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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Charleston, WV

June 13, 20137 counties in West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2013, 12:18 PM EDT for 7 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 57 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 13, 2013, 12:18 PM EDT (16:18 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2013, 1:15 PM EDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Boone County, WV, Clay County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Webster County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 13, 12:20 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Chesapeake, WV	TREE DOWN ALONG MACCORKLE AVE
Jun 13, 12:24 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Ssw Charleston, WV	TREE DOWN ALONG LOUDENDALE LANE
Jun 13, 12:25 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Wsw Coal Fork, WV	MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN GEORGES CREEK AND CAMPBELLS CREEK AREAS
Jun 13, 1:12 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	10 Sw Richwood, WV	MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON POWER AND PHONE LINES...ROUTE 20 CLOSED FOR CLEANUP
Jun 13, 1:20 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Chesapeake, WV	TREE DOWN ALONG MACCORKLE AVE

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 4 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 2 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 13, 9:08 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 151 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1563 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 708 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 5.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

164 
WUUS51 KRLX 131618
SVRRLX
WVC005-015-019-039-043-067-101-131715-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0027.130613T1618Z-130613T1715Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1218 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  SOUTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...FAYETTEVILLE...BABCOCK STATE PARK...
  SOUTHERN KANAWHA COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  NICHOLAS COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SUMMERSVILLE...RICHWOOD...
  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL WEBSTER COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 115 PM EDT

* AT 1216 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM PINCH TO 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARMET TO 15 MILES WEST OF
  MARMET...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  CHARLESTON TO CHARLESTON TO 11 MILES NORTH OF MADISON...MOVING EAST
  AT 50 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  BURNWELL...GLEN...SMITHERS...PRATT...POWELLTON...OAK HILL...
  MONTGOMERY...HAWKS NEST STATE PARK...GLASGOW...GAULEY BRIDGE...EAST
  BANK...COAL FORK...CHESAPEAKE...CEDAR GROVE...BELLE AND ANSTED.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-77 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 96 AND 100 IN WEST VIRGINIA...THE WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 57 AND 95.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO FALL FROM THIS LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY
FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT
THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WIND TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...800-401-9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

YOU MAY ALSO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.

&&

LAT...LON 3823 8038 3826 8044 3808 8070 3809 8088
      3806 8086 3806 8080 3804 8082 3803 8079
      3799 8077 3794 8080 3788 8075 3786 8076
      3786 8081 3782 8092 3821 8190 3844 8146
      3828 8035
TIME...MOT...LOC 1618Z 282DEG 43KT 3841 8147 3833 8166
          3821 8181

$$

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3 follow-up statements

219 
WWUS51 KRLX 131646
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1246 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

WVC043-131656-
/O.CAN.KRLX.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-130613T1715Z/
LINCOLN WV-
1246 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT
THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...800-401-9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

YOU MAY ALSO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.

LAT...LON 3823 8038 3826 8044 3808 8070 3809 8088
      3806 8086 3806 8080 3804 8082 3803 8079
      3799 8077 3794 8080 3788 8075 3786 8076
      3786 8081 3782 8092 3812 8167 3819 8148
      3840 8117 3828 8035
TIME...MOT...LOC 1646Z 282DEG 43KT 3834 8105 3826 8124
          3814 8139

$$

WVC005-015-019-039-067-101-131715-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-130613T1715Z/
NICHOLAS WV-KANAWHA WV-FAYETTE WV-CLAY WV-BOONE WV-WEBSTER WV-
1246 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM EDT
FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL WEBSTER...EAST CENTRAL BOONE...SOUTHWESTERN
CLAY...FAYETTE...SOUTHERN KANAWHA AND NICHOLAS COUNTIES...

