Minor street flooding took place in southwest Virginia on July 24th as the result of heavy downpours associated with thunderstorms. Low level moisture was bountiful on this day, allowing evolving thunderstorms to produce enough rainfall in Buchanan County for Dismal Creek to rise out of its banks.
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Minor street flooding took place in southwest Virginia on July 24th as the result of heavy downpours associated with thunderstorms. Low level moisture was bountiful on this day, allowing evolving thunderstorms to produce enough rainfall in Buchanan County for Dismal Creek to rise out of its banks. This led to a brief period of water spilling onto the adjacent road before returning to its banks later that evening once convection diminished for the day.
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 Jul 24, 6:34 PM EST, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION National Weather Service Charleston WV 734 PM EDT Wed Jul 24 2024 .SYNOPSIS... Chances for showers and storms continue through Thursday. Slow moving storms may yield isolated high water issues. Drier this weekend. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/... A of 729 PM Wednesday... Radar imagery shows isolated showers and thunderstorms decreasing in coverage and intensity as they move over our area. There could be a period of no precipitation early this evening, but additional showers and storms, ahead of an approaching cold front will move from the west later this evening. Rest of forecast remains on track. As of 125 PM Wednesday... A very moist airmass characterized by precipitable water values in the 1.5 to 1.8 inch range remains entrenched over the region. Modest destabilization with filtered insolation is presently yielding isolated to scattered convection across the region, somewhat more focused by background ascent across SE OH and NW WV as the right rear entrance region of a 100KT jet streak. Expect convection to continue to fill in through this afternoon, especially in the vicinity of this ascent, likely persisting well into the evening in this area. Some localized high water issues are possible in any training convection, especially over areas that saw some locally heavy rainfall last night. On the whole though, most rainfall will be beneficial. Background ascent persists into the morning hours, but should see a relatively lull in activity diurnally Thursday morning. With renewed afternoon heating will see additional activity firing up Thursday afternoon, with the best coverage in enhanced lift in the vicinity of a slow moving cold front that crosses late morning into early evening Thursday. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... As of 207 PM Wednesday... Frontal bndry will be pushing south and east through Thursday evening and into Friday morning. With drier air filtering in and loss of daytime heating, expect a rather quick ending of showers/storms from NW to SE. Latest CAMs support this as well with any activity quickly diminishing during the evening. There remains a marginal Risk for excessive rainfall (level 1 of 4) for the area Thursday. Any flooding would be localized and likely focused in flood prone areas or locales that have seen a few inches of rainfall over the past 72hrs. At least some fog development is likely late Thursday night into Friday morning and again late Friday night into Saturday morning, but coverage looks patchy. By Friday, the frontal bndry becomes stationary extending from MO ESE to NC, which may allow for a few showers to linger in the Southern Coalfields. Any rainfall amounts would be rather light. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... As of 207 PM Wednesday... In the wake of the front, sfc high pressure builds and moves from the Great Lakes late week to the Middle Atlantic late weekend. This will keep the area relatively dry on Saturday as middle level ridging extends across the region. By late Sunday afternoon, the mid level ridge will begin to breakdown with increasing moisture and an approaching disturbance. POPs have trended up over the previous 24 hrs, but there remains some uncertainty as to the coverage and timing. Based on NBM probabilities, Monday and Tuesday looks to have the highest shower/storm chances. Early and middle next week, a more amplified trough is likely to develop across the eastern third of the CONUS. Multiple disturbances look to pass through the region, which is in line with the NBM increasing POPs in the extended. With the unsettled weather, daytime highs look to remain in the middle and upper 80s, however there is greater ensemble temp spreads in the NBM. This is likely due to uncertainty with coverage of storms and cloudiness. && .AVIATION /00Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... As of 726 PM Wednesday... Afternoon convection will continue to diminish in coverage by sunset. However, the atmosphere will continue unstable tonight allowing for additional nocturnal showers or storms. Brief IFR visibility conditions with gusty winds up to 22 knots can be expected along any strong shower or storm. Coded TEMPO groups at PKB and CKB for convection early in the period. Guidance suggest low status deck forming across the western foothills of the Appalachians overnight. Expect IFR/MVFR ceilings with this low stratus deck across CRW, EKN, BKW, and CKB. There is low confidence that these clouds could affect PKB and HTS at this time. With outflow boundaries around and plenty of clouds expected, dense fog may not develop as suggested by guidance. IFR low stratus deck will become MVFR from 13-15Z Thursday morning before lifting to VFR after 15Z. Winds will generally be light from the southwest. However, a wind shifts out of the northwest will follow behind a line of showers and thunderstorms entering the northern portions of SE OH attm. Winds will become near calm overnight though. Winds will become more steady from the northwest behind the passing front on Thursday. FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY... FORECAST CONFIDENCE: Medium. ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: Timing and locations for showers and thunderstorms may vary from forecast. Fog may develop overnight where afternoon precipitation occurs. 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. UTC 1HRLY 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 EDT 1HRLY 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 CRW CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H M L M L HTS CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H BKW CONSISTENCY M M M M M M H M L M L L EKN CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H L H L M PKB CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H M L L CKB CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H M H H AFTER 00Z FRIDAY... IFR also possible in morning fog/low stratus Friday. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...None. OH...None. KY...None. VA...None. && SYNOPSIS...JRM/JP NEAR TERM...JP SHORT TERM...JRM LONG TERM...JRM AVIATION...ARJ
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Charleston WV 410 AM EDT Wed Jul 24 2024 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>034-039-040-515>526-250815- 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-Southeast Randolph- 410 AM EDT Wed Jul 24 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky, southeast Ohio, southwest Virginia and much of West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Scattered showers and thunderstorms today could contain heavy downpours. The risk of flash flooding is generally low across the area due to active drought conditions. However, locations that receive repeated rounds of heavy rainfall could see localized flash flooding, particularly urbanized areas with poor drainage. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Another round of showers and thunderstorms are expected Thursday. Some could contain heavy rainfall which could lead to localized flash flooding for areas with poor drainage. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
800 PM EDT Wed Jul 24 2024
KYZ105-250130-
Lawrence-
800 PM EDT Wed Jul 24 2024
...CREEKS AND STREAMS RUNNING HIGH...
Heavy rain to the tune of 1 to 2.5 inches has fallen this evening
across portions of far southeast Lawrence County. Localized heavy
rain may persist over the next half hour or so, with isolated high
water issues possible in the typical low-lying trouble areas
throughout this evening. Do not drive your vehicle into areas where
water covers the roadway. The water depth may be too great to allow
your car to cross safely.
&&
LAT...LON 3797 8266 3795 8258 3793 8258 3793 8259
3792 8259 3792 8260 3789 8260 3788 8261
3791 8268
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 167DEG 2KT 3792 8261
04The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:29 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Dismal River Road was inundated with water as the result of Dismal Creek rising out of its banks.
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