1 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 Aug 2, 2:15 PM EST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 315 PM EDT MON AUG 2 2004 .SHORT TERM (REST OF TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... MCS INFLUENCE IL/IN SETTING UP TO THE SOUTH SO WE SHOULD SEE LITTLE IN THE WAY OF IMPACT FROM THAT TONIGHT. HAVE KEPT OUT CHANCE OF PRECIP TUESDAY EXCEPT EXTREME NORTH NEAR THE FRONT IN THE AFTERNOON AS THE FRONT IS THE ONLY REAL TRIGGER. BY WEDNESDAY TIMING BETWEEN ETA AND GFS SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT WITH ETA PUSHING THE FRONT THROUGH BY END OF DAY WEDNESDAY WHILE GFS 6 TO 12 HOURS SLOWER. THIS COULD MEAN QUITE A DIFFERENCE ON THE MAX TEMPS FOR WEDNESDAY. THE ETA IS ABOUT 8 TO 10 DEGREES LOWER IN THE SOUTH. HAVE RAISED THE MAX TEMPS FROM CURRENT FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY AS I BELIEVE THE FRONT WILL BE SLOWER THEN THE ETA. HOWEVER...WITH THE CLOUDS/PRECIPITATION HAVE NOT GONE QUITE AS HIGH AS MAV. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... THE FOLLOWING WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED AT 228 PM EDT MON AUG 2 2004 LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT)... TIMING DIFFERENCES CONT AMONG THE GFS AND ETA WITH THE LATTER ABOUT 6 HOURS FASTER IN ADDITION A LOT LESS IN THE QPF DEPARTMENT. FAVORED THE GFS THIS CYCLE GIVEN A SLOWER PROGRESSION SEEMS PRUDENT WITH A DEEPENING SURFACE LOW. THAT IN MIND...RAISED POPS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY AS WINDOW OF PRECIP BECOMES MORE CERTAIN. ADJUSTED MAV NUMBERS UP A DEGREE OR TWO WEDNESDAY GIVEN A CANOPY OF CLOUDS AND PRECIP ARRIVING. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... THE FOLLOWING WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED AT 213 PM EDT MON AUG 2 2004 AVIATION... PLAYED FOG FOR TONIGHT SIMILAR TO LAST NIGHT WITH RADIATION AND HIGH DEW POINTS. CLOUDS SHOULD BE SLOW TO MOVE IN TUESDAY AFTER FOG LIFTS OUT. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... THE FOLLOWING WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED AT 922 AM EDT MON AUG 2 2004 SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)... CURRENT FORECAST LOOKS ON TRACK. NO CHANGES. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. VA...NONE. KY...NONE. OH...NONE. && SHORT TERM...AAR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 420 AM EDT MON AUG 2 2004 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-030830- 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- 420 AM EDT MON AUG 2 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... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. KTB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 106 PM EDT MON AUG 2 2004 WVZ035-036-021730- SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE RIDGE TOPS OF SOUTHERN FAYETTE AND SOUTHERN RALEIGH COUNTIES. THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE MOVEMENT TO THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SINCE NOON. RADAR INDICATED BETWEEN ONE AND ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AT SOME SPOTS...WHICH MAY MAY CAUSE LOCAL WATER PROBLEMS. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT ALSO TO DRIFT OFF THE RIDGES. HOWEVER...IF REDEVELOPMENT CONTINUES IN THE SAME SPOTS...THERE MAY BE MORE WIDESPREAD WATER PROBLEMS. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS ARE ENCOURAGED TO KEEP AWARE OF THIS SITUATION THROUGH CONTACT WITH LOCAL MEDIA AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO. 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 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 359 PM EDT MON AUG 2 2004 VAZ003-004-WVZ015-024>028-033>038-046-047-022250- BOONE WV-BRAXTON WV-BUCHANAN VA-CLAY WV-DICKENSON VA-FAYETTE WV- KANAWHA WV-LOGAN WV-MCDOWELL WV-MINGO WV-NICHOLAS WV-POCAHONTAS WV- RALEIGH WV-RANDOLPH WV-WEBSTER WV-WYOMING WV- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BECKLEY...CHARLESTON...CLAY...CLINTWOOD... DURBIN...ELKINS...FAYETTEVILLE...GRUNDY...LOGAN...MADISON... MARLINTON...PINEVILLE...SNOWSHOE...SUMMERSVILLE...SUTTON... WEBSTER SPRINGS...WELCH AND WILLIAMSON 359 PM EDT MON AUG 2 2004 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOPED EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE RIDGE TOPS OF THE MOUNTAINS FROM DICKENSON COUNTY VIRGINIA NORTHEASTWARD INTO POCAHONTAS COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA ARE DRIFTING WEST NORTHWESTWARD OFF THE MOUNTAINS. RADAR INDICATED BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN WITH A FEW OF THE STORMS...WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCAL WATER PROBLEMS. ALSO...A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND DRIFT WESTWARD. HOWEVER...IF REDEVELOPMENT CONTINUES IN THE SAME SPOTS...THERE MAY BE MORE WIDESPREAD WATER PROBLEMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:14 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Slow moving thunderstorms dumped 2 to 3 inches of rain in less than 2 hours. Rockcamp Run flooded. Route 20 was damaged. Several basements were flooded.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in West Virginia in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, August 2004
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