AT 1243 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM BICKMORE TO POND GAP TO DAWES...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTH OF CLAY TO 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF
FAYETTEVILLE TO 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON...MOVING EAST AT 50
MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MONTGOMERY...SMITHERS...BURNWELL...POWELLTON...SWISS...GAULEY
BRIDGE...DRENNAN...SUMMERSVILLE...HAWKS NEST STATE PARK...ANSTED...
KESSLERS CROSS LANES...OAK HILL...CANVAS...THURMOND...MOUNT NEBO...
NETTIE...RICHWOOD...MEADOW BRIDGE AND BABCOCK STATE PARK

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...THE WEST VIRGINIA
TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 58 AND 82.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO FALL FROM THIS LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY
FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT
THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...800-401-9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

YOU MAY ALSO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.

&&

LAT...LON 3823 8038 3826 8044 3808 8070 3809 8088
      3806 8086 3806 8080 3804 8082 3803 8079
      3799 8077 3794 8080 3788 8075 3786 8076
      3786 8081 3782 8092 3812 8167 3819 8148
      3840 8117 3828 8035
TIME...MOT...LOC 1646Z 282DEG 43KT 3834 8105 3826 8124
          3814 8139

$$

28

198 
WWUS51 KRLX 131705
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
105 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

WVC005-015-039-131715-
/O.CAN.KRLX.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-130613T1715Z/
KANAWHA WV-CLAY WV-BOONE WV-
105 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BOONE...
SOUTHWESTERN CLAY AND SOUTHERN KANAWHA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...THE WEST VIRGINIA
TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 67 AND 83.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT
THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR
CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...800-401-9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

YOU MAY ALSO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.

LAT...LON 3823 8038 3826 8044 3808 8070 3809 8088
      3806 8086 3806 8080 3804 8082 3803 8079
      3799 8077 3794 8080 3788 8075 3786 8076
      3786 8081 3782 8092 3799 8133 3816 8129
      3837 8094 3828 8035
TIME...MOT...LOC 1705Z 282DEG 43KT 3829 8077 3821 8096
          3809 8111

$$

WVC019-067-101-131715-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-130613T1715Z/
NICHOLAS WV-FAYETTE WV-WEBSTER WV-
105 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM EDT
FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL WEBSTER...FAYETTE AND SOUTHERN NICHOLAS
COUNTIES...

AT 103 PM EDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS REPORTED CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CANVAS TO KESSLERS CROSS LANES TO
HAWKS NEST STATE PARK...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SUMMERSVILLE
TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SUMMERSVILLE TO FAYETTEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT
50 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OAK
HILL...THURMOND...MOUNT NEBO...NETTIE...RICHWOOD...MEADOW BRIDGE AND
BABCOCK STATE PARK

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...THE WEST VIRGINIA
TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 58 AND 62.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO FALL FROM THIS LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY
FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT
THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR
CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...800-401-9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

YOU MAY ALSO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.

&&

LAT...LON 3823 8038 3826 8044 3808 8070 3809 8088
      3806 8086 3806 8080 3804 8082 3803 8079
      3799 8077 3794 8080 3788 8075 3786 8076
      3786 8081 3782 8092 3799 8133 3816 8129
      3837 8094 3828 8035
TIME...MOT...LOC 1705Z 282DEG 43KT 3829 8077 3821 8096
          3809 8111

$$

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590 
WWUS51 KRLX 131710
SVSRLX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
110 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

WVC019-067-101-131720-
/O.EXP.KRLX.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-130613T1715Z/
NICHOLAS WV-FAYETTE WV-WEBSTER WV-
110 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL
WEBSTER...FAYETTE AND SOUTHERN NICHOLAS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 115
PM EDT...

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...THE WEST VIRGINIA
TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 58 AND 62.

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND NO LONGER POSES A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...THUS THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER OTHER WEAKER
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND PEA SIZE HAIL.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT
THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR
CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...800-401-9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

YOU MAY ALSO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.

