION OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. EXPECT TEMPS TO REMAIN IN 70S AGAIN TODAY. AS THE SHORTWAVE MOVES EAST TONIGHT IT BEGINS TO TAKE SOME OF THE DEEPER MOISTURE WITH IT ALLOWING THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS TO DRY OUT A BIT AND DECREASE THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT. WILL STILL HAVE CATEGORICAL TO LIKELY POPS TONIGHT AND DECREASING DURING THE NIGHT. WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW DEEP MOISTURE MAINLY EAST OF CWA ON WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...ENOUGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY REMAIN...ALONG WITH MORE SUNSHINE AND HEATING...TO ALLOW FOR SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION ON WEDNESDAY. COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS DURING THURSDAY WITH AT LEAST SCATTERED CONVECTION ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. NO CHANGE TO PREVIOUS FORECAST BEYOND THURSDAY WITH DRY AND COOLER AIR FOR FRIDAY AND MOST OF THE WEEKEND. HC/JMV ******************************************************************
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:15 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Godby Branch flooded Route 10. One house was evacuated.
Small streams flooded and closed roads, but did not affect nearby dwellings.
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: 5364555, 5364554.