Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Charleston, WV

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
215PM EDT MON JUL 20 1992

DATE...JULY 18
TIME...420PM EDT
LOCATION...CENTRAL SCIOTO COUNTY OHIO..BETWEEN STATE ROUTES 139 AND 23
TYPE...WIND DAMAGE..TREES DOWNED ACROSS POWER LINES..SEVERAL HOMES REPORTED
ROOF DAMAGE
NO INJURIES OR DEATHS
SOURCE...STORM SPOTTERS

DATE...JULY 18
TIME...450PM EDT
LOCATION...NORTHERN MASON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA..IN THE HARTFORD AREA
TYPE...WIND DAMAGE..TREES DOWNED ACROSS POWER LINES, SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS
DAMAGED OR COMPLETELY BLOWN AWAY
NO INJURIES OR DEATHS
SOURCE...COUNTY SHERRIFF, STORM SPOTTERS

DATE...JULY 18
TIME...505PM EDT
LOCATION...EASTERN MEIGS COUNTY OHIO..2 NORTH OF APPLE GROVE
TYPE...WIND DAMAGE..TREES ACROSS POWER LINES, BARN HAD ROOF DAMAGED,
SMALL OUTBUILDING SHEARED OFF BOLTED FOUNDATION
NO INJURIES OR DEATHS
SOURCE...PUBLIC/SPOTTER REPORTS

DATE...JULY 18
TIME...735PM EDT
LOCATION...NORTHERN WAYNE AND NORTHERN CABELL COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA
TYPE...WIND DAMAGE..LIGHTNING DAMAGE..TREES DOWNED ACROSS POWER LINES,
SEVERAL LIGHTNING STRIKES KNOCKED POWER OUT TO ABOUT 500-1000 RESIDENCES
NO INJURIES OR DEATHS
SOURCE...POWER COMPANY, HUNTINGTON NEWSPAPER

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND
LATE AFTERNOON WEATHER STORY FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN
SLOPES OF WEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
500 PM EDT MON JUL 20 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE
OF WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA...

AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS OBSERVED NORTH OF A LINE FROM
CINCINNATI, COLUMBUS AND WHEELING. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE
AROUND COLUMBUS AND ZANESVILLE OHIO. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL SLIP SOUTH DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND AFFECT
NORTHERN AND NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE
COMMUNITY OF PARKERSBURG.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE FORECAST TONIGHT FOR WEST
VIRGINIA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS ON
TUESDAY AS A COLD FRONT HEADS OUR WAY.

THE WEATHER MAPS THIS AFTERNOON SHOWED A COLD FRONT LOCATED FROM ONTARIO
CANADA, NORTHWEST OHIO, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE COLD
FRONT WILL PUSH SLOWLY SOUTH INTO WARM, MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR AND
TRIGGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. BY TUESDAY
MORNING THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE NEW YORK CITY AREA,
NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHERN MISSOURI, AND THEN STALL
OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA WEDNESDAY MORNING.

THE COOLER AND DRIER AIR ASSOCIATED WITH THIS COLD FRONT WILL NOT FILTER
INTO WEST VIRGINIA BUT WILL REMAIN OVER NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHERN
PENNSYLVANIA.

 ...HAZARDOUS WEATHER POTENTIAL THROUGH SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL F10 PM EDT FOR THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF
WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA. STAY TUNED TO COMMERCIAL
BROADCASTS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

END/ORCHANIAN

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
508 PM EDT MON JUL 20 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM EDT...

AT 500 PM EDT...CHARLESTON WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL SECTIONS OF OHIO. THE LINE
EXTENDED FROM NEAR WHEELING WEST VIRGINIA WESTWARD TO COLUMBUS OHIO.
THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN PICKAWAY AND MUSKINGUM COUNTIES IN OHIO.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT WHICH
WILL BE MOVING SOUTHWARD INTO THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA
LATER TONIGHT. DEVELOP OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
IN ADVANCE OF THIS FRONT.

PERSONS IN THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA SHOULD BE ALERT
THROUGHOUT THE EVENING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THREATENING WEATHER.
LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO...TELEVISION...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
FURTHER STATEMENTS VOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING.

GTG