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NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 30, 2:15 PM EST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 315 PM EDT WED APR 30 2003 ******************************************************************** 315 PM EDT WED APR 30 2003 ...TONIGHT AND TOMORROW... CONTINUE TO MONITOR AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POPPING UP ACROSS THE REGION. MOSTLY POSITIVE MORNING LIGHTNING HAS TURNED NEGATIVE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FROM 151 UNTIL 215 PM...FOR NORTHERN NICHOLAS COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA WAS VERIFIED WITH 3/4 HAIL. AS FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING TIME PERIOD...DEW POINTS IN THE UPPER 50S TO AROUND 60 WILL REMAIN. AS A RESULT...WILL SEE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN...AND SLOWLY WEAKEN AND PUSH EAST OF MUCH OF THE REGION AROUND MIDNIGHT. TOMORROW AFTERNOON WILL BE MET WITH SLIGHTLY WARMER CONDITIONS THAN TODAY...WITH A CONTINUED MOIST ATMOSPHERE. NEAR GUIDANCE VALUES FOLLOWED DURING THE TIME PERIOD. ...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... COLD FRONT SLIDING ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO VALLEY SLOWS AS IT PUSHES INTO NORTHWESTERN CWA AS MODELS INDICATE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST INTO MID ATLANTIC. A BIT OF TIMING ISSUES BETWEEN ETA/GFS AS ETA IS TRENDING A BIT SLOWER WITH FROPA. DID NOT SEE MUCH REASON TO STRAY FAR FROM CURRENT FORECAST ALTHOUGH DID INCREASE POPS TO LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHEAST OHIO FOR THURS NIGHT AND CARRYING HIGH CHANCE THROUGH FRIDAY AS FRONT SLIDES ACROSS. SECONDARY LOW TO DEVELOP ALONG CAROLINA COAST SATURDAY...MORE STRONGLY ON GFS THAN ETA...BUT THIS SHOULD HELP PUSH FRONT FURTHER SOUTH. CONTINUED SLIGHT CHANCE IN MTNS EARLY SATURDAY PER COORDINATION OF ISC GRIDS. ...SUNDAY THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY... DRY WEATHER EXPECTED SUNDAY AS SHORTWAVE RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE REGION BETWEEN SYSTEMS. HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD BRING SOME SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES FOR HIGHS SUNDAY. HEADING INTO THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK...QUITE A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY EXIST. THE GFS IS FASTER EJECTING ENERGY OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY MONDAY...WHILE THE CANADIAN AND ECMWF ARE SLOWER BY ABOUT 12 HOURS OR SO. THE NEW 12Z GFS IS FASTER THAN ITS COUNTERPART AT 00Z. SO RIGHT NOW...TIMING SEEMS TO BE THE KEY FACTOR. OVERALL...EXPECT A WARM FRONT TO LIFT BACK NORTH OF THE REGION MONDAY MORNING WITH A CHANCE FOR SOME SHOWER ACTIVITY. HOW WIDE SPREAD THE SHOWERS WILL BE WILL DEPEND ON HOW MUCH DRY AIR MOVES IN ON SUNDAY. NOT TOO MENTION THE MAJORITY OF THE LIFT SYNOPTICALLY WILL BE IN THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND GREAT LAKE STATES. BY MONDAY NIGHT...THE REGION SHOULD BE IN THE WARM SECTOR AND SHOULD REMAIN THERE UNTIL A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH ON WEDNESDAY. AGAIN...TIMING WITH BE THE BIGGEST PROBLEM. FOR NOW WILL HOLD CHANCE POPS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. FOR TEMPERATURES...HAVE RUN CLOSE TO GUIDANCE ON THE MINS AS NO NIGHT LOOKS TO BE EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD FOR RADIATIONAL COOLING AS WINDS KEEP SOME MIXING OCCURRING. FOR DAYTIME MAXES...HAVE GONE HIGHER THAN GUIDANCE ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS ENTRANCE INTO THE WARM SECTOR COMBINED WITH 850 TEMPS 12C-15C SHOULD SUPPORT HIGHER MAX TEMPS. ALSO...THE GFS IS PLAYING MORE IN THE WAY OF CLOUDS WHICH MAY BE WHY IT IS COOLER. ENTERING THE WARM SECTOR SHOULD ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO WARM ABOVE GUIDANCE. .RLX... WV...NONE. VA...NONE. KY...NONE. OH...NONE. .END/ KF/HC/ESS ******************************************************************** 1000 AM EDT WED APR 30 2003 ...MORNING UPDATE DISCUSSION... NO UPDATE PLANNED THIS MORNING. WITH FRONTAL BOUNDARY LINGERING...CAN NOT RULE OUT CHANCE OF A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM THIS AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT...WILL KEEP LOW CHANCE POPS FOR THE DURATION. ALREADY THIS MORNING FROM 12 TO 13Z HAD A SMALL THUNDERSTORM POP UP IN RALEIGH COUNTY...AND EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS TRACKING ALONG WAYNE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES. WARM MOIST AIR WITH DEWPOINT IN THE 50S TO RIGHT AROUND 60 THIS MORNING. .END/KF ******************************************************************** 310 AM EDT WED APR 30 2003 TIL 22Z THUR... 06Z SFC ANALY DEPICTS FRNTL BNDRY ACR CNTRL WVA THEN TRAILING WWRD THRU SWRN OH. AFT DAWN FRNT WL JUMP TO I-90 CORRIDOR LEAVING CWA IN WRM XCTR. CRRNT BLOB OF CONV ACR WRN KY AND NERN TN WL CONT TO WKN AS H2 AGEO WND