2 flash 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 Jul 16, 9:15 AM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1015 AM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005 .SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT)... MID MORNING CONVECTION IS AGAIN FIRING THIS MORNING OVER NRN WV WITH SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS BEGINNING TO BREAK OUT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COAL FIELDS. EXPECTING ACTIVITY TO REPEAT MUCH OF WHAT WAS SEEN THE LAST FEW DAYS WHERE CONVECTION SEEMS TO LAST THROUGH MID TO LATE AFTERNOON BEFORE DYING OUT AND ACTUALLY ALLOWING SOME LATE DAY SUN. HAVE THE POPS PEAKING AROUND 20Z BEFORE BRINGING THEM DOWN LATE IN THE DAY HAVE ALSO LOWERED THE SKY GRIDS LATE IN THE DAY AS WELL AS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. TWEAK TEMPERATURES UP A BIT BASED ON PERSISTENCE. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 640 AM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005) AVIATION... NOT AS MUCH FOG AS PREVIOUSLY ANTICIPATED THIS MORNING...MAINLY DUE TO PATCHY CLOUD COVER AND LACK OF ABUNDANT RAIN YESTERDAY. AS FOR TIMING OF SHOWER AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...A DIURNAL TREND IS STILL FIGURED. AS FOR THIS MORNING...WE ARE CURRENTLY IN A MIN PRECIPITATION WISE...WITH MORE SCATTERED SHOWERS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND OR AFTER 15Z. FOG IS ONCE AGAIN ANTICIPATED OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...BUT THE INTENSITY WILL GREATLY DEPEND ON IF AND HOW MUCH RAIN IS RECEIVED AT THE TAF SITES. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 227 AM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005) SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)... ELONGATED AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TO OUR WEST WILL SLOWLY SHIFT NORTHWARD TODAY...TOWARDS THE EASTER GREAT LAKES. CLOSER TO HOME THOUGH...CONTINUE TO SEE NO GREAT FOCUS FOR CONVECTION. AS A RESULT...WILL HAVE TO INCLUDE MAINLY DIURNALLY DRIVEN POPS. EXPECT SLIGHTLY HIGHER POPS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...AND NORTHWESTERN SITES...CLOSER TO THE CENTER OF LOW PRESSURE. CAPE REMAINS AROUND 2000 J/KG...WITH A MOIST ATMOSPHERE REPRESENTED BY PW VALUES FROM 1.75 TO NEARLY 2 IN. THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE. AS FOR TEMPERATURES TODAY...WILL NOT DEVIATE MUCH FROM MAV GUIDANCE VALUES IN THE MID 80S FOR MUCH OF THE CWA. LONG TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)... RIDGING PATTERN BECOMES MORE ESTABLISHED THROUGH SUNDAY AND MONDAY. EXPECT DECREASING CHANCES OF AFTERNOON/EVENING CONVECTION EACH AFTERNOON...AS POTENTIAL FOR CAPPING INCREASES. RAN WITH A 40 POP FOR SUNDAY AND 30 FOR MONDAY TO REFLECT THIS THINKING. DESPITE DECREASING POPS...PW VALUES REMAIN HIGH AND STORM MOTIONS WILL NOT BE VERY QUICK...SO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TOTALS ARE STILL POSSIBLE. ALLOW POPS TO DROP OFF TO SLIGHT CHANCE DURING THE NIGHT...BUT RELUCTANT TO GO WITH SUB-15 POPS AT ANY TIME DUE TO CONTINUED PRESENCE OF TROPICAL AIRMASS. LEANED TOWARDS THE HIGHER SIDE OF GUIDANCE NUMBERS SUNDAY AND MONDAY AFTERNOONS...WITH H850 TEMPS STILL RIDING AROUND THE +17/+18 RANGE. THERE STILL WILL BE PLENTY OF CLOUDS AROUND BUT EXPECT ENOUGH BREAKS TO ALLOW UPPER 80S TO BE REALIZED OVER MANY AREAS. GUIDANCE WELL-CLUSTERED DURING THE NIGHTTIME PERIODS AND STAYED CLOSE. FRONTAL BOUNDARY STILL SLATED TO ENTER/CROSS AREA ON TUESDAY. DEPENDING ON TIMING...COULD PROVIDE A MORE CONCENTRATED AREA OF RAINFALL WITH BETTER CHANCES OF SEVERE WEATHER. BEHIND THIS FRONT...LESS HUMID AIR WILL INVADE. ELECTED NOT TO TOUCH THIS PORTION OF FORECAST FOR NOW TO ALLOW MORE FINE-TUNING WITH FUTURE MODEL RUNS. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. KY...NONE. VA...NONE. && SHORT TERM...ESS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 340 AM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-171000- 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- 340 AM EDT SAT JUL 16 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.
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:42 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Leading Creek and Alum Fork flooded roads. Fink Creek and Walnut Fork surrounded a few homes around Vadis. Route 33 was closed. Minor road and culvert damage occurred.
Tucker Creek flooded County Route 1 after an estimated 3 inches of rain fell in the headwaters near the Wood County line. No homes were flooded.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in West Virginia in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, July 2005
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5460781, 5460782.