1 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 Mar 28, 5:57 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 557 PM EST MON MAR 28 2005 .HYDROLOGY... RAINFALL RATES HAVE SLOWED ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA TO A QUARTER INCH OR LESS PER HOUR. STILL AN AREA OF MODERATE-HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS ERN KY/SW WV TO GET THROUGH. HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING PROBLEMS THUS FAR...AND EXPECT HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT TO END SHORTLY. SO WILL BE ALLOWING FLOOD WATCH TO EXPIRE ON TIME. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 310 PM EST MON MAR 28 2005) SHORT TERM (REST OF TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT)... WILL KEEP FLOOD WATCH UP UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING FOR MAJORITY OF THE CWA. IN THE NEAR TERM WILL BE MONITORING EXTREME SE OHIO...NE KY AND EXTREME W WV FOR PRECIP SLIDING SOUTH...WITH AROUND OR LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH AN HOUR. WILL HAVE TO PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE CENTRAL AND NE CWA THIS EVENING...AS MODELS CONTINUE TO HINT AT NEAR .5 PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT TONIGHT ACROSS THIS AREA...WITH GOOD NW UPSLOPE FLOW TAKING HOLD. EVEN WITH BORDERLINE CONDITIONS...DO NOT THINK IT IS ENOUGH TO CONTINUE THE FLOOD WATCH BEYOND THIS FORECAST PACKAGE. 18Z NAM HAS THIS BULLSEYE OF HIGHER PRECIP FURTHER INTO THE LOWLANDS...WHERE AN ADDITIONAL HALF AN INCH SHOULD BE FAIRLY EASY TO TAKE. MUCH OF SE OHIO HAS RECEIVED AROUND AN INCH OR RAIN TODAY. VIRGINIA COUNTIES RECEIVED A HALF TO .75. OTHERWISE...RANDOLPH COUNTY AROUND .75...POCAHONTAS COUNTY 1 TO 1.25...WITH A QUARTER TO HALF AN INCH ACROSS MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF OUR FORECAST AREA. THE AREA OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY SLIDE SSE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE UPSLOPE FLOW TRIES TO TAKE HOLD. RAIN WILL THEN QUICKLY EXIT AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. AS FOR TEMPERATURES TONIGHT...WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE STICKING AROUND...HAVE GONE JUST ABOVE GUIDANCE VALUES. WITH A GOOD PUFF OF WIND HAVE NOT INCLUDED THE MENTION OF WIDE SPREAD FOG. THINK BENIGN WEATHER CONTINUES TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TUESDAY NIGHT WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR UNDER INFLUENCE OF SURFACE RIDGE. SHOULD SEE SOME INCREASE IN MID/HI CLOUDS WEDNESDAY AS WARM ADVECTION KICKS IN ON STRENGTHENING SW FLOW. THIS ALSO ACTS TO PUNCH UP H850 TEMPS AS WELL DURING THE AFTERNOON. MODELS TRY TO PUSH WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. MEAGER MOISTURE AND LITTLE LIFT ALONG BOUNDARY AS BEST FORCING RESIDES FURTHER NORTH TOWARDS THE GREAT LAKES. KEPT FORECAST DRY. THURSDAY GETS TRICKIER. GFS MAY BE SUFFERING FROM FEEDBACK PROBLEMS IN BRINGING ENHANCED UVV AREA INTO CWA BY 18Z THURSDAY. NAM RUNS WOULD SUGGEST A DRY FORECAST...WITH SLOWER PROGRESSION OF H500 TROUGH OVER THE MIDWEST. EURO MODELS STILL INSIST ON BRINGING LIGHT QPF INTO THE AREA. HAVE A HUNCH THAT THURSDAY MAY END UP BEING DRY AS WELL...GIVEN THAT THE SLOWER SCENARIO SEEMS BETTER. HOWEVER...DUE TO UNCERTAINTY WILL BE LEAVING IN A LOW CHANCE POP FOR THURSDAY. BETTER CHANCE OF DECENT MOISTURE/LIFT ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND ALLOW POPS TO RISE INTO THE 40/50 RANGE. KEPT CLOSER TO COOLER MAV NUMBERS TUESDAY NIGHT...KEPT A RIDGE/VALLEY DIFFERENCE. MET NUMBERS REALLY WARM ON WEDNESDAY (85 AT CRW) BUT CLOUDS MAY TEMPER WARMUP A BIT. TOOK TEMPERATURES UP A COUPLE OF DEGREES TOWARDS MAV/FWC NUMBERS. GENERALLY STAYED CLOSE TO ENSEMBLE SUGGESTIONS THEREAFTER. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 1247 PM EST MON MAR 28 2005) LONG TERM (FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY)... LONG WAVE AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW COMING IN FRIDAY SHOULD BRING IN PRECIPITATION SO HAVE INCREASED POPS TO LIKELY THEN. AS LOW PASSES TO EAST...NORTHWEST FLOW AND UPPER LOW SETTLING OVER AREA WILL MEAN COOLER TEMPERATURES. THE QUESTION HERE IS HOW COOL WILL THE TEMPERATURES BE FOR THE WEEKEND. FORECAST SEVERAL DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR THE HIGHS WITH 50S IN LOW LANDS AND 40S IN MOUNTAINS. DONT WANT TO GO COLDER THEN THAT BECAUSE THE SUN IS STRENGTHENING. THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL BE MONDAY AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY DEVELOPS ACROSS THE AREA. HAVE GONE WITH A LOW CHANCE THEN AS THE POSITIONING IS QUITE UNCERTAIN THAT FAR OUT. