Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Charleston, WV

Issued

Jun 4, 2002, 4:27 PM EDT (20:27 UTC)

Expired

Jun 4, 2002, 5:15 PM EDT

In force

48 min

Issued by

NWS Charleston, WV

Area

Whole counties

County Perry County, OH

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WUUS51 KRLX 042027
SVRRLX
OHC127-042115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
427 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT...

* AT 422 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES WEST OF NEW LEXINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 25
  MPH.


--CALL TO ACTION--IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE
WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY
RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

$$

NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 4, 2:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
250 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2002

TSTMS THAT POP THIS AFTERNOON WILL GENERALLY DISSIPATE A FEW HOURS
AFTER SUNSET..EXCEPT OVER SOUTHEAST OHIO AND FAR NORTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA WHERE SOME OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES MAY KEEP THINGS GOING UNTIL
AROUND MIDNIGHT.  DO NOT EXPECT ENOUGH ORGANIZED CONVECTION TO ISSUE
A FLOOD WATCH..BUT A FEW STORM UP NORTH MAY CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED
WATER PROBLEMS THIS EVENING.

MODELS ARE A BIT SLOWER WITH COLD FRONT PUSHING ACROSS WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AND THURSDAY..SO PREFER THE SLOWEST MODEL WHICH IS THE ETA.
THIS WILL LIKELY KEEP ORGANIZED CONVECTION DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY
MAINLY OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE CWA AND MAINLY IN THE
AFTERNOON..GOING LIKELY POPS ALONG AND WEST OF OHIO RIVER WITH
CHANCE ELSEWHERE. POPS HIGHEST WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING
WITH COLD FRONT ALONG OHIO RIVER BY 12Z THURSDAY MORNING.  WE MAY
HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT MORE WIDESPREAD WATER PROBLEMS WEDNESDAY NIGHT
IF THE FRONT SLOWS DOWN SOME MORE..AS EXTREMELY HIGH PWS ARE WITH
THIS SYSTEM..BUT NO FLOOD WATCHES ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.  FRONT
WILL PUSH BEYOND CWA BY 21Z..BUT THERE WILL BE POST FRONTAL
PRECIPITATION AS THE MAIN SHORT WAVE LAGS THE FRONT.  CLEARING
THURSDAY NIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN.

MOS GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES ARE CLOSE AND LOOK REASONABLE.

FRIDAY THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY...

TWEAKED TEMPS HERE AND THERE...BUT OVERALL SIMILAR STORY.  MODELS
MOVING A LITTLE SLOWER WITH PUSHING SYSTEM OUT ON THURSDAY...SO WILL
HAVE MORE CLOUDS LINGERING ACROSS NORTHEASTERN ZONES FRIDAY
MORNING.  WILL LEAVE OUT WORDING OF PRECIP UNTIL MONDAY...AS
PREVIOUS GO AROUND...AND ADD TUESDAY TO THE MIX.

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

.END/JMV/KS

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.