5 to 3 inches of rain in the Gallipolis vicinity in less than 2 hours.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS RLX wrote it up.
Slow moving showers and thunderstorms caused 2.5 to 3 inches of rain in the Gallipolis vicinity in less than 2 hours.
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 May 25, 3:08 PM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 408 PM EDT MON MAY 25 2009 .SYNOPSIS... STATIONARY FRONT IN OUR VICINITY TODAY...WITH MOIST AIR MASS PRODUCING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. FRONT DRIFTS NORTHWARD ON TUESDAY...THEN AGAIN PUSHES SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/... FRONT REACHED AS FAR SOUTH AT EKN TO 3I2 THEN DOWN THE OHIO RIVER. DEW POINT GRADIENT FURTHER N. FIGURING BOUNDARY RELATIVELY STATIONARY THIS EVENING. MOISTURE WAS SLOWER IN RETURNING NORTH THAN WE FIGURED EARLY THIS MORNING...ALLOWING FOR A RELATIVELY NICE AND DRY MEMORIAL DAY IN OUR EXTREME NORTH. CAPE STILL AROUND 2500 TO 3000 ALONG THE FRONT. BEST MOISTURE CONVERGENCE N OF HTS AT 18Z. SO HAVE THE MOISTURE/PCPN RETURNING N LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WILL LEAVE CHANCE OR SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EVEN DURING THE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MORNING WITH THE PW STILL AOA 1.6 INCHES. SO WILL STILL HAVE SOME DUMPERS INTO THIS EVENING...WITH RAIN RATES AROUND .5 IN 15 MINUTES. AS OF 18Z...DO NOT SEE NEED FOR FLASH FLOOD WATCH...BUT WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR. HAVE SHIFTED THE HIGHER POPS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AWAY FRONT THE MOUNTAINS AND MORE TOWARD THE LOWLANDS. 12Z MODELS TRYING TO BRING SOMEWHAT LOWER DEW POINT INTO THE MOUNTAINS FM THE E BY LATE IN THE DAY. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... SUMMERLIKE PATTERN TO START OFF...AS WE STAY IN THE SOUP TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WITH RIDGING ALOFT...PLENTY OF MOISTURE IN THE COLUMN...AND LITTLE IN THE WAY OF FOCUSING MECHANISMS...EXPECTING PRECIPITATION TO TAKE ON A DIURNAL CHARACTER. MODELS SEEM TO PIN SLIGHTLY BETTER MOISTURE AND HIGHER PWAT VALUES ACROSS THE WESTERN COUNTIES. WHILE CONVECTIVE INITIATION MAY OCCUR OVER THE RIDGES FIRST ON WEDNESDAY...THINK ULTIMATE BEST COVERAGE WILL LIE CLOSER TO THE OHIO RIVER. POPS RANGE FROM SLIGHT CHANCE LATE TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY NIGHTS AREAWIDE TO HIGH CHANCE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH LIKELY WEST OF THE OHIO RIVER. USED A MET/SREF COMBO FOR TEMPERATURES THESE THREE PERIODS...SINCE THESE HAVE BEEN THE BETTER PERFORMERS OF LATE. NAM/ECMWF ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT WITH FROPA THURSDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING...WITH BOUNDARY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF THE OHIO RIVER AROUND 00Z FRIDAY...THEN CROSSING THE REMAINDER OF THE CWA DURING THE EVENING. FOLLOWED THIS TIMING IN THE GRIDS WITH LIKELY POPS AREAWIDE AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY. DESPITE PASSAGE OF DECENT SHORTWAVE WITH THE FRONT...WIND FLOW LOOKS FAIRLY PEDESTRIAN OVERALL SO DO NOT FORESEE A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT RIGHT NOW. LIKED BIAS-CORRECTED MOSGUIDE GRIDS FOR TEMPERATURES WITH A FEW TWEAKS. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... FOLLOWED HPC SUGGESTION OF GOING WITH ECMWF AND ITS ENSEMBLE FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD. LINGERING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE/NORTHERLY FLOW MAY ALLOW A FEW SHOWERS TO LINGER INTO FRIDAY...HAVE CHANCY POPS IN THE MOUNTAINS. DRIER HIGH PRESSURE THEN SLIDES IN FROM THE NORTH...CONTROLLING OUR WEATHER INTO SUNDAY WITH DRY POPS AND LOWER DEWPOINTS. JUICE RETURNS LATER ON SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. NEXT COLD FRONT MAY THEN DROP IN BY MONDAY...HAVE CHANCE POPS TO COVER THIS. TEMPS MAINLY FOLLOWED MOSGUIDEBC ONCE AGAIN. && .AVIATION /19Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS LIFTING NORTH...REACHING NORTH OF KUNI AFTER 23Z. VARIABLE CONDITIONS WITH VSBY BRIEFLY AOB 3 MILES AND CEILINGS 1 TO 2 THSD FT BKN IN HEAVIER SHOWERS. SCATTERED SHOWERS MAY LINGER THROUGH THE NIGHT. OUTSIDE OF THE PCPN... WIDESPREAD VSBY 3 TO 5 MILES IN FOG AND HAZE AND CEILINGS 4 TO 8 THSD FT BKN 03Z THRU 12Z TUESDAY. LOW STRATUS AOB 1 THSD FT BKN TO OVC MAY FORM 06Z TO 12Z IN MOUNTAINS INCLUDING EKN AND BKW. CEILINGS AT 2 TO 4 THSD FT REFORMING QUICKLY AFTER SUNRISE WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. AVIATION OUTLOOK /BEYOND 18Z TUESDAY/... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR EACH OF THE NEXT SEVERAL AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. FOG SHOULD FORM AT NIGHT IN AREAS THAT GET RAIN. && .HYDROLOGY... A VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE IN PLACE TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED DOWNPOURS IN SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. DO NOT NEED THUNDER FOR THE DOWNPOUR. POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING. THE MOST LIKELY TIME PERIOD WOULD BE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENINGS. