Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Charleston, WV

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
327 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2001

NOT A LOT OF CHANGE TO THE GOING PACKAGE.  FRONT SHOULD BE NEAR
CRW/HTS CORRIDOR AROUND 00Z...WILL CUT OUT POPS NORTH OF HERE AFTER
00Z. WITH FRONT CLEARING CWA BY MIDNIGHT.  WILL LIKELY USE EVENING
GROUPS TO HANDLE SHRA/TSRA BEFORE FROPA.  SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL
CONTINUE PRIOR TO FROPA WITH PLENTY OF INSTABILITY HAVING BUILT UP
THIS AFTERNOON.  AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE...CLEAR SAILING FOR THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS WITH A REFRESHING AIRMASS.

WITH POSSIBILITY OF A NEW WATCH IN THE OFFING...WILL HOLD ON TO
ZONES FOR A LITTLE BIT BEFORE ISSUANCE.

.RLX...
WV...NONE.
VA...NONsE.
KY...NONE.
OH...NONE.

.END/CL

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-
013>020-024>040-046-047-011700-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
937 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2001

...MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY ACROSS SOUTHEAST OHIO AND
NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...

A COLD FRONT WILL BE RUSHING SOUTHWARD TOWARDS OUR REGION
TODAY...CROSSING OUR AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.
THIS FRONT WILL ULTIMATELY USHER IN COOLER AND DRIER AIR...BUT
BEFORE THEN...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE A THREAT THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION.

THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL ROUGHLY LIE NORTH OF A
LINE FROM ELKINS TO CHARLESTON TO ASHLAND KENTUCKY.  THIS
ENCOMPASSES MOST OF NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST OHIO.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THIS LINE...BUT
THE RISK IS SOMEWHAT LESS.

WE EXPECT THE INITIAL LINE OF STORMS TO REACH SOUTHEAST OHIO DURING
THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...AROUND 1 OR 2 PM.  THESE STORMS WILL
RACE SOUTH AND EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.
MORE STORMS MAY ACCOMPANY THE COLD FRONT AS IT CROSSES LATER ON.
THE FRONT WILL EXIT OUR REGION INTO SOUTHERN KENTUCKY AND VIRGINIA
AROUND MIDNIGHT...TAKING ANY REMAINING STORMS WITH IT.

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE WIND DAMAGE.  WIND GUSTS
OF 60 TO 70 MPH...POSSIBLY EVEN HIGHER...ARE EXPECTED IN THE
STRONGEST STORMS.  LARGE HAIL...GREATER THAN THREE QUARTERS OF AN
INCH IN DIAMETER...IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY.  AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR
TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT AS WELL.  AS ALWAYS...ANY THUNDERSTORM CAN
PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING.

TAKE STEPS NOW TO PREPARE FOR THIS EXPECTED SEVERE WEATHER
OUTBREAK.  BRING ITEMS SUCH AS TOYS AND LAWN FURNITURE INDOORS.
UNPLUG LARGE APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORMS APPROACH TO AVOID DAMAGE
FROM ELECTRICAL SURGES.  KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND STAY TUNED TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA SOURCES FOR LATER
STATEMENTS...WATCHES OR WARNINGS.

.END/CL

OHZ066-067-075-076-085-WVZ009>011-019-020-031-011900-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
222 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2001

HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR PERRY...MORGAN...ATHENS...
MEIGS...WASHINGTON IN EASTERN OHIO...PLUS WOOD...PLEASANTS...TYLER...
RITCHIE...DODDRIDGE...AND HARRISON IN WEST VIRGINIA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED OUT AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT.
AT 2:20 PM...THE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM NEAR WHEELING ON
WEST TO ZANESVILLE AND LANCASTER IN OHIO.

THE STORMS WERE RACING EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH.  THE
STORMS WILL BE AFFECTING PERRY AND MORGAN COUNTIES IN OHIO BETWEEN
2:30 AND 3:30 PM.  BY 4 O'CLOCK...THE STORMS COULD BE REACHING
THE MIDDLEBOURNE...SAINT MARYS...MARIETTA...ATHENS...PARKERSBURG
REGION.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH COULD EASILY OCCUR.  OF COURSE...LIGHTNING
IS ALWAYS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS.

BEING A WEEKEND...DO NOT GET CAUGHT OUTSIDE. KEEP AN EYE ON THE
WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN HORIZON.  SEEKS SHELTER INSIDE BEFORE THE
STORMS HIT.  DO NOT PARK VEHICLES UNDER LARGE TREES. BOATERS ON THE
OHIO RIVER SHOULD ALLOW ENOUGH TIME TO GET OFF THE WATER.

.END / KTB / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

OHZ066-067-075-076-085-WVZ009>011-019-020-031-012000-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
314 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2001

HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR PERRY...MORGAN...ATHENS...
MEIGS...WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN EASTERN OHIO...PLUS WOOD...
PLEASANTS...TYLER...RITCHIE...DODDRIDGE...AND HARRISON COUNTIES IN
WEST VIRGINIA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.

AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS RACING SOUTHEAST
AT 35 TO 40 MPH.  AT 3:15 PM...THE LINE STRETCHED FROM NEAR
MOUNDSVILLE...ON WEST TO THE MCCONNELSVILLE...NEW LEXINGTON VICINITY
IN EASTERN OHIO

BY 4 O'CLOCK...THE STORMS COULD BE NEAR THE MIDDLEBOURNE...SAINT
MARYS...MARIETTA...ATHENS.  BETWEEN 4 AND 5 O'CLOCK THE
STORMS WILL BE STREAKING THROUGH THE ROUTE 50 CORRIDOR...FROM
PARKERSBURG ON EAST...TOWARD PENNSBORO...WEST UNION...AND
CLARKSBURG.  POMEROY OHIO COULD ALSO BE AFFECTED BETWEEN 4 AND
5 O'CLOCK.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH COULD EASILY OCCUR.  THAT WOULD BE STRONG
ENOUGH FOR SOME TREE DAMAGE.  OF COURSE...LIGHTNING IS ALWAYS
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS.  WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED ON THE STRONGEST
STORMS.

BEING A WEEKEND...DO NOT GET CAUGHT OUTSIDE. KEEP AN EYE ON THE
WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN HORIZON.  SEEKS SHELTER INSIDE BEFORE THE
STORMS HIT.  DO NOT PARK VEHICLES UNDER LARGE TREES.

.END / KTB / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE