1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 27, 2:51 PM EST, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 345 PM EDT THU 27 2002 FOLLOWING ARE ALL FORECASTER DISCUSSIONS FROM THE PAST 24 HOURS...THE MOST RECENT ON TOP. THIS PROVIDES A HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CURRENT FORECAST. 345 PM EDT THU 27 2002... SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-SAT)...FRONT CONTINUES TO SLIDE SE THIS AFTERNOON...NUMEROUS SHWRS AND TSTMS ARE DEVELOPING WITH THE FRONT AND OUT AHEAD IN THE WARM SECTOR. AFTER A CLOUDY START...SKY IS MOSTLY SUNNY AT MOMENT ALLOWING FOR SOME WARMING. THIS IS HELPING TO INCREASE THE INSTABILITY. WHILE WINDS ALOFT ARE NOT STRONG...THERE IS DECENT DIRECTIONAL SHEAR SO SOME TSTMS COULD BECOME SEVERE LATER AS THE FRONT APPROACHES. MODELS IN AGREEMENT IN MOVING THE FRONT ACRS CWA BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. MOST PCPN SHOULD BE LIMITED TO SRN WV BY FRIDAY MORNING WITH GRADUAL CLEAR EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT AS SFC HIGH MOVES IN. THE SFC FRONT STALLS JUST TO THE SOUTH NEAR NC/VA BORDER ON SAT. WITH 500 MB UPPER LOW SLIDING ACROSS THE FRONT...FLOW BECOMING SE AS HIGH SLIDES EAST INTO ATLANTIC...SOME SHWRS MAY DEVELOP LATE IN THE DAY IN THE EXTREME SOUTH. MOS TEMPS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT AND HAVE BEEN FOLLOWED PRETTY CLOSELY. XTNDD: SAT NT --> NOT MUCH CHG ATTM...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT MEANS H3 CONDS RIGHT ON THRU. WRINKLES DEVELOPING WITH LATEST RUNS THO WITH UPPER WEAKNESS LEFT BEHIND AND WEAK FRONT STALLING CLOSE TO SRN PORTION OF CWA. HV KEPT A SILENT 20 GOING FAR SRN COUNTIES THROUGH MON BUT POPS MAY NEED INTRODUCED IF TRENDS CONTINUE. DID ADD AFTN MTN POPS TUE AND WED PER MEX/HPC NUMBERS AND ISC COORD. UPPER HIGH SETTING UP FARTHER N PER PMD (FRONT/WESTERLIES FARTHER N OVR PLAINS) DOESNT HELP MATTERS EITHER AS THATLL ALLOW UPPER LOW TO BE FARTHER N. EASED MAXTS BACK TO 90 PER NUMBERS AND CAVEATS AFOREMENTIONED. 1035 AM EDT THU 27 2002 FOR MORNING UPDATE...DO NOT SEE ANY CHANGES AT THIS POINT. FRONT TO THE NORTHWEST CONTINUES SLOW SEWD PROGRESS THROUGH MI AND IN THIS MORNING. SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT IN THE WARM HUMID AIR MASS. AS THE FRONT GETS CLOSER THIS AFTERNOON...THE CHANCES FOR SHWRS/TSTMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE. WHILE WINDS ALOFT ARE NOT STRONG...THERE IS SOME DIRECTIONAL SHEAR AND WITH CAPE AROUND 1000 J/KG PER ETA FCST...SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. BUT WITH FREEZING LEVEL NEAR 13K FEET...THIS SHOULD LIMIT THE HAIL THREAT SOME. 320 AM EDT THU 27 2002 FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT AND THEN SOUTH OF THE CWA BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. RAISED POPS TO LIKELY TODAY EVERYWHERE WITH THE ONSET OF THE FRONT..PLENTY OF MOISTURE AND HEATING. KEPT LIKELY POPS FOR TONIGHT AND STAYED WITH CURRENT GRIDS FOR REST OF PACKAGE. FRONT PUSHES SOUTH FRIDAY AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FOR REST OF FORECAST PACKAGE. TEMPS STAY CONSISTANT PRETTY MUCH AS FRONT IS RATHER WEAK AND TEMP DIFFERENCES ARE MINIMAL. HEAT BUILDS BACK IN LATER IN THE WEAK AS HIGH MOVES EASTWARD AND RETURN SW FLOW INCREASES. 845 PM EDT WED 26 2002 WILL UPDATE SHORTLY. THUNDERSTORMS QUICKLY DIMINISHING IN INTENSITY AS SUN SETS. WILL TAKE OUT THE MENTION OF THUNDERSTORMS A LITTLE EARLIER ACROSS THE WHOLE CWA. RAIN SHOWERS ACROSS THE CENTRAL MTS OF WV HAVE KEPT TEMPS COOL...BKW REPORTING 70 DEGREES AT 8PM THIS EVENING. WILL OPEN TEMP RANGE A COUPLE OF DEGREES ON THE LOWER END IN THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. OTHERWISE...WILL TAKE OUT MENTION OF PRECIP ALL TOGETHER FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF CWA AS PRECIP QUICKLY DRIES OUT. .RLX... WV...NONE. VA...NONE. KY...NONE. OH...NONE. .END /
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 145 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:15 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Scattered locations throughout the county had large branches or power lines blown down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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