LAT...LON 3823 8038 3826 8044 3808 8070 3809 8088
      3806 8086 3806 8080 3804 8082 3803 8079
      3799 8077 3794 8080 3788 8075 3786 8076
      3786 8081 3782 8092 3799 8133 3816 8129
      3837 8094 3828 8035
TIME...MOT...LOC 1710Z 282DEG 43KT 3827 8070 3819 8089
          3807 8104

$$

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, 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 this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 13, 10:25 AM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 10:25 AM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1025 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT WILL PASS THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH
PRESSURE FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEKEND. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY
PROVIDES CHANCES OF SHOWERS FOR THE END OF THE WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
10 AM UPDATE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MOST OF AREA WEST OF THE
MOUNTAINS UNTIL 2 PM...AS BAND OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS AHEAD OF
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS. THESE
STORMS WILL THEN ENTER THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND
FURTHER ENHANCE FLOODING POTENTIAL...SO FLASH FLOOD WATCH WAS
EXTENDED UNTIL 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON. TIMING OF CAT POPS NOW COINCIDES
WITH MAIN BAND OF FRONTAL CONVECTION.

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
MCS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTION
OF THE CWA AND EXIT THIS MORNING. VERY GUSTY WINDS UP TO
40KTS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND HAIL HAVE BEEN NOTED WITH THIS.
MODELS ARE CONSISTENT WITH A BAND OF POTENTIALLY HEAVY CONVECTION
SETTING UP AND SPREADING OUT AHEAD OF AND ALONG THE TRAILING COLD
FRONT FROM LOW PRESSURE OVER THE LOWER GREAT LAKES FORECAST TO
MOVE EASTWARD TODAY AND END UP ALONG THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST BY
THIS EVENING. WITH THE RAINS FROM THE MCS AND THIS FRONT WILL
CONTINUE WITH THE FFA OVER THE NE PORTION OF THE CWA. FRONT EXITS
TONIGHT WILL CLEARING BEING ON THE SLOW SIDE WITH PLENTY OF LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE LINGERING. TEMPERATURES WILL BE A TAD COOLER WITH
WIND...RAIN AND CLOUDS AROUND TO TODAY. TONIGHT DON'T ANTICIPATE
ANY FOG FORMING TONIGHT WITH SLOW CLEARING AND SOME LINGERING
WIND. GENERALLY WENT WITH CONSENSUS GUIDANCE FOR HIGHS AND LOWS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
MODELS SHOWING A BIT OF LINGERING MOISTURE IN NORTHEASTERN WEST
VIRGINIA ON FRIDAY. WITH MODELS BEING FAIRLY CONSISTENT...INCREASED
POPS SOME DURING THE DAYTIME HEATING HOURS.

MODELS SHOWING SOME MID LEVEL MOISTURE COMING IN LATE SATURDAY...BUT
MODELS SOUNDINGS DO NOT SUPPORT PRECIPITATION. THEREFORE...WILL
LEAVE DRY UNTIL SUNDAY WHEN THE SOUNDINGS MOISTEN ENOUGH TO PRODUCE
PRECIPITATION.

&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT IN DEAMPLIFYING...AND THEN
REESTABLISHING...THE EASTERN UPPER TROUGH DURING THE EXTENDED
PERIOD.  DURING THE INTERVENING PERIOD OF ZONAL FLOW...A COUPLE OF
MIDLEVEL WAVES WILL BE RIDING ACROSS.  THE FIRST WILL PUSH A WARM
FRONT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY.  THE SECOND...MORE
SIGNIFICANT DISTURBANCE WILL CROSS MONDAY/MONDAY NIGHT WITH A COLD
FRONT...AND WILL BE DISTURBANCE THAT DIGS THE TROUGH ONCE AGAIN.
THESE SYSTEMS WILL BE INDIVIDUALLY PROGRESSIVE...BUT RAIN TOTALS MAY
EVENTUALLY HAVE TO BE WATCHED ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT GET THE MOST
RAIN FROM THE SYSTEM TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.  HIGH PRESSURE THEN
RETURNS WEDNESDAY WITH DRY WEATHER.

USED HPC GRIDDED GUIDANCE HEAVILY FOR THIS PERIOD.  SUGGESTED
TEMPERATURES WERE NOT FAR FROM MEX/ENSEMBLE NUMBERS AND DID NOT
STRAY FAR FROM SEASONAL NORMS...WHICH SEEMED REASONABLE.

