1 funnel cloud, 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 Sep 4, 3:05 PM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 405 PM EDT SAT SEP 4 2004 .SHORT TERM (REST OF TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)... HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTHEAST THROUGH OUT THE PERIOD. THIS WILL KEEP THE AREA MAINLY DRY THROUGH MONDAY. THE LONE EXCEPTION WILL BE IN THE UPSLOPE AREAS OF RALEIGH...FAYETTE...AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES WHERE THE SOUTHEAST UPSLOPE WILL BRING ATLANTIC MOISTURE INTO THAT AREA AND CLOUDS AND SHOWERS COULD DEVELOP. FOR TONIGHT...HAVE KEPT THE FORECAST DRY...BUT THERE IS SOME CONCERN THAT A FEW LINGER SHOWERS COULD MOVE ACROSS NE WV...NEAR CKB AND EKN WITH A SHORTWAVE THAT IS DROPPING SE THROUGH WRN PA. BUT FOR NOW...WILL KEEP THINGS DRY. OVERALL SHOULD SEE CLOUD DISSIPATE AND CLEAR SKIES OVERNIGHT. SOME FOG COULD AGAIN DEVELOP IN THE RIVER VALLEYS. SUNDAY LOOKS TO BE WARM AND DRY AS THE WIND FLOW BEGINS TO TURN OUT OF THE EAST WHICH WILL PRODUCE A DOWNSLOPE COMPONENT...LEADING TO THE WARM READINGS OVER CENTRAL WV. THE HIGH CONTINUES THE DRY WEATHER THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...EXCEPT FOR THOSE UPSLOPE COUNTIES. THIS PATTERN SHOULD HOLD INTO MONDAY NIGHT...BUT AS THE HIGH PRESSURE OVER NEW ENGLAND BEGINS TO RELAX AND THE REMNANTS OF FRANCES BEGINS TO THROW MOISTURE THIS WAY...MORE CLOUDS SHOULD BEGIN TO ENCROACH UPON THE REGION LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. && .LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)... THE REMAINS OF HURRICANE FRANCES ARE THE BIG FORECAST ISSUE FOR THE EXTENDED FORECAST. THE NEW AVN RUN BRINGS THE SYSTEM OVER OUR WESTERN COUNTIES...WHILE PREVIOUS RUNS ARE FURTHER WEST. TIMING ISSUES STILL CONTINUE AS WELL WITH THE SYSTEM WITH MOST MODELS BEING SLOWER THAN PREVIOUSLY. WILL GO WITH A SLOWER TIMING BUT HEDGE POPS A BIT BASED ON LOCATION UNCERTAINTY. FLOODING COULD BE A PROBLEM FOR MID WEEK. WILL HAVE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... THE FOLLOWING WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED AT 125 PM EDT SAT SEP 4 2004 AVIATION... HIGH PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF NEW ENGLAND CONTINUES TO BUILD SOUTHWARD AND WILL HELP KEEP BENIGN CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION FOR THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. FOR NOW...THE ONLY ISSUE COULD BE FOG DEVELOPMENT OVERNIGHT WHICH COULD DROP CONDITIONS DOWN TO IFR OR LIFR BETWEEN ABOUT 9Z TO 13Z ON SUNDAY. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL. THE ONLY POSSIBLE EXCEPT COULD BE FOR CKB/EKN THIS EVENING AS A TAIL OF A SHORTWAVE MOVE SOUTHEAST FROM NE OH ACROSS THIS AREA. FOR NOW...HAVE ONLY PLAYED THIS AS A LOW MID DECK CLOUD LAYER...BUT CURRENT RADAR DOES SHOW A FEW SCATTERED ECHOES ACROSS NE OH NOW SO A SHOWER COULD POP UP LATER THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WITH THE CHANCES MARGINAL HAVE NOT INCLUDED THEM IN THE FORECAST. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... THE FOLLOWING WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED AT 1021 AM EDT SAT SEP 4 2004 SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)... CURRENT FORECAST APPEARS TO BE ON TRACK AT THIS TIME. HAVE MADE A FEW MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE SKY GRIDS BASED ON THE CURRENT SATELLITE IMAGERY. HAVE LOWERED SKY AMOUNTS ACROSS NORTHERN PARTS OF THE AREA AND INCREASED THEM IN THE SOUTH AS THE BAND OF MID TO HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS IS NOW STREAMING NE ACROSS TN INTO NORTH CENTRAL VA. ACROSS NRN WV AND OH...WHILE SKY IS GENERALLY CLR...CUMULUS DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BEGIN IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS 850 MOISTURE IS CERTAINLY AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...NO OTHER CHANGES ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)... HIGH PRESSURE WILL GRADUALLY MOVE OFF TO THE EAST BY MONDAY AND THIS SHOULD ALLOW HURRICANE FRANCES TO MAKE A TURN TO THE NORTH MONDAY NIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY. LATEST MODELS ARE A LITTLE SLOWER THAN TPC FORECAST. WITH THIS IN MIND...HAVE SLOWED DOWN THE MORE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH FRANCES BY 6 TO 12 HOURS. OTHERWISE... ONLY A FEW MINOR CHANGES MADE TO THE REMAINING GRIDS. WE WILL NEED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE TRACK OF FRANCES...AS DEPENDING ON THIS TRACK...RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM THIS STORM COULD MEET OR POSSIBLY EXCEED FLASH FLOOD VALUES IN SOME AREAS. WE WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS THREAT IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CRWHWORLX. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. VA...NONE. KY...NONE. OH...NONE. && SHORT TERM...ESS LONG TERM...RPY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 437 AM EDT SAT SEP 4 2004 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-050836- ATHENS OH-BARBOUR WV-BOONE WV-BOYD KY-BRAXTON WV-BUCHANAN VA- CABELL WV-CALHOUN WV-CARTER KY-CLAY WV-DICKENSON VA-DODDRIDGE WV- FAYETTE WV-GALLIA OH-GILMER WV-GREENUP KY-HARRISON WV-JACKSON WV- JACKSON OH-KANAWHA WV-LAWRENCE OH-LAWRENCE KY-LEWIS WV-LINCOLN WV- LOGAN WV-MASON WV-MCDOWELL WV-MEIGS OH-MINGO WV-MORGAN OH- NICHOLAS WV-PERRY OH-PLEASANTS WV-POCAHONTAS WV-PUTNAM WV-RALEIGH WV- RANDOLPH WV-RITCHIE WV-ROANE WV-TAYLOR WV-TYLER WV-UPSHUR WV- VINTON OH-WASHINGTON OH-WAYNE WV-WEBSTER WV-WIRT WV-WOOD WV- WYOMING WV- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHLAND...ATHENS...BECKLEY...BUCKHANNON... CHARLESTON...CLARKSBURG...CLAY...CLINTWOOD...DURBIN...ELIZABETH... ELKINS...FAYETTEVILLE...GALLIPOLIS...GLENVILLE...GRAFTON... GRANTSVILLE...GRAYSON...GREENUP...GRUNDY...HAMLIN...HARRISVILLE... HUNTINGTON...IRONTON...JACKSON...LOGAN...LOUISA...MADISON... MARIETTA...MARLINTON...MCARTHUR...MIDDLEBOURNE...NEW LEXINGTON... PARKERSBURG...PHILIPPI...PINEVILLE...POINT PLEASANT...POMEROY... RIPLEY...ROCK CAVE...SNOWSHOE...SPENCER...STONEWALL JACKSON LAKE... SUMMERSVILLE...SUTTON...WAYNE...WEBSTER SPRINGS...WELCH... WEST UNION...WESTON...WILLIAMSON AND WINFIELD 437 AM EDT SAT SEP 4 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN OHIO... NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND MOST OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... WE WILL BE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE FRANCES EARLY NEXT WEEK. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THE HEAVIER RAINS MAY APPROACH OUR AREA TUESDAY NIGHT OR WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FLOODING PROBLEMS FROM THESE RAINS. THE TIMING AND AMOUNT OF THE RAIN IS STILL VERY UNCERTAIN. BE SURE TO MONITOR FUTURE STATMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON THIS POTENTIAL HAZARD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. CL
WVZ046-042245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 517 PM EDT SAT SEP 4 2004 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER POCAHONTAS COUNTY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS ARE VERY SLOW MOVING AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A QUICK ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A FEW SPOTS OVER SOUTHWEST POCAHONTAS COUNTY HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED UP TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 4 PM AND 5:15 PM. THIS MAY PRODUCE VERY LOCALIZED WATER PROBLEMS WHERE THE HEAVIEST STORMS OCCUR. THE ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH BY 7 PM WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING. PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
WVZ046-042245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...RETRANSMISSION. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 525 PM EDT SAT SEP 4 2004 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER POCAHONTAS COUNTY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS ARE VERY SLOW MOVING AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A QUICK ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A FEW SPOTS OVER SOUTHWEST POCAHONTAS COUNTY HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED UP TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 4 PM AND 5:15 PM. THIS MAY PRODUCE VERY LOCALIZED WATER PROBLEMS WHERE THE HEAVIEST STORMS OCCUR. THE ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH BY 7 PM WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING. PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...RETRANSMISSION. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 535 PM EDT SAT SEP 4 2004 WVZ046-042245- POCAHONTAS WV- 535 PM EDT SAT SEP 4 2004 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER POCAHONTAS COUNTY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS ARE VERY SLOW MOVING AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A QUICK ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A FEW SPOTS OVER SOUTHWEST POCAHONTAS COUNTY HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED UP TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 4 PM AND 5:15 PM. THIS MAY PRODUCE VERY LOCALIZED WATER PROBLEMS WHERE THE HEAVIEST STORMS OCCUR. THE ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH BY 7 PM WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING. PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:58 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Slow moving showers produced a rope like funnel cloud west of the city.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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