1 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 Jan 2, 6:00 AM EST, 5 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 600 AM EST FRI JAN 2 2004 600 AM EST FRI JAN 2 2004 MINOR UPDATE TO BRING AN END TO FIRST BATCH OF SHOWERS TO MARIETTA PKB-CKB. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. VA...NONE. KY...NONE. OH...NONE. && BATTY ****************************************************************** 315 AM EST FRI JAN 2 2004 ...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY... JET DYNAMICS AND FAST 50 KNOT MOVEMENT...BROUGHT BACK THE RAIN. NO SNOW. EVEN HIGH MOUNTAINS IN THE 40S PRIOR TO ONSET OF THE RAIN. BETWEEN 03Z AND 08Z SOME AMOUNTS OVER 0.75 VCNTY HTS AND NE KY. HOURLY RATES ABOUT 0.25. DYNAMICS WEAKEN BY 18Z OVER SOUTHERN COUNTIES. FIGURING .3 TO .6 OF RAIN BETWEEN 12-17Z IN CNTRL AND SOUTHERN COUNTIES. NOT FIGURING ON ANY SIGNFICANT WATER PROBLEMS THIS MORNING. BUT TODAYS RAIN WILL MAKE US MORE NERVOUS ABOUT THE RAIN ON SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. WITH DEW POINTS IN THE LOWER 50S THEN...WILL BE MENTIONG A HAZARD FOR THE HWORLX PRODUCT. WE ARE HAPPY THERE IS VERY LITTLE OLD SNOW COVER LEFT IN OUR MOUNTAINS. NW EDGE OF THIS MORNING RAIN SHIELD SHOULD BE NEAR PERRY COUNTY AND THE HOCKING VALLEY THIS MORNING...MAKING MORNING POP DIFFICULT THERE. A SEMI LULL TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY...BUT WITH FRONTAL ZONE COMING SOUTHEAST INTO THE HIGH DEW POINTS...POPS HIGHER TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY NIGHT FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO AND MID OHIO VALLEY NEAR PKB. WILL BASE THIS FORECAST ON FRONTAL ZONE REACHING ABOUT HTS-CRW-EKN LINE AROUND 06Z SUNDAY THEN TRYING TO RETURN NORTH ON SUNDAY AHEAD OF THE LOW PRESSURE WAVE. THIS FRONTAL ZONE PUSH IS NOT AS FAR SOUTH AS ETA SOLUTION...FIGURING IT WAS TOO DEEP ON INITIAL LOW CROSSING INTO ONTARIO TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES REMAIN VERY DIFFICULT TO FORECAST WITH FRONTAL ZONE AND WAVE FOR SUNDAY. MOST OF OUR COUNTIES SHOULD BE IN WARM SECTOR BUT RAIN MAY HOLD TEMPERATURES BELOW GFS MOS. ...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... PREFERRING SLOWER ETA SOLUTION AT THIS TIME...SEEMS TO HAVE BETTER AGREEMENT WITH THE EURO MODELS THAN THE GFS. ELECTED TO SLOW DOWN DEPARTURE OF LIKELY POPS FROM THE EASTERN COUNTIES ON SUNDAY NIGHT DUE TO THIS SOLUTION. ALSO SLOWED CHANGEOVER TO SNOW AS FAVORABLE H850 TEMPS FOR SNOW DO NOT ARRIVE IN MOST AREAS UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON. NOT EXPECTING MUCH SNOW ACCUMULATION ANYWHERE ON MONDAY. MINOR TWEAKS TO TEMPS...DID SHOW A FALLING TREND FROM NOON ON FOR MONDAY AS COLD AIR ADVECTION GETS GOING. NO CHANGES BEYOND MONDAY NIGHT AT THIS TIME. BATTY/CL ****************************************************************** 920 PM EST THU JAN 1 2004 EVENING UPDATE... WARM ADVECTION PRECIPITATION CONTINUING TO BLOSSOM AND SPREAD ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY. REGIONAL RADARS SHOWING THE HEAVIEST RAINS MOVING THROUGH EASTERN INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY RIGHT NOW. THERE HAS BEEN SOME ELEVATED THUNDER ASSOCIATED WITH THE HEAVIER SHOWERS BUT IT HAS SEEMED TO DIMINISH A BIT THIS LAST HOUR...HOWEVER FEEL THERE IS STILL A MINOR THREAT OF THUNDER IN THE WEST AND WILL ADD TO ZONES. REMAINDER OF ZONES LOOK OKAY AND WILL JUST ADJUST TO REMOVE TIMING AND CLEAN UP WORDING A BIT. HC ****************************************************************** 250 PM EST THU JAN 1 2004 TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... DRY HIGH PRESSURE QUICKLY PUSHING EASTWARD...OUT OF THE REGION. CLOUDS QUICKLY POURING IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST. WITH PLENTY OF CLOUD COVER...OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL STAY MILD AND HOVER IN THE MID 40S ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST. SHOWERS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE OVERNIGHT AS WE MONITOR SHORTWAVE COMING IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST. BEST SHOT OF SHOWERS WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...AND NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND DAYBREAK...AND THEN ACROSS SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF VIRGINIA FRIDAY MORNING. FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... WITH INITIAL SOUTHERN STREAM SHORT WAVE AND WARM FRONT WELL PAST US BY THE BEGINNING OF THIS PERIOD...WE LOOK AT A RATHER COMPLEX WEATHER SYSTEM TO AFFECT OUR CWA THIS