&&

.AVIATION /15Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
15Z THURSDAY THRU 12Z FRIDAY...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE AHEAD OF A COLD
FRONT THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS
AFTERNOON. COLD FRONT REACHES OHIO RIVER BY 18Z...AND EXITS THE
MOUNTAINS BY 22Z. WILL FOCUS ON AN ORGANIZED BAND OF STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE COLD FRONT.

GENERALLY MVFR CEILINGS...OCCASIONALLY IFR IN CONVECTION AND BEHIND
COLD FRONT. VFR SPREADING FROM WEST TO EAST 02Z TO 06Z.

FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 12Z FRIDAY...

FORECAST CONFIDENCE...MEDIUM.

ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: TIMING AND LOCATION OF THE LOWER CATEGORY
CEILINGS THAT WILL BE LEFT BEHIND THE FRONT COULD VARY.

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       14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   00   01
EDT 1HRLY       10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21
CRW CONSISTENCY  M    M    M    M    M    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
HTS CONSISTENCY  M    M    M    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
BKW CONSISTENCY  M    M    M    M    M    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
EKN CONSISTENCY  M    M    M    M    H    H    M    M    M    M    L    L
PKB CONSISTENCY  M    M    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
CKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    H    H

AFTER 12Z FRIDAY...
LINGERING IFR POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING. IFR FOG POSSIBLE IN VALLEYS SATURDAY MORNING.

&&

.RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR WVZ009>011-
     016>020-027>032-037>040-046-047.
OH...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR OHZ076.
KY...NONE.
VA...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...JS/RPY/CL
NEAR TERM...JS/JMV
SHORT TERM...RPY
LONG TERM...CL
AVIATION...JS/JMV

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 10:10 AM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1010 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

VAZ003-004-WVZ033>036-141415-
DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-
1010 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND
SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE THE PRIMARY THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

WVZ037-038-046-047-141415-
NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
1010 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA AND
NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

THERE IS A ALSO A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE THE
PRIMARY THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

WVZ039-040-141415-
UPSHUR-BARBOUR-
1010 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 305 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

THERE IS A ALSO A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE THE
PRIMARY THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ067-075-083>087-WVZ005>008-013>015-024>026-141415-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-MORGAN-ATHENS-JACKSON OH-VINTON-
MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-LINCOLN-
PUTNAM-KANAWHA-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-
1010 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 305 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...SOUTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

OHZ066-141415-
PERRY-
1010 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

OHZ076-WVZ009>011-016>020-027>032-141415-
WASHINGTON-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-
CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-
1010 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 305 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO...CENTRAL WEST
VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE THE PRIMARY
THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 13, 11:59 AM EDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1159 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1159 AM     HAIL             WINFIELD                38.53N 81.88W
06/13/2013  E0.25 INCH       PUTNAM             WV   PUBLIC

&&

IRIS SYSTEM

Local storm report, Jun 13, 12:01 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1201 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1115 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SE MINERALWELLS       39.17N 81.50W
06/13/2013                   WOOD               WV   911 CALL CENTER

            1 TREE DOWN ALONG ROUTE 14

&&

IRIS SYSTEM

Local storm report, Jun 13, 12:03 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1203 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1200 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 NW GLENVILLE          38.96N 80.86W
06/13/2013  E45 MPH          GILMER             WV   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ESTIMATED 45 TO 50 MPH SMALL TWIGS DOWN.

&&

IRIS SYSTEM

Local storm report, Jun 13, 12:04 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1204 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1110 AM     TSTM WND DMG     7 NNE SYRACUSE          39.09N 81.92W
06/13/2013                   MEIGS              OH   911 CALL CENTER

            ROCK SPRING ROAD 1 TREE DOWN.

&&

IRIS SYSTEM

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 12:15 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1215 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

WVZ015-016-027-028-036>038-046-131715-
BRAXTON WV-CLAY WV-FAYETTE WV-KANAWHA WV-NICHOLAS WV-POCAHONTAS WV-
ROANE WV-WEBSTER WV-
1215 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL KANAWHA...CLAY...
NICHOLAS...NORTHERN FAYETTE...POCAHONTAS...SOUTHEASTERN ROANE...
SOUTHERN WEBSTER AND SOUTHWESTERN BRAXTON COUNTIES...