DIV RELAXES AND SFC CONV ASSOCD WITH BAROCLINIC ZN MVS N. AGAIN ANOTHER TUFF CALL ON SKY CVR TDY AS SE FLO OVR MUCH OF FA. WL PLAY UP CLDS IN PRONE UPSLOPE COUNTIES AND SRN LLNDS WITH DEBRIS CI CANOPY LASTING MUCH OF THE MRNG. YET ANOTHER CHALLENGE TRYING TO DECIPHER WHICH AREAS R MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO SCT CONV. FEEL IT WL BE IN TWO SPOTS ONE ALNG AND W OF THE OH RVR WITH UPR LVL JET MAX MVNG THRU AND MTNS WHERE UPSLOPE COMMENCES OVR SRN MTNS WHILE DIFFERENTIAL HEATING OCCURS FARTHER ACR NRN MTNS. BUOYANCY AND WND PROFILE THERE FOR MOD TO HVY RAINS WHERE STORMS DVLP...SOME PLACES CUD PICK UP A QUICK INCH. TNGT AND THUR MORE OF THE SAME WITH CONV GOING AWAY W/ LOSS OF SUN. ENUF OF A GRADIENT TNGT THAT FG WON/T BE AS BAD AS THIS MRNG...AGAIN IT SHUD BE ANOTHER WRM ONE W/ MID 50S TO LWR 60S FCST. THUR FRNT EASES CLSR...ALTHO SW WNDS DWNSLP FA AND DO A GUD JOB SUPPRESSING CONV OUTSIDE THE MTNS...STILL PLENTY OF LLVL MSTR TO TAP...HENCE TRW MENTION CONTS EVERYWHERE. GUID NMBRS ON TRACK FOR THE MOST PART TDY AND TNGT. FEEL OUTPUT A TOUCH HI ACR I-64 AREA WL SIDE WITH LWR NMBRS THERE. THUR FWC APPRS TOO WRM WITH 86 IN CRW. FIND THAT HARD TO ACHIEVE EVEN WITH A SW WND AS H8 TEMPS ONLY SUPPORT LWR 80S...THUS SIDED WITH MAV. THU NIGHT ON... ROLLING WITH MODEL CONSENSUS ON SLIGHTLY FASTER TIMING ON FRONT WARRANTS BRINGING IN POPS FROM THE WEST A LITTLE SOONER FRIDAY MORNING. ALSO RAISED POPS BY A DIME FOR FRIDAY TO GOOD CHANCE. STILL NOT CONCERNED FOR SEVERE THREAT THIS FAR EAST WITH THIS THOUGH GRAND AND A HALF CAPE SHOWN HTS AREA. WINDS FIELDS/LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FEED NOT VERY IMPRESSIVE AND PWS GET JUST OVER AN INCH. META HANGS FRONT UP OVER AREA SAT WHILE GFS SUITE CONTINUES TO DEPICT CLEAN FROPA BY 12Z SAT. THUS NOT MUCH CHANGE AT THIS POINT THOUGH COULD SEE LINGERING POPS SOME SOUTHERN SECTIONS INTO EARLY SATURDAY. OTHERWISE NO CHANGES DAYS 4-7. GFS IS A LITTLE FASTER ON FRONT MONDAY THOUGH EUROPEAN MODELS REMAIN SLOWER. CLOSE OR A SHADE BELOW ON THE NUMBERS. 99 / TRM ******************************************************************** 945 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2003 GFS YESTERDAY DID TAKE FRONTAL ZONE TOO FAR SOUTH. THE FAVORED ETA SEEMED BETTER. REMNANTS OF FRONT STILL IN CRW-HTS VCNTY ON DOWN THE OH RVR VLY AT 0130Z. HOPEFULLY WITH THE WEAK INFLOW IN THE LOW LEVEL TONIGHT...NO SHWRS POP UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT ALONG THIS FRONTAL ZONE. AT LEAST...DEBRIS CLOUDS SHOULD ADVECT EAST INTO WRN ZONES OVERNIGHT. RAISED MIN TEMPERATURES TONIGHT BASED ON DEW POINT GRADIENT REMAINING N OF PKB AND MGW. ALSO ADDED FOG OVERNIGHT TONIGHT ESPECIALLY WHERE THE RAINS FELL EARLY TUE MRNG WITH 500 TROF PASSING THRU...BUT FOG SHOULD EVAPORATE QUICKLY WED. HAVE A GOOD LAST DAY OF APRIL. BATTY ********************************************************************
KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-302200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 430 PM EDT WED APR 30 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND MOST OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PUSH NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION. SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS HAVE BEEN REPORTED. SOME THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY REACH SEVERE CRITERIA. WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE EVER CHANGING STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY... ALTHOUGH MOST PLACES SHALL REMAIN DRY. ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS HAS THE CAPABILITY TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. FLEEGEL
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
0230 PM EDT WED APR 30 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0210 PM BIRCH RIVER WV 0.75 IN HAIL
04/30/03 NICHOLAS
PGOHZ085-WVZ008-302100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 410 PM EDT WED APR 30 2003 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... HEAVY RAINS AND EVEN SOME SMALL HAIL HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOUR ACROSS WESTERN JACKSON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST MEIGS COUNTY OHIO. RAINFALL TOTALS OVER THE PAST HOUR ARE ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO THIS REGION AND COULD BRING MORE HEAVY RAIN. SMALL STREAMS ARE LIKELY SHOWING QUICK RISES...AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS AND TYPICAL LOW SPOTS COULD SEE SOME WATER PROBLEMS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS AREA FOR POTENTIAL FLOODING PROBLEMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. HC
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:13 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds blew a large section of roofing material off a rehabilitation center. Power lines were also blown down in town, causing power outages.
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