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. KY...NONE. VA...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...KTB/CL NEAR TERM...KTB SHORT TERM...CL LONG TERM...CL AVIATION...KTB HYDROLOGY...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 334 AM EDT MON MAY 25 2009 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-260745- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON- JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE- CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA- ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON- GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE- NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- 334 AM EDT MON MAY 25 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 203 PM EDT MON MAY 25 2009 KYZ101-103-OHZ087-WVZ005-006-251915- BOYD-CABELL-GREENUP-LAWRENCE-WAYNE- 203 PM EDT MON MAY 25 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BOYD...GREENUP...LAWRENCE... NORTHWESTERN WAYNE AND WEST CENTRAL CABELL COUNTIES... AT 200 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM HUNTINGTON TO CEREDO TO HOPEWELL TO GESLING...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 7 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF AN INCH OF RAIN IN JUST 15 MINUTES. THIS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR PROCTORVILLE AROUND 215 PM...ATHALIA AROUND 230 PM...WARNOCK AROUND 245 PM...SCOTTOWN AROUND 300 PM AND FLATWOODS AROUND 315 PM. PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. 30
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 350 PM EDT MON MAY 25 2009 KYZ101-252015- GREENUP- 350 PM EDT MON MAY 25 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL GREENUP COUNTY... AT 349 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR GRAYS BRANCH...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND PEA-SIZED HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. EXPECT INTENSE LIGHTNING FROM THIS STORM. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR LETITIA AROUND 355 PM AND SOUTH SHORE AROUND 405 PM. PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. 15
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 416 PM EDT MON MAY 25 2009 WVZ013>015-252100- KANAWHA-LINCOLN-PUTNAM- 416 PM EDT MON MAY 25 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN...SOUTHERN PUTNAM AND WEST CENTRAL KANAWHA COUNTIES... AT 416 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR TORNADO...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND PEA-SIZED HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. EXPECT INTENSE LIGHTNING FROM THIS STORM. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR ST. ALBANS AROUND 425 PM...NITRO AROUND 435 PM...TEAYS VALLEY AROUND 450 PM AND WINFIELD AROUND 500 PM. PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. 15
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 425 PM EDT MON MAY 25 2009 WVZ030-252100- LEWIS- 425 PM EDT MON MAY 25 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL LEWIS COUNTY... AT 418 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR LINN...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE FALLEN ALONG COVE LICK CREEK AND SAND FORK CREEK. THE HEAVY RAIN SHOULD TAPER OFF BY 5 PM...BUT EXPECT THE CREEKS TO RISE NEAR BANKFULL BEFORE THEY BEGIN TO WATER LEVELS BEGINS TO LOWER. PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. 15
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 453 PM EDT MON MAY 25 2009 WVZ011-020-031-252145- DODDRIDGE-HARRISON-TYLER- 453 PM EDT MON MAY 25 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN DODDRIDGE...NORTHERN HARRISON AND TYLER COUNTIES... AT 452 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR WOLF SUMMIT...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. EXPECT INTENSE LIGHTNING FROM THIS STORM. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR SALEM AROUND 500 PM...SEDALIA AROUND 510 PM...CENTER POINT AROUND 525 PM...SMITHBURG AROUND 530 PM...CANTON AROUND 540 PM AND LIMA AROUND 545 PM. PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. 15
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 523 PM EDT MON MAY 25 2009 OHZ086-WVZ007-252145- GALLIA-MASON- 523 PM EDT MON MAY 25 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL GALLIA AND MASON COUNTIES... AT 521 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR LEON...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THEREFORE...RAINFALL OF A HALF TO 1 INCH...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR LETART AROUND 545 PM. PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. 15
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
The cooperative observer in Gallipolis measured 2.7 inches for the 24 hours, most of which fell in less than 2 hours.
Street flooding was seen, this included the intersection Route 558 with Bob McCormick Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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