2 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 Aug 26, 8:35 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 935 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2003 ********************************************************************* 935 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2003 WILL UPDATE FOR WINDS TONIGHT AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .RLX... WV...NONE. VA...NONE. KY...NONE. OH...NONE. .END/RPY ********************************************************************* 420 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2003 UPDATING TO REMOVE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FROM EXTREME NORTHWEST COUNTIES. CL ********************************************************************* 332 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2003 TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... WATCH CONTINUES TILL 6PM THIS EVENING...ONLY EXPECT A FEW STORMS AT MOST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. HEIGHTS BEGIN TO FALL OVERNIGHT AS FRONTAL BOUNDARY SINKS VERY SLOWLY SOUTHWARD. MCS SYSTEMS THAT MISSED US LAST NIGHT MAY SCRAPE OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES TONIGHT...STICKING WITH CHANCE POPS TO THE NORTH AND SLIGHT CHANCE TO THE SOUTH. WOULD EXPECT SEVERE THREAT TO DIMINISH WITH STABILIZATION OVERNIGHT. AS BOUNDARY SINKS SOUTH ON WEDNESDAY PRECIP CHANCES WILL FOLLOW IT. CAP WEAKENS TOMORROW AND LOOKS TO BREAK TOMORROW AFTERNOON ACROSS ALL AREAS. WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE IN THE FAR SOUTH AND A 30 OR 40 POP ELSEWHERE. SEVERE POTENTIAL TOMORROW REMAINS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTH...WITH HIGH INSTABILITY AND DECENT WIND SHEAR. TEMP GRIDS MAINLY JUST TWEAKED...DECENT AGREEMENT WITH MOS AND ISC. WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WEAKENING ACROSS NRN WV AND SE OH THURSDAY MORNING. THE FRONT SHOULD THEN WEAKEN AS THE NEXT SYSTEM FROM THE PLAINS MOVES EASTWARD INTO THE GREAT LAKES LATE THURS NIGHT INTO EARLY FRI MORNING. THE WARM FRONT SHOULD REFORM NORTHWARD. FOR THURSDAY...MOISTURE SHOULD BE DEEPER FROM HTS AND CRW SWD. THUS WOULD EXPECT A BETTER CHANCE FOR DIURNAL SHOWERS IN THAT AREA WHILE FURTHER NORTH...A LITTLE DRIER AIR ALOFT MAY HELP KEEP SHOWERS MORE ISOLATED. BY FRIDAY...NEXT SYSTEM BEGINS TO APPROACH WITH DEEPER MOISTURE MOVING UP FROM THE SOUTH. BUT WITH THE FRONT STILL TO THE WEST...LIFTING MECHANISM IS STILL ABSENT FOR ORGANIZED CONVECTION. STILL EXPECT DECENT DIURNAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS HOWEVER. THE MODEL DO DIFFER A LITTLE ON THE TIMING OF THE FRONT FOR FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. THE GFS IS VERY AGGRESSIVE AND LOOKS TO BE ON THE FAST SIDE BY 6 TO 12 HOURS. THE ETA TIMING AT 84 HOURS LOOKS A LITTLE BETTER. FOR TEMPERATURES...GUIDANCE FAIRLY WELL CLUSTER AROUND PREVIOUS FORECAST NUMBERS...THUS VERY LITTLE CHANGED IN TEMPERATURES THROUGH FRIDAY. THE MAV NUMBERS WERE PREFERRED OVERALL. FOR FRIDAY DID RAISE VALUES CLOSER TO GUIDANCE...BUT WILL HAVE TO WATCH CLOUD DEVELOPMENT AS IT COULD BE COOLER. FOR FRIDAY NIGHT...KEEP READINGS ABOVE GUIDANCE WITH SLOWER FRONTAL TIMING. SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... RIDGING OVER ATLANTIC OFF SE COAST ALONG WITH TROUGH DROPPING DOWN IN CENTRAL U.S. WILL MEAN ONLY A SLOW EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF THE FRONTAL SYSTEM. DONT EXPECT THE FRONT TO PUSH THROUGH OUR REGION UNTIL MONDAY AS THE WAVE MOVES BY. AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE LONG WAVE STILL WELL TO THE WEST WHICH WILL HOLD THE FRONT ALONG THE EAST COAST TUESDAY STILL KEEPING A CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION OVER AND EAST OF MOUNTAINS THEN. CL/ESS/AAR ********************************************************************* 958 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2003 RIDGE AND STRONG CAP WILL KEEP THUNDERSTORM ACTION TO OUR NORTH THIS AFTERNOON. WILL SEE ONLY A FEW FLAT CU CLOUDS AT BEST. SO...ONLY QUESTION BECOMES TEMPERATURES. THE BIG NEWS...THIS SHOULD BE THE DAY CRW OFFICIALLY HITS THE 90 DEGREE MARK. H850 TEMPS ON MORNING SOUNDINGS ARE AROUND 21C...A BIT WARMER THAN YESTERDAY WHEN CRW GOT TO 89. ALSO...ANOTHER DAY OF DRYING HAS OCCURRED...AND CRW IS 3 TO 4 DEGREES AHEAD OF TEMP AT THIS TIME YESTERDAY. THIS IS PRETTY MUCH THE CASE AREAWIDE...SO WILL PUMP UP TEMPS A COUPLE OF DEGREES ACROSS THE BOARD. .RLX... WV...NONE. VA...NONE. KY...NONE. OH...NONE. CL ********************************************************************* 315 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2003 TODAY AND TONIGHT... NOCTURNAL CONVECTION ONCE AGAIN FIRING AND RIDING ALONG SOUTHERN EDGE OF WESTERLIES...ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST OHIO INTO CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. LOOKS LIKE THE COUNTY WARNING AREA WILL BE SHELTERED FOR ONE MORE DAY BY THE UPPER RIDGE AS 500H HEIGHTS AROUND 591 CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY BEFORE BEGINNING TO LOWER TONIGHT ACROSS THE NORTH. UