Damaging Wind in Ohio, August 5, 2002

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
230 PM EDT MON AUG 5 2002

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230 PM EDT MON AUG 5 2002

TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

WAVE GOODBYE TO THE HEAT WAVE.

TIL HAVING FRONT NEAR A EKN-CRW-HTS LINE AROUND 05Z TUESDAY. THINKING
MAIN TRW ACTION WELL AHEAD OF FRONT...WITH CHC OF LINGERING SHOWERS
UNTIL AN HOUR TO 2 AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE.  STILL THINKING MAIN THEME
TO COOLING THUNDERSTORMS IS THE DOWNPOURS AND LIGHTNING.  COULD HAVE
SOME DOWNRUSH OF WIND FM THE TALL STORMS.

T WATCH AS FAR SOUTH AT HTS-CRW VCNTY TIL 01Z.

WILL LEAVE 30 POP IN EXTREME SRN COUNTIES FOR MRNG COMMUTE...OTRW
DRYING.  DEW POINTS WILL PBLY NOT LWR TIL 15Z FOR CRW ON S.

NO BIG CHANGES TO DRY PATTERN FOR TUE NGT INTO WED.  HARD TO FIGURE
WHICH DAY (TUE OR WED) WILL BE WARMER...FAIRLY CLOSE.  SAME DEAL
ON MINS FOR TUE NGT AND WED NGT.  CONTINUE 40S IN MTNS.

THURS THROUGH MONDAY...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE
WEATHER THROUGH THE EXTENDED RANGE.  MODELS ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD
AGREEMENT THROUGH SATURDAY WITH KEEP THE REGION HIGH AND DRY.  TEMPS
GUIDANCE (MEX/FMR) GETTING INTO BETTER AGREEMENT THAN IN PREVIOUS
DAYS.  SHOULD SEE GRADUAL MODERATION OVER THE PERIOD BACK TO MORE
NORMAL TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL READINGS BY THE END OF THE PERIOD.

HAVE INTRODUCED POPS FOR MONDAY AS SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE
MIDWEST AND SOUTHERLY FLOW RETURNS ON BACK SIDE OF THE HIGH.  QUITE
A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH THE MODELS ON THE TIMING.  IT IS POSSIBLE
THAT SOME SHOWERS COULD ARRIVE AS EARLY AS SUNDAY...BUT WILL KEEP
THE WEEKEND DRY FOR NOW.

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

END / BATTY+ESS

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1030 AM EDT MON AUG 5 2002

WILL BASE FCST ON FNT RCHG EKN-CRW-HTS LINE ARND 05Z TUESDAY.
WILL RAISE POPS INTO LKLY FOR EKN VCNTY THIS EVENING. LOCALIZED
DOWNPOURS WITH STORMS LATE THIS AFTN AND THIS EVENING...WILL ADD TO
FCST. BUT MOST AREAS ARE DRY AND STREAMS CAN HANDLE 2.5 INCHES.  OF
COURSE U GET THE STREET AND URBAN FLOODING WITH DOWNPOURS.  UNLESS
TRAINING DVLPS STREAMS SHOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE RAIN.  ACTUALLLY
MOST AREAS NEED RAIN...SPCLY WITH MORE DRY WX IN WAKE OF FRONT.

HAZE EVIDENT WITH INCREASING MSTR AHEAD OF FRONTAL ZONE. WILL
ADD TO SVRL ZONES.  MAX TEMP SHOULD BE A FEW DEGS LWR THAN SUN ACRS
NRN ZONES AS CLDS INCR.  WITH TALL STORMS CAN NOT RULE OUT A BOX.

TOOK OUT LINGERING THUNDERSTORM IN VA ZONES TUE MRNG...JUST MENTIONED
A CHANCE OF A LINGERING SHOWER EARLY.

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300 AM EDT MON AUG 05 2002

...TODAY THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY...
A MAJOR CHANGE IN THE WEATHER PATTERN TO OCCUR THIS PERIOD. MODELS
ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON MOVING STRONG COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA
TONIGHT.  MODEL POPS FOR PRECIPITATION WITH THE FRONT ARE NOT THAT
HIGH AS IT TAKES MOST OF UPPER SUPPORT WITH SURFACE WAVE THAT PASSES
TO THE NORTH TODAY BEFORE COLD FRONT DROPS DOWN.  HOWEVER...MODEL
POPS ARE USUALLY POOR IN A SUMMERTIME PATTERN...ESPECIALLY IN THE
MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WE HAVE IN PLACE AHEAD OF A STRONG
FRONT.  THUS...WILL GO WITH GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING
IN THE NORTH LATER THIS AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFT IT SOUTHWARD WITH THE
FRONT TONIGHT.  MORNING SHOWER IN THE FAR SOUTH TUESDAY
MORNING...OTHERWISE MOSTLY SUNNY ACROSS THE REGION WITH A NORTH WIND
AS CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE DROPS SOUTHWARD. PREFER WARMER MOS
GUIDANCE...SINCE THIS IS AUGUST AFTER ALL...BUT THIS WILL STILL LEAD
TO BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY.

...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...
CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE DROPS SOUTH INTO THE AREA AND THEN ONLY
SLOWLY MOVES EAST THROUGH THE PERIOD.  DRY CONDITIONS WITH BELOW
NORMAL TEMPERATURES...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT...WILL BE THE RULE
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.  TEMPERATURES WILL THEN MODIFY FRIDAY
THROUGH SUNDAY AS AUGUST SUNSHINE WORKS ON THE AIRMASS...BUT NIGHTS
WILL STILL BE RATHER COOL. AGAIN...ALTHOUGH MODELS PROBABLY
OVERDOING COOLING SOMEWHAT...TEMPERATURES WILL STILL BE BELOW NORMAL
FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE PERIOD.

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700 PM EDT SUN AUG 04 2002
WITH AIR MASS VIRTUALLY THE SAME ON MONDAY...WILL UPDATE FORECAST TO
ADD AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES.

WILL ALSO UPDATE THE FORECAST LATER IN THE EVENING ONCE ALL THE
THUNDERSTORMS DIE...TO REMOVE EVENING WORDING.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
0550 PM EDT MON AUG 05 2002

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

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

0548 PM    OAK HILL                  OH   .75 INCH HAIL
08/05/02   JACKSON                        EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
                                          0533 PM  AND  0548 PM