A prolong rain event began on Saturday morning the 14th. The rain was associated with a developing low pressure system over the southeastern United States.
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The episode as NWS RLX wrote it up.
A prolong rain event began on Saturday morning the 14th. The rain was associated with a developing low pressure system over the southeastern United States. The storm eventually became a major coastal storm with widespread effects.|The rain amounts for the first 12 hours, or into Saturday evening, were on the order of a half inch to an inch. During Saturday night, the rain became more focused and persistent from the central mountains of West Virginia on south, into the southern coal fields. This was likely on account of upper level divergence coupled with low level convergence. So the heaviest rains fell late on the 14th into the early morning hours of the 15th. |Rain totals for the whole storm spanned a 36 to 48 hour time period. Amounts were mostly 2.5 to 3.5 inches from the southern coal fields on northeast, into the mountainous counties of Webster, Randolph, and Pocahontas. A maximum of 3 to 4 inches of rain fell over the headwaters of the Coal and Guyandotte Rivers. This is also the same area that received 0.5 to 1 inch of rain, 3 days earlier. Since the new spring vegetation was just starting to green, the ground was still relatively wet, as the new storm began on the 14th.|Some preliminary maximum rain totals were 3.9 inches at both R.D. Bailey Lake and Man, 3.7 inches at Logan, 3.4 inches at Whitesville, Bolt Mountain, Dry Creek, and Glady, 3.3 inches at Williamson and Oceana, 3.1 inches at Madison, Welch, and Marmet, Pickens had 3.0 inches, 2.9 inches at Southridge in Charleston and Pineville, 2.8 inches at Hawks Nest State Park and Webster Springs, 2.7 inches at Mullens and in the city of Beckley, 2.6 inches at Frost, and finally 2.5 inches at Hacker Valley, Sutton, Summersville, and the Charleston airport. |Small stream flooding began after midnight, early on Sunday morning, the 15th. This lead to river flooding on the Coal River, including both the Little and Big Coal basins. River flooding also occurred on both the Guyandotte and Tug Fork Rivers, plus a small reach of the Tygart Valley River.|Governor Joe Manchin declared a state of emergency. A FEMA declaration for public assistance was made. See FEMA declaration 1696 for more details. Around 189 National Guard soldiers were called up on active duty to help with the flood clean up.|The small stream and river flooding covered and blocked numerous roads. Rock and land slides also closed roads. The most flood damage to homes was across the southern coal field counties. In Mingo County, 2 homes were destroyed, 11 homes had major damage, and 20 homes had minor damage. In Logan County, 5 homes had major damage, and 8 others had minor damage. In Boone County, 5 homes had major damage, while 32 other homes saw minor damage. In Kanawha County, 1 home had major damage, and 16 homes had minor damage. In Lincoln County, 1 home had major damage, while 2 others had minor damage.|The most noteworthy river flood was on the Coal River. The Madison fire department evacuated a few dozen people. Most of these citizens were stranded in their homes along Lincoln Avenue. The gauge on the Clear Fork above Whitesville crested at 20 feet at 1000E on the 15th. At Ashford on the Big Coal, the crest was 25.7 feet around 1730E on the 15th. The crest at the river forecast point at Tornado was 30.6 feet at 0245E on the 16th. That was the highest crest at Tornado since December 1969 when a crest of 30.9 feet was reached. Flood stage is 25 feet. |On the Guyandotte River, the gauge at Man crested at 17.3 feet around 0800E on the 15th. At Logan, the river reached 26.7 around 1100E on the 15th. This caused water to back up Island Creek and Mud Fork. In some building around Mount Gay and west Logan the water was 3 to 4 feet deep. The 26.2 foot crest in May 2004 was slightly lower at Logan. The last time the stage was higher at Logan was in April 1977 when 30.5 feet was observed. Flood stage at Logan is 23 feet. |On the Tug Fork River, the gauge at Williamson crested at 35.2 feet around 2200E on the 15th. The gauge at Kermit reached 40.2 feet at 0600E on the 16th. Flood stage at Williamson is 27 feet and 38 feet at Kermit.|On the Tygart Valley River, the crest at Belington was 16 feet around 0630E on the 16th. Flood stage is 14 feet. This caused only minor flooding of roads in Barbour County.|A strong rise on the Greenbrier River, remained below flood stage at Buckeye. Minor flooding from Knapp Creek was seen in Marlinton.|As the river flooding was taking place, Lincoln County emergency officials ordered an evacuation near Lee's Fishing Lake along Mahone Creek on the 15th. The dam was in danger of failure. The small impoundment was drained with pumps. The dam held, and no flooding occurred from that incident.
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 14, 8:29 PM EST, 4 hours 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 929 PM EDT SAT APR 14 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 SUNDAY 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 SUNDAY 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 /02Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES THE REGION. IFR/MVFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE LOWEST CONDITIONS TO THE NORTH OF A WARM FRONT STRETCHING ACROSS THE REGION. A MVFR STRATUS DECK CAN BE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY BEHIND THE SYSTEM...WITH SOME RAIN SHOWERS POSSIBLY CAUSING LOWER CONDITIONS. UPSLOPE PRECIPITATION MAY LAST WELL INTO MONDAY FOR THE MOUNTAINS /IFR POSSIBLE/. NO SIG WX MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. && .HYDROLOGY... RAINFALL HAS BEEN GENERALLY LIGHT...ALTHOUGH SUSTAINED FOR THE MAJORITY OF SATURDAY ACROSS THE CWA. DECIDED AGAINST ANY SORT OF FLOOD WATCH WITH THE MODELS TAKING THE THREAT FOR HEAVIER PRECIPITATION TO OUR SOUTH AND PER COLLABORATION WITH NEIGHBORING OFFICES. CONCERNS COULD BE RAISED IF THUNDER OCCURS THIS EVENING AND HITS AN AREA THAT HAS SEEN SUBSTANTIAL RAINFALL...HOWEVER THIS SCENARIO SEEMS UNLIKELY AT THIS TIME. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. KY...NONE. VA...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...26 NEAR TERM...RPY SHORT TERM...ESS LONG TERM...ARJ AVIATION...RPY HYDROLOGY...
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.
17 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Both small stream and river flooding was common throughout the county.
Both small stream and river flooding occurred throughout the county.
Small stream and river flooding was widespread throughout the county.
Minor small stream flooding was scattered about the county.
Minor small stream flooding occurred throughout the county. A few vehicles were damaged after driving into flooded roads.
Minor stream flooding occurred in scattered locations throughout the county.
Minor small stream flooding was mainly over the western portion of the county.
Minor small stream flooding was scattered about the county.
Minor small stream and headwater river flooding occurred mainly over the southern portion of the county.
Small stream flooding was move common over the western portion of the county.
Minor small stream flooding was scattered about the county.
Minor flooding was from Knapp Creek and a swollen Greenbrier River.
Across Lincoln County, the flooding was mainly due to the heavier rains upstream, in other counties. The flooding was along the Coal and Guyandotte Rivers, then back up into their feeder streams.
Minor flooding occurred along the Tygart Valley River.
River flooding along the Guyandotte River, from heavier rains in upstream counties, caused minor flooding.
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