A cold front pushed southward into West Virginia and stalled nearby during the early morning hours on the 30th. Thunderstorms progressing through the area resulted in one to two inches of rainfall, leading to flash flooding across northeast West Virginia.
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A cold front pushed southward into West Virginia and stalled nearby during the early morning hours on the 30th. Thunderstorms progressing through the area resulted in one to two inches of rainfall, leading to flash flooding across northeast West Virginia. In Randolph County, just over three inches of rainfall fell in a three hour time span, leading to multiple mudslides, washed out roads, and water rescues. An automatic gauge on Haines Knob near Job measured 3.1 inches. The President of the United States signed a Disaster Declaration for the Harman area of Randolph County due to the significant amount of flooding that occurred with this event.
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 30, 1:59 AM EST, 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION National Weather Service Charleston WV 259 AM EDT Sun Jun 30 2019 .SYNOPSIS... A cold front pushes south into the area today. Slightly less humid Monday. Warm and humid for mid to late week with daily chances of thunderstorms. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... As of 300 AM Sunday... Today is a change in pace with a cold front moving though the area from north to south bringing cooler drier air. The frontal boundary may stall slightly, however it will eventually make way out of the area late afternoon, possibly as late as the early evening. The good news is that not a lot of rain will fall with this baroclinic zone and most of the chances for showers will be confined to the mountains where most of the lifting will reside. A theta-E ridge is slated to be present to the south near VA. This will help initiate convection along the frontal boundary for potential storms in the far south. The chance for storms outside this region are very low during the day. There is not a whole lot of instability and by the afternoon it will all together disappear. Stable drier air engulfs the area and allows us to cool off a bit. We will get to relish temperatures overnight in the mid to upper 50's north of Charleston and low 60's to the south. High pressure builds in for Sunday night promoting fair weather for the time being. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... As of 215 AM Sunday... Slightly drier air on Monday and Monday night will provide for lower humidity levels. This will also mean generally dry conditions. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... As of 215 AM Sunday... Heat and humidity rebuild over the area Tuesday and remain through the work week. This will provide showers and thunderstorms at times, more likely during the afternoon and evening hours. Models showing some troughing aloft for next weekend, which could push a frontal boundary into the area. && .AVIATION /07Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... As of 130 AM Sunday... Currently, EKN and CKB are dealing with MVFR conditions within showers and VCTS. This should wane in the next hour or so. However, tempo conditions of MVFR will affect these sites until late morning. EKN will go IFR in VIS for a 3 hour window starting at 8Z. Also, CKB will endure lower MVFR VIS in showers. A cold front sweeps south through the area today with not much in the way of low clouds. The sites mentioned above will become scattered out by the early afternoon. Although expecting chances of showers along the eastern mountains which will affect CKB/EKN/BKW until the early afternoon, however no restrictions are expected. Elsewhere, VFR will prevail throughout this forecast period. PKB may briefly see a reduction in VIS in the early morning due to patchy fog. Any fog lingering this morning will burn off quite fast as winds pick up quickly going from light to westerly at 5-10KT with gusts in the low teens in the late morning. Frontal passage will be during this late afternoon where winds will relax and switchover to a northwesterly flow this evening as clouds clear out from north to south. Chances for thunderstorms were too low to add to the TAFs. Most of the convection, if any, will be confined to the far southern portions of our area near VA. FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 06Z MONDAY... FORECAST CONFIDENCE: Medium. ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: Development of fog overnight may vary from forecast. A thunderstorm is also possible as the front moves through, however confidence is too low to add into the TAFs. EXPERIMENTAL TABLE OF FLIGHT CATEGORY OBJECTIVELY SHOWS CONSISTENCY OF WFO FORECAST TO AVAILABLE MODEL INFORMATION: H = HIGH: TAF CONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL. M = MEDIUM: TAF HAS VARYING LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY WITH MODELS. L = LOW: TAF INCONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL. DATE SUN 06/30/19 UTC 1HRLY 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 EDT 1HRLY 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 CRW CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H HTS CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H BKW CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H EKN CONSISTENCY H H M M M M L H H H H H PKB CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H CKB CONSISTENCY H H H H H H M H H H H H AFTER 06Z MONDAY... IFR possible in afternoon and evening storms during the middle of next week. IFR is also possible in early morning valley fog, especially where storms occur the afternoon and evening before. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...None. OH...None. KY...None. VA...None. && SYNOPSIS...RH/SL/JZ NEAR TERM...JZ SHORT TERM...RPY LONG TERM...RPY AVIATION...JZ
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Charleston WV 326 AM EDT Sun Jun 30 2019 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>034-039-040-515>525-010730- 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-Upshur-Barbour- Northwest Raleigh-Southeast Raleigh-Northwest Fayette- Southeast Fayette-Northwest Nicholas-Southeast Nicholas- Northwest Webster-Southeast Webster-Northwest Pocahontas- Southeast Pocahontas-Northwest Randolph- 326 AM EDT Sun Jun 30 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky, southeast Ohio, southwest Virginia and much of West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions by calling the toll-free spotter hotline, or by other methods detailed at www.weather.gov/rlx/reports. WVZ526-010730- Southeast Randolph- 326 AM EDT Sun Jun 30 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northeast West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. There is potential for flash flooding issues for parts of Randolph County early this morning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions by calling the toll-free spotter hotline, or by other methods detailed at www.weather.gov/rlx/reports.
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 175 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:32 UTC.
2 flash flood, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Rapidly rising waters impacted a campground in Dryfork, where a truck was swept away. Campers were stranded and were unable to evacuate due to all roads out of the campground being blocked by multiple mudslides. This occurred in an area with no cell service.
Flash flooding led to several roads being closed overnight in the Harman area, causing infrastructure damage throughout the town. The local water and sewage plant were significantly impacted and knocked offline. Numerous roads and culverts were washed out and several homes and trailers were pushed off their foundations. In total, 13 homes were damaged. Three of them were rendered uninhabitable. Sewer lines in Harman were also washed out. Many water rescues were conducted. Across the Monongahela National Forest, 68 miles of train track were damaged.
US 33 East Bound at WV 32 in Harman remained closed due to lingering flooding following flash flooding earlier in the morning.
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