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 Jul 31, 8:36 PM EST, 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 936 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2005 .SHORT TERM (REST OF TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DIMINISHING HOWEVER LINGERING SHOWERS/STORMS OVER VIRGINIA COUNTIES HAVE LEAD TO SOME PROBLEMS WITH FLOODING. EXPECT MOST ACTIVITY WILL BE OVER BY 04Z. NO MAJOR CHANGES IN ZONES. UPDATE OUT SOON. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 738 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2005) AVIATION... BASICALLY A REPEAT PERFORMANCE ON THE TAFS THIS EVENING AS LAST EVENING WITH SHOWERS AND STORMS SUBSIDING BY AROUND 03Z AND AREAS OF FOG DEVELOPING TOWARD MORNING. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 224 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2005) SHORT TERM (REST OF TONIGHT)... FORECAST BASICALLY A REPEAT OF LAST NIGHT. MAV MOS CONTINUES TO HAVE A COLD BIAS OF ABOUT 3 DEGREES ON THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURES SO HAVE NUDGED THOSE UP. ONCE AGAIN MOISTURE IN AND JUST WEST OF MOUNTAINS WILL MEAN FOG THERE WITH DRY AIR/GROUND OHIO RIVER WEST KEEPING FOG OUT THERE. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 1258 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2005) AVIATION... TONIGHT A REPEAT OF LAST NIGHT. FOG OVER AND ALONG WESTERN SLOPES OF MOUNTAINS LIFR DEVELOPING AFTER 06Z. VICINITY OHIO RIVER WEST SKC WITH NO SIGNIFICANT VSBY RESTRICTIONS DUE TO DRYER AIR AND GROUND CONDITIONS. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 1150 AM EDT SUN JUL 31 2005) LONG TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... HOT AND HUMID WX CONTS WED AND THURS WITH H8 TEMPS AROUND 20C. LONG RANGE GUIDANCE HAS FINALLY CAUGHT ON AS MAXT IS NOW PROGGED IN THE MID 90S FOR THE AFOREMENTIONED DAYS. MIXING LAYER INCREASES TO 6-7KFT...SO WOULDNT BE SURPRISED TO SEE A FEW UPR 90S IN THE HTS AND DWU VCNTY GVN WE HAVE BEEN DRY FOR DECENT PERIOD OF TIME. WARMEST THIS SUMMER HAS BEEN 97F AT HTS AND THAT COULD BE IN JEOPARDY WED. ECMWF AND UKMET HAVE COME IN LINE TO THE GFS ENSEMBLES FM YDY WITH RESPECT TO BREAKING DOWN THE RIDGE ALLOWING A BAROCLINIC ZONE TO TRAVERSE LATE FRIDAY. H7 TEMP ADV REMAINS NEUTRAL...SO A CAP SHOULD KEEP THE AREA DRY THUR AFTN INTO MIDDAY FRIDAY UNTIL BOUNDARY APPCHS. GFS DOESNT PROG MUCH INSTABILITY AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WHICH IS HARD TO BELIEVE GIVEN MID AND UPR LVL MSTR WL BE ON THE INC ALONG WITH SFC DWTPS AROUND 70F...THUS INSERTED TRW MENTION FRI AREA WIDE. CONT TRW VERBIAGE THROUGH THE NIGHT TIME HRS IN THE TUG BASIN AS ELEVATED INSTABILITY IS NOTED ON GFS FCST SOUNDINGS SINCE THE FRONT STALLS THERE OVERNIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE NOSES S FM LK ERIE SAT PUSHING DRY AIR IN FM N TO S. LLVL MSTR STAYS HIGH IN SRN MTNS...SO KEPT CLOUDS AND TEMPS DWN THERE...OTRW A SLIGHT COOL DOWN INTO THE MID 80S. ANOTHER H5 ANTICYCLONE BUILDS IN THE CENTRAL CONUS SUN AND WITH RESPECTIVE HGT RISES...MAXT ONCE AGAIN WL BE NR OR SURPASS 90F BY DAY 7. SFC HIGH POSITIONED IN NEW ENGLAND BRINGS LIGHT UPSLOPE FLOW TO THE BKW AREA...SO NUDGED THEM BELOW GUID. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 1123 AM EDT SUN JUL 31 2005) SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT)... LATEST SHORT TERM MODELS SHOW THE BEST CHANCE OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HAVE ADDED A SLIGHT CHANCE ALSO IN THE SE OHIO AND NW WV IN THE VICINITY OF PKB TO PERRY COUNTY THIS EVENING BASED ON A 250 MB SHORT WAVE PASSING AT THAT TIME. WHILE THE CHANCES ARE LOW RIGHT NOW BOTH THE RUC AND WRF PICKED UP ON SOMETHING THERE SO THOUGHT IT WAS WORTH MENTION. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. KY...NONE. VA...NONE. && SHORT TERM...DB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 247 AM EDT SUN JUL 31 2005 VAZ003-004-WVZ033>038-046-047-010646- BUCHANAN VA-DICKENSON VA-FAYETTE WV-MCDOWELL WV-NICHOLAS WV- POCAHONTAS WV-RALEIGH WV-RANDOLPH WV-WEBSTER WV-WYOMING WV- 247 AM EDT SUN JUL 31 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN OHIO... NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND MOST OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE... ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE SLOW MOVING. THIS COULD PROVIDE LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-013>020-024>032- 039-040-010646- ATHENS OH-BARBOUR WV-BOONE WV-BOYD KY-BRAXTON WV-CABELL WV- CALHOUN WV-CARTER KY-CLAY WV-DODDRIDGE 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-MEIGS OH-MINGO WV- MORGAN OH-PERRY OH-PLEASANTS WV-PUTNAM WV-RITCHIE WV-ROANE WV- TAYLOR WV-TYLER WV-UPSHUR WV-VINTON OH-WASHINGTON OH-WAYNE WV- WIRT WV-WOOD WV- 247 AM EDT SUN JUL 31 2005 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.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