AT 1211 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM
9 MILES NORTHWEST OF SUTTON TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLAY TO 4 MILES
WEST OF CHARLESTON...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. VERY HEAVY RAIN
WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS
AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR STRANGE CREEK...IVYDALE...COAL FORK...AND
CLAY AROUND 1220 PM...HARRISON...GLEN...AND CEDAR GROVE AROUND 1225
PM...BICKMORE...INDORE AND WIDEN AROUND 1230 PM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 52 AND 57 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND
105 IN WEST VIRGINIA...I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 45...THE WEST
VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 92 AND 95.

YOU MAY REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.

LAT...LON 3831 7980 3826 7979 3818 7991 3806 7997
      3804 8027 3812 8037 3822 8037 3826 8043
      3808 8070 3809 8088 3808 8088 3806 8080
      3798 8078 3835 8181 3853 8129 3864 8111
      3849 8020 3840 8024 3847 8012 3840 7971

28

Local storm report, Jun 13, 12:16 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1216 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1155 AM     HEAVY RAIN       MILTON                  38.43N 82.14W
06/13/2013  E0 INCH          CABELL             WV   PUBLIC

            1 TO 2 " OF WATER ON ROADS. TREES AND
            BRANCHES DOWN. WATER IN EVERYONE'S YARDS.

&&

IRIS SYSTEM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 12, 10:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis	50 min
Jun 12, 11:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison, Tyler	41 min
Jun 13, 12:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Harrison, Taylor	47 min
Jun 13, 12:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Randolph	42 min
Jun 13, 1:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Taylor	25 min
Jun 13, 3:35 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pleasants, Tyler, Wood	55 min
Jun 13, 4:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson, Mason	63 min
Jun 13, 4:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Pleasants and 5 more	53 min
Jun 13, 5:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Cabell, Jackson, Mason, Putnam, Roane	77 min
Jun 13, 5:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Mason, Roane, Wirt	33 min
Jun 13, 5:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour, Taylor, Upshur	38 min
Jun 13, 5:58 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Jackson, Roane, Wirt	47 min
Jun 13, 6:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Harrison, Jackson and 7 more	53 min
Jun 13, 6:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Braxton, Clay, Kanawha, Nicholas, Webster	82 min
Jun 13, 7:09 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Roane	8 hr
Jun 13, 7:35 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Braxton, Gilmer	8 hr
Jun 13, 8:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Fayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas	62 min
Jun 13, 8:26 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Braxton, Clay, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster	7 hr
Jun 13, 9:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Mason	63 min
Jun 13, 10:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour, Doddridge, Harrison, Pleasants, Ritchie, Taylor	37 min
Jun 13, 10:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour, Doddridge, Harrison, Pleasants, Ritchie, Taylor	36 min
Jun 13, 11:04 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Jackson, Kanawha and 6 more	71 min
Jun 13, 11:40 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone, Cabell, Lincoln, Logan, Wayne	65 min
Jun 13, 12:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Braxton, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis and 2 more	56 min
Jun 13, 12:12 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Taylor	4 hr
Jun 13, 12:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Clay, Kanawha, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Webster	60 min
Jun 13, 12:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Braxton, Randolph	51 min
Jun 13, 12:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo	45 min
Jun 13, 12:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	McDowell	50 min
Jun 13, 12:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Cabell, Putnam	57 min
Jun 13, 12:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Tucker	33 min
Jun 13, 1:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	McDowell	57 min
Jun 13, 1:15 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Harrison, Lewis	3 hr
Jun 13, 1:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Fayette, McDowell, Raleigh, Wyoming	59 min
Jun 13, 1:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph	27 min
Jun 13, 1:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Fayette, Raleigh	36 min
Jun 13, 3:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour	109 min
Jun 13, 5:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Roane	3 hr

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Sources

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