A short line of heavy rain from thunderstorms trained west to east across eastern Dickenson County into western Buchanan County between 1430 and 1530E on the 3rd. Rain amounts of around 3 inches were likely from near Haysi to near Vicey and Prater.
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A short line of heavy rain from thunderstorms trained west to east across eastern Dickenson County into western Buchanan County between 1430 and 1530E on the 3rd. Rain amounts of around 3 inches were likely from near Haysi to near Vicey and Prater.
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 Jun 3, 12:49 PM EST, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 149 PM EDT THU JUN 3 2010 .SYNOPSIS... FRONT MEANDERS THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH BATCHES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LINGERING SURFACE BOUNDARY ACROSS THE NORTH FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... EARLIER CONVECTION IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO HAS MOVED EAST OF KPKB AND WAS DISSIPATING RAPIDLY NEAR KCKB. REST OF THE AREA WILL HAVE A TRANQUIL EARLY MORNING. FORECAST THROUGH TONIGHT WILL BE FOCUSED ON BOUNDARY MEANDERING IN THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA. RADAR AND MODEL TRENDS CONVERGING ON THE AREA ALONG AND NORTH OF I-64 HAVING THE HIGHEST LIKELIHOOD OF CONVECTION AFTER 15Z. WITH STRONG SOLAR HEATING AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ANY CONVECTION HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND PERHAPS SOME HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS. VALLEY FOG POSSIBLE TONIGHT ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE RAIN. && .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... UNSETTLED WEATHER CONTINUES TO REMAIN IN THE SHORT TERM...WITH CONTINUED RUN TO RUN INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE MODELS. COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL STALL OUT OVER REGION THURSDAY NIGHT...BEFORE MOVING NORTH ON FRIDAY AS A WARM FRONT AS ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BEGINS TO APPROACH THE REGION. WITH THE WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS...AND MODELS CONTINUING TO INDICATE PW VALUES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY IN THE 1.6 TO 1.8 INCH RANGE...SO ANY STORMS THAT DO OCCUR WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS. ON SATURDAY...ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION...KEEPING THE THREAT FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS GOING. YET ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS PROGGED TO MOVE THROUGH LATE IN THE PERIOD...FOR CONTINUED UNSETTLED WEATHER. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... DECIDED TO BASE THE EXTENDED FORECAST ON AN EVEN MIXTURE OF THE GFS AND ECMWF SOLUTIONS...WITH THE GFS HAVING A MORE PROGRESSIVE SOLUTION...WHILE THE ECMWF FORECAST IS A LITTLE SLOW. THERE IS A RELATIVELY DECENT AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST DUE TO THE DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN THE MODEL SOLUTIONS...HAVE THEREFORE KEPT POPS AT OR BELOW THE HIGH CHANCE RANGE. THAT BEING SAID...THE COLD FRONT WILL STILL BE SLOWLY PASSING THROUGH OUR AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND PROVIDE THE FORCING NECESSARY FOR RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA. THE RAIN WILL LINGER OVER THE EASTERN HIGHER TERRAIN MONDAY MORNING...AND DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO FORM OVER THE EASTERN HIGH TERRAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE AREA WILL DRY OUT BEGINNING TUESDAY AS THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE DRIES OUT AND A SURFACE HIGH TAKES UP RESIDENCE OVER THE MID ATLANTIC REGION. RAIN WILL RETURN LATE THURSDAY MORNING AS AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE DRIFTS THROUGH FROM THE WEST AND INTERACTS WITH THE REESTABLISHED GULF OF MEXICO MOISTURE FEED. TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD WILL REMAIN NEAR THE SEASONAL AVERAGE. && .AVIATION /18Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIT THE NORTHEASTS MOUNTAINS AFFECTING EKN THRU 19Z. THE REST OF SITES WILL BEGIN UNDER VFR MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. HOWEVER...THE PROXIMITY OF A QUASI STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS OH...AND INDIVIDUAL MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE VORTEXES WITH THE DIURNAL HEATING WILL PROMOTE AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION...MAINLY AFTER 19Z. LIGHT VALLEY FOG TONIGHT POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED RAIN. AFTER 18Z FRIDAY... BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED IN MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH SUNDAY. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. KY...NONE. VA...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JKF/SL NEAR TERM...JKF SHORT TERM...SL LONG TERM...JEM AVIATION...ARJ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 345 PM EDT THU JUN 3 2010 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-041945- 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- 345 PM EDT THU JUN 3 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION THIS WEEKEND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH COULD CREATE LOCALIZED WATER PROBLEMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1226 PM EDT THU JUN 3 2010
WVZ030>032-039-040-031700-
BARBOUR WV-HARRISON WV-LEWIS WV-TAYLOR WV-UPSHUR WV-
1226 PM EDT THU JUN 3 2010
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT BARBOUR...NORTHEASTERN LEWIS...
NORTHEASTERN UPSHUR...SOUTHERN HARRISON AND TAYLOR COUNTIES...
AT 1224 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF
WESTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR LOST CREEK AROUND 1235 PM...LORENTZ AROUND
1240 PM...CENTURY AROUND 1250 PM...VOLGA AROUND 1255 PM AND PHILIPPI
AROUND 100 PM.
THIS WILL IMPACT
I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 99 AND 117.
PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3896 7996 3904 8053 3922 8054 3928 7997
3897 7990
26The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:29 UTC.
1 flood, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Between Vansant and the Dickenson County border, several roads were flooded by streams feeding into Russell Prater Creek.
Small streams flooded several roads in the Haysi vicinity. This included the small feeder branches and runs, such as Doe Branch, that flow into Russell Prater Creek.
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