PERIOD. MODELS AGREE NORTHERN STREAM SHORT WAVE DRAGS A COLD FRONT INTO FAR NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE CWA ON SATURDAY...BUT MODELS THEN DIVERGE ON WHETHER FRONT STALLS OR LIFTS BACK NORTH BY SUNDAY BEFORE A SOUTHERN STREAM SURFACE LOW AND ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT PUSH ACROSS SUNDAY NIGHT. GENERAL CONSENSUS IS THAT THE GFS HAS THE BEST HANDLE WHICH LIFTS THE FRONT BACK NORTH INTO CENTRAL OHIO AND INDIANA BY SUNDAY MORNING...THEN MOVING SURFACE LOW ALONG THE FRONT TO OUR NORTH BEFORE PULLING TRAILING COLD FRONT ACROSS SUNDAY NIGHT. WHILE THE POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS EXISTS EVERYWHERE FOR THE ENTIRE TIME PERIOD...THE BEST CHANCES FOR RAIN AND POTENTIAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE ACROSS THE FAR NORTH LATER SATURDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY WITH THE INITIAL BOUNDARY...THEN SWEEP ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA LATER SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT WITH THE COLD FRONT. COLD FRONT PUSHES EAST OF THE CWA BY MONDAY MORNING. HAVE TRENDED UP ON MAX TEMPERATURES TOWARD MAV GUIDANCE DESPITE EXPECTED CLOUDS...ESPECIALLY WITH A GOOD DEEP MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW INTO SUNDAY. MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... NOT REMOVING CHANCE OF PRECIP COMPLETELY ON MONDAY AS ALL MODELS INDICATE POSSIBILITY OF LINGERING WRAPAROUND MOISTURE. TUESDAY LOOKS HIGH AND DRY. SHORTWAVE SWINGING AROUND BASE OF WEAK 500MB TROF ON WEDNESDAY WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN CLOUDINESS. HAVE CHOSEN TO HOLD OFF ON PRECIP AT THIS TIME. FOLLOWED FAIRLY CLOSE TO GUIDANCE ON TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD. KF/JMV/DB ****************************************************************** 1035 AM EST THU JAN 1 2004 MORNING UPDATE DISCUSSION... UPDATE OUT SHORTLY. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES LOOK TO BE ON TRACK TODAY...TOPPING OUT IN THE LOW TO MID 50S. MADE A FEW MINOR TWEAKS TO SKY/POPS/WIND. MOST NOTICEABLE CHANGE WILL BE TO POP IMAGES TONIGHT...WITH AN INCREASE ACROSS THE BOARD. ALSO INCLUDED A THIN LINE OF 80 POPS ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER VICINITY SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. ALSO INCREASED 30 POPS TO 50 IN NORTHEASTERN ZONE GROUPINGS. KF ******************************************************************
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 430 AM EST FRI JAN 2 2004 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-021600- 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- 430 AM EST FRI JAN 2 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN OHIO... NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND MOST OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE... SHOWERS MAY BECOME HEAVY...OR REPETITIVE...TODAY INTO TONIGHT... WITH THE BEST CHANCE ACROSS OHIO AND WESTERN AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA....COMPARED TO POINTS SOUTH AND EAST. RAINS OF OVER 1.5 INCHES COULD INITIATE SOME SMALL STREAM FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... MORE SHOWERS ARE LIKELY SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN EXPANDS SOUTH AND EAST. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL BE MONITORING DEVELOPMENTS...FOR THE POTENTIAL OF FLOODING. DRIER AND COLDER AIR ARRIVES ON MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1050 AM EST FRI JAN 2 2004 VAZ004-WVZ033-021800- BUCHANAN VA-MCDOWELL WV- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRUNDY AND WELCH 1050 AM EST FRI JAN 2 2004 ...HEAVY RAINS TO PUSH STREAMS NEAR BANKFULL... RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...AND BUCHANAN COUNTY IN VIRGINIA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS SO FAR ARE ALREADY IN THE 1 TO 1.5 INCH RANGE. THIS RAINFALL WILL PUSH STREAMS TO NEAR BANKFULL...AND COULD CAUSE WATER PROBLEMS IN LOW LYING AREAS AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS SITUATION...AND ISSUE WATCHES OR WARNINGS IF NECESSARY. PERSONS ALONG STREAMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER TODAY...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Rains of 1.25 to 2 inches fell in about a 6 hour time span. This caused small streams to overflow and block roads. A few of the affected streams included Pine Creek, Bearpen Branch, and Road Branch.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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