Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Charleston, WV

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
315 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003

TONIGHT THRU SUNDAY...
WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY PULLS THROUGH THE REGION ALONG WITH SHORTWAVE
AND JET MAX THIS EVENING.  HIGH PRESSURE TRIES TO BUILD INTO THE
REGION BRING SOME DRIER CONDITIONS...HOPEFULLY.  MM5 SHOWS LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE REMAINING IN PLACE AROUND 850 MB INTO SUNDAY EVENING...BUT
IS MUCH DRIER AT THE SURFACE.  DEW POINT ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS
CURRENTLY IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S.  EXPECT THIS WILL MOVE IN AND
SHOULD BRING AN END TO THE SHOWERS.

TEMPERATURES LOOKED TO BE PRETTY GOOD.  MADE A FEW TWEAKS TO THIS
EVENINGS LOWS AS NOT SURE HOW QUICK MID TO LOW CLOUDS WILL
DISSIPATE.  FOR TOMORROW...DROPPED TEMPS A COUPLE OF DEGREES AS 850
TEMPS UPSTREAM IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 10C TO 12C PUSH INTO THE
REGION.  AT FULL SUN WITH A TEMP OF 12C...MAX SURFACE TEMPS WOULD BE
82.  WOULD NOT EXPECT WITH THE DAMP SOIL...GOOD VEGETATION COVER AND
AFTER CU THAT 3 OR 4 DEGREES BELOW WOULD BE A GOOD GUESS.

SUNDAY NIGHT THRU TUESDAY NIGHT...

REMOVED AFTERNOON/EVENING PRECIPITATION FROM FORECAST ON MONDAY AND
TUESDAY AS FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS FAR ENOUGH SOUTH AND EAST OF REGION
AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY.  REMAINDER OF
PERIOD DRY.  TEMPS LOOK OK.

WEDNESDAY THRU SUNDAY...
ANOTHER FRONT WILL PUSH SLOWLY SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION WED NIGHT
INTO THURSDAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FRI NIGHT.  IN
ADDITION...MODELS INDICATE AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL DIVE SOUTHEAST
INTO THE REGION DURING THIS PERIOD.

THE COMBINATION OF THESE FEATURES WILL RESULT IN A CHANCE OF MAINLY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA
WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...AND THEN JUST IN THE MOUNTAINS ON
SATURDAY.

.RLX...
WV...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #731 UNTIL 6 PM FOR
WVZ005>011-013>020-024>040-046-047.

VA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #731 UNTIL 6 PM FOR VAZ003-004.

KY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #731 UNTIL 6 PM FOR KYZ101>103-105.

OH...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #731 UNTIL 6 PM FOR
OHZ066-067-075-076-083> 087.

END/  ESS/DB/JH
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1245 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003

WILL SEND OUT UPDATE TO ADD SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALL COUNTIES
UNTIL 6 PM TO ZONES.  WILL ALSO INCREASE POPS TO 40 ACROSS THE BOARD.

.END/ KF
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1047 AM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003
FOR MORNING UPDATE...HAVE INCREASED POPS ACROSS THE REGION INTO THE
CHANCE RANGE AS SEVERAL WAVE ARE ROTATING AROUND THE UPPER LOW.  THE
FIRST WAVE IS MOVING INTO WESTERN OHIO NOW AND IS GENERATING SHOWERS
WITH A COUPLE OF TSTORMS.  THE 00Z ETA HAD A REAL GOOD HANDLE ON THE
LOCATION OF THIS WAVE AS WELL AS THE NEXT ONE THAT IS DROPPING IN
ACROSS MINNESOTA.  THIS WAVE IS QUICKLY MOVING SOUTH AND IS FORECAST
TO BE IN OHIO BY THIS EVENING.  AT THE SURFACE...A WEAK BOUNDARY HAS
SET UP FROM WESTERN PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE SW ACROSS INDIANA INTO
ILLINOIS.  THIS FEATURE WILL MOVE EAST DURING THE DAY AND SHOULD
COMBINE WITH THE SHORTWAVE THIS AFTERNOON TO BRING SOME SHOWER
ACTIVITY TO THE REGION.  HAVE INCREASED POPS TO CHANCE POPS ACROSS
THE REGION.  00Z POPS FROM ALL MODELS WAS IN THE 40 TO 60 PERCENT
RANGE SO THINKING IS THAT CURRENT POPS NEEDED TO BE RAISED CLOSER TO
GUIDANCE.

TEMPS LOOK TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE AND WILL LEAVE THEM ALONE.

ESS
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247 AM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003

TODAY AND TONIGHT...

LAST FEW SHOWERS EXITING MOUNTAIN COUNTIES AT THIS TIME.  ONLY A FEW
PATCHES OF CLOUDS FLOATING AROUND THE AREA.