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 1238 PM EST MON MAR 28 2005) AVIATION... PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN OVERNIGHT THANKS TO AFTERNOON RAIN. WILL BE DIFFICULT TO FIGURE HOW MUCH FOG WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING...AND HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE TO SCOUR OUT. WINDS SHOULD STAY AT A DECENT PUFF THROUGH MIDNIGHT...ALLOWING FOR A LATE AND WEAK FOG SET UP. EXPECT IFR CEILINGS FOR THE MOST PART OVERNIGHT WITH VIS TEMPORARILY LOWERING TO THIS LEVEL WITH ANY HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN WILL SLOWLY EXIT DURING THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS FROM WEST TO EAST...AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES OFF TO THE EAST. DEFORMATION ZONE ALONG AND EAST OF THE OHIO RIVER THIS AFTERNOON COULD LEAVE HTS IN A PROLONGED RAIN THROUGH 21Z. HAVE CONTINUED THE MENTION OF DRIZZLE FOR 2-4 HOURS AFTER THE RAIN HAS ENDED AT MOST SITES. NW WINDS THROUGH 18Z AT BKW SHOULD KEEP SOME MOISTURE AND LOW CLOUDS STUCK AT THAT SITE THROUGH THE LATE MORNING HOURS. BELIEVE THAT THE MODELS ARE A LITTLE TOO QUICK TO ERODE THE LOWER CLOUDS HERE. OTHERWISE...MOST LOCATIONS SHOULD BE BACK TO VFR PRIOR TO 18Z TUESDAY. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 1040 AM EST MON MAR 28 2005) SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)... WILL KEEP CURRENT FLOOD WATCH IN TACT FOR NOW...EVEN THOUGH SIGNS OF A PROLONGED BREAK IN MODERATE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...AS DRY SLOT HAS BEEN ABLE TO WRAP ON INTO THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE CWA. MODELS ARE HINTING AT SOME RE-INTENSIFICATION DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ALONG THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN AREAS. WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO MONITOR SLOW MOVING SHOWERS TO OUR SOUTH...AS RADAR IS STARTING TO SHOW SMALL SHOWERS POPPING UP ALONG OUR BORDER WITH JKL. AS FOR CHANGES TO THE TEXT ZFP...WILL LOWER TEMPS ACROSS THE NORTH 2-4 DEGREES. WILL ALSO TRY TO TIME BREAK IN PRECIP A LITTLE BETTER. HAVE ALSO LOWERED WINDS SLIGHTLY FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING PERIOD. UPDATED ZFP WILL BE OUT SHORTLY. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. KY...NONE. VA...NONE. && HYDROLOGY...CL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 428 AM EST MON MAR 28 2005 OHZ066-067-290926- MORGAN OH-PERRY OH- 428 AM EST MON MAR 28 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS PERRY AND MORGAN COUNTIES IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO .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. KYZ101>103-105-OHZ075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-013>020- 024>040-046-047-290926- 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-NICHOLAS WV- 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- 428 AM EST MON MAR 28 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN OHIO... NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA... AND MOST OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE... LOW PRESSURE TRACKS ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE DAY BRINGING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR HIGH WATER TO DEVELOP ON STREAMS AND CREEKS...AND POSSIBLY GOING TO SMALLER RIVERS LATER TODAY. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MONDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NECESSARY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Rains of 1.2 to 1.8 inches fell in 24 hours over wet soil. The larger streams, such as Sunday and Monday Creeks, eventually overflowed. Flooding was minor, with no evacuations. Roads were flooded near Glouster, as the gauge crested around 14 feet on Sunday Creek.
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