Rain begain early on Saturday the 14th, then diminished during the day on the 15th. The rain was associated with a storm system developing over the southeastern United States that would eventually become a major coastal storm.
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The episode as NWS RLX wrote it up.
Rain begain early on Saturday the 14th, then diminished during the day on the 15th. The rain was associated with a storm system developing over the southeastern United States that would eventually become a major coastal storm. |The 36 hour rain amounts were over 3 inches in a few locations. Some preliminary totals included 3.2 inches from Grundy, Hurley, and Breaks Interstate Park. John Flannagan Lake measured 3.1 inches. Nora had 2.9 inches. |Roads were impassible for a time on the 15th due to water and rock slides. A 20 foot section of a road near McClure was washed out. County officials reported no dwellings were flooded in both Dickenson and Buchanan Counties.
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 Apr 15, 1:06 AM EST, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 206 AM EDT SUN APR 15 2007 .SYNOPSIS... RAIN CONTINUES THIS EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTHWEST. WET AND COOL WEATHER LINGERS ALL WEEKEND. NORTHWESTERLY FLOW CONTINUES MONDAY INTO EARLY TUESDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THIS MORNING/... WILL UPDATE FORECAST TO INCREASE POPS TO 100 PERCENT IN ALL AREAS. WILL ALSO LOWER OVERNIGHT LOWS IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO...WHERE COLD AIR IS ALREADY BEGINNING TO ENCROACH. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW GOOD WRAP AROUND MOISTURE AND LIFT ON SUNDAY AS THE UPPER TROUGH SLIDES ACROSS THE AREA. THE NAM IS A LITTLE SLOWER TODAY IN MOVING THE PCPN THROUGH THE AREA...SO IT COULD BE MORE IN THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS WHEN THE WRAP AROUND COMES INTO TO THE REGION. BUT WITH THE COLD AIR ALOFT MOVING IN...THE AFTERNOON HOURS WILL ALSO SEE AN INCREASE IN INSTABILITY SO THIS WOULD BE THE MORE FAVORABLE TIME FOR SHOWERS TO DEVELOP. ALSO...THE NORTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL BE ON THE INCREASE AS WELL AS THE SURFACE LOW OFF THE COAST BEGINS TO BOMB OUT AND THE ENTIRE SYSTEM BEGINS TO REORGANIZE. FOR TEMPERATURES...SHOULD SEE MORNING HIGHS IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE REGION AS THE INVERTED TROUGH AND WEAK SURFACE LOW COLLAPSE AS THE LOW OFF THE DELMARVA BEGINS TO TAKE OVER. IN THE WEST...THE COLDER WILL HAVE ALREADY ENTERED THE REGION SO EXPECT ONLY SLIGHT RISES IN THE WEST WITH CLOUDS AND SHOWERS AROUND. FOR SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...THE NORTHWESTERLY WILL INTENSIFY SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. THIS WILL KEEP THE UPSLOPE SHOWERS GOING THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH GUSTY WINDS. THE 850 MB TEMPERATURES ARE MARGINAL FOR THE UPSLOPE...BUT THE MOISTURE DEPTH AND STRENGTH OF THE WINDS SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO MAKE UP FOR THAT SO HAVE GONE WITH LIKELY TO CATEGORICAL POPS IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. GRADUALLY THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT...WILL SEE THE SCATTERED PRECIPITATION IN THE LOWLANDS END AND PULL UP INTO THE FAVORED MOUNTAIN UPSLOPE REGIONS BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. FOR TEMPERATURES...HAVE PLAYED SMALLER DIURNALS THAN THE MODEL...MEANING GOING NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE GUIDANCE FOR LOWS AND BELOW THE GUIDANCE FOR HIGHS. ON THE LAST SYSTEM THAT MOVED THROUGH WITH A SIMILAR SET UP...THE GUIDANCE ERRED TOO COOL AT NIGHT AND TOO WARM DURING THE DAY SO HAVE APPLIED SIMILAR THINKING HERE. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... MODELS IN AGREEMENT ON A BRIEF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING FROM THE SOUTHEAST....ACROSS THE OH VALLEY INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION ON TUESDAY. GFS BRINGS A WEAK LOW PRESSURE INTO THE OH VALLEY BY WED AND THU BRINGING CHANCES OF RAIN SHOWERS...EXCEPT SNOW OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS. WENT WITH DRY WEATHER FROM FRI THRU NEXT WEEKEND...EXCEPT SLIGHT CHANCE OF UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS ON FRI. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOUT 5-10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL TUE THRU THU WITH HIGHS MAINLY IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S AND LOWS FROM THE MID 30S TO AROUND 40 DEGREES. FOLLOWED HPC GUIDANCE ON DAY 4-7. . TEMPERATURES WILL BE CLOSER TO NORMAL FRI..SAT AND SUN WARMING TO AROUND 70 ACROSS THE LOWLANDS BY SUN. && .AVIATION /06Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... RAIN CONTINUES OVER THE ENTIRE AREA...AND IS ABOUT TO MOVE BACK OVER KBKW AS WELL. TROUGH AXIS ORIENTED SW TO NE THROUGH THE CENTRAL PART OF THE AREA...AND IS BARELY BUDGING EAST. CIGS HAVE DROPPED TO LIFR ON WEST SIDE OF AXIS /KPKB AND KHTS/...AND WILL CONTINUE TO DROP EASTWARD ACROSS THE OTHER TERMINALS EARLY THIS MORNING EXCEPT FOR KEKN. MAIN BATCH OF RAIN WILL EXIT 06Z- 12Z...BUT MVFR CIGS STUCK FOR MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE REMAINDER OF TAF PERIOD. WRAP AROUND MOISTURE WILL KEEP SHOWERS POPPING UP FOR THE TAF SITES THROUGH THE DAY. UPSLOPE SNOW WILL DEVELOP FOR KEKN- KBKW-KCKB TONIGHT AS COLD AND MOIST AIR RIDES NORTHWESTERLY WINDS UP THE MOUNTAINS. THIS COULD MEAN IFR CONDITIONS FOR THESE TERMINALS. UPSLOPE PRECIPITATION WILL LAST AT LEAST THROUGH MONDAY FOR THE MOUNTAIN SITES...ESPECIALLY KEKN /IFR POSSIBLE/. NO SIG WX TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. && .HYDROLOGY... AXIS OF HEAVIER RAINFALL ONGOING AND TRAINING FROM SOUTHWEST WV COAL FIELDS THROUGH CHARLESTON AND POINTS NORTHEASTWARD. 1-2 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN...WITH STEADY RAIN STILL STRETCHING WELL UPSTREAM TO SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ISSUED FOR SEVERAL OF THE AFFECTED ZONES. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. KY...NONE. VA...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...26 NEAR TERM...RPY SHORT TERM...ESS LONG TERM...ARJ AVIATION...MDP HYDROLOGY...MDP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 500 AM EDT SAT APR 14 2007...CORRECTED. KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-013-014-016>020- 029-031-032-150900- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON- JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON- JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN- RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-GILMER-HARRISON-TAYLOR- 500 AM EDT SAT APR 14 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR KENTUCKY...OHIO...SOUTHEAST OHIO AND WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ003-004-WVZ015-024>028-030-033>040-046-047-150900- DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-KANAWHA-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-LEWIS- MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR- POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- 500 AM EDT SAT APR 14 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS...WHICH MAY LEAD TO WATER PROBLEMS MAINLY TONIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL BE MONITORED DURING THE DAY FOR A POSSIBLE FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding on small streams occurred in scattered locations throughout the county.
Minor flooding of small streams was common during the early morning hours.
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