431 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0414 PM HAIL CRAIGSVILLE 38.32N 80.65W
07/31/2005 0.88 INCH NICHOLAS WV CO-OP OBSERVER
0423 PM HAIL CRAIGSVILLE 38.32N 80.65W
07/31/2005 1.00 INCH NICHOLAS WV CO-OP OBSERVER
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PGSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 452 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2005 WVZ034-312115- WYOMING- 452 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2005 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING COUNTY. AT 452 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WEST CENTRAL WYOMING COUNTY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OCEANA...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE BAILEYSVILLE. EXPECT SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. 11
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 628 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2005 WVZ035-036-312315- FAYETTE-RALEIGH- 628 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2005 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...FOR WESTERN FAYETTE AND RALEIGH COUNTIES. AT 628 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF POWELLTON...OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF OAK HILL...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE PAX. THIS SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM IS PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN PER HOURS. SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. 11
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 726 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2005 WVZ034-035-010015- RALEIGH-WYOMING- 726 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2005 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...FOR SOUTHERN RALEIGH INTO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING COUNTY. AT 726 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHEASTERN WYOMING COUNTY...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF MULLENS...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE TWIN FALLS STATE PARK AND GLEN DANIEL. SMALL HAIL AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL...FROM THE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF IN AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. 11
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
735 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 PM TSTM WND DMG 13 E FAYETTEVILLE 38.05N 80.87W
07/31/2005 FAYETTE WV FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN NEAR CORLISS ON CORLISS ROAD.
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PGSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 856 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2005 VAZ004-WVZ033-010130- BUCHANAN-MCDOWELL- 856 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2005 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...FOR NORTHERN BUCHANAN COUNTY AND SOUTHERN MCDOWELL COUNTY. AT 856 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WEST CENTRAL MCDOWELL COUNTY...OR ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF GRUNDY. THE WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE BRADSHAW....SOUTHWARD TO JOLO AND WHITEWOOD. THIS INCLUDES HARRY BRANCH AND LINN CAMP BRANCH BASINS. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 9:30 PM. SOME SMALL HAIL MAY MIX IN. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND AN INCH AND A HALF TO NEAR 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THIS MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. 11
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding was seen along Linn Camp Creek and Harry Branch of Dismal Creek. A few houses were damaged along Harry Branch.
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