WEATHER FACTOR FOR THE FIRST 24 HOURS IS WEAK SHORTWAVE ROTATING
AROUND OPENING UPPER LOW.  THIS ALSO WILL DROP A SURFACE
BOUNDARY...BARELY...ACROSS THE CWA.  MOST OF THE CLOUD/PRECIP
DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE TO OCCUR WITH DAYTIME HEATING.  CAPES TOP OUT
IN THE 1000-1500 J/KG RANGE FOR THE MOST PART...AND THERE IS A BIT
OF SPEED SHEAR INDICATED BY BUFKIT SOUNDINGS THIS AFTERNOON.  WENT
WITH HIGHER POPS ALONG THE MOUNTAINS AND IN THE FAR SOUTH...WHERE
THERE IS UPSLOPE FLOW AND A BIT MORE MOISTURE TO WORK WITH. WITH
FREEZING LEVELS LOWER IN THIS AIRMASS...WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF WE
GET A HAIL REPORT OR TWO THIS AFTERNOON.  STILL...AGREE WITH SPC DAY
1 OUTLOOK IN KEEPING SLIGHT RISK AREA OUT OF CWA.

EXPECT SHOWERS/STORMS TO DIE OFF THIS EVENING WITH INSUFFICIENT
DYNAMICS TO KEEP THEM GOING ONCE WAVE ROTATES THROUGH.  CLOUDS WILL
DISSIPATE AND FULL BUCK MOON WILL BE QUITE VISIBLE.

MINOR TWEAKS TO TEMPS...GENERALLY A BLEND OF FWC/MAV.

SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SFC DOMINATES THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE
WORK WEEK KEEPING MOST AREAS DRY.  HOWEVER ALONG THE MOUNTAINS WEAK
SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW DEVELOPS AS SFC HIGH SLIDES INTO NEW ENGLAND.
THIS WEAK UPSLOPE FLOW ALONG WITH DIFFERENTIAL HEATING COULD LEAD TO
ISOLATED AFTERNOON SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS.  CURRENT FORECAST HAS
SLIGHT CHANCE AND WILL LEAVE THIS AS IS...ALTHOUGH THINK MONDAY
COULD ACTUALLY BE DRY IN MOUNTAINS AS WELL IF DEEPER MOISTURE SLIDES
EAST AS PROGGED BY MODELS.  HOWEVER DO NOT TRUST MODELS DEPICTION OF
THIS AS WE ARE IN JULY AND WITHOUT A STRONG SHORTWAVE FEEL MOISTURE
MAY NOT MOVE THAT MUCH.

NEXT FRONT STILL PROGGED TO PASS THROUGH REGION WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
WITH POST FRONTAL PRECIP.  ADJUSTED POP GRIDS TO REFLECT TIMING OF
FRONTAL PRECIP BETTER AND LIMIT IT TO ONLY THE SOUTHERN HALF OF CWA
ON THURSDAY AS IT APPEARS ENOUGH DRY AIR WILL WORK INTO THE NORTH.
TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY WARM UP DURING EARLY WEEK AS AIR MASS
MODIFIES UNDER JULY SUN.

CL/HC
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KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-
013>020-024>040-046-047-122100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
105 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN
OHIO...NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND MOST OF WEST
VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH HAS HAS BEEN POSTED UNTIL 6 PM SATURDAY
FOR THE ENTIRE CHARLESTON...WEST VIRGINIA FORECAST AREA.  THIS
INCLUDES MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA...SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...NORTHEASTERN
KENTUCKY...AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF VIRGINIA.  GUSTY WINDS...SMALL
HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP.  SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH
STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.  WE WILL CONTINUE TO CLOSELY
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS
THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS THE REGION.

* TORNADO WATCH..............SEE WWUS61 KRLX - RLXSLSWV
                                        KCLE - CLESLSOH
                                        KSDF - SDFSLSKY
                                        KWBC - WBCSLSVA FOR DETAILS *

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

KF

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
233 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

231 PM     THORNVILLE                OH   .75 INCH HAIL
07/12/03   PERRY                          EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          216 PM AND 231 PM

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
308 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

251 PM     LOWER SALEM               OH   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/12/03   WASHINGTON

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
316 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

311 PM     AMESVILLE                 OH   PEA SIZE HAIL
07/12/03   ATHENS                                                                  256 PM AND 311 PM

305 PM     GLOUSTER                  OH   1.00 INCH HAIL
07/12/03   ATHENS                                                                  258 PM AND 313 PM

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
316 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS ARE UNOFFICIAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
FROM UNTRAINED SOURCES

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

311 PM     AMESVILLE                 OH   PEA SIZE HAIL
07/12/03   ATHENS

305 PM     GLOUSTER                  OH   1.00 INCH HAIL
07/12/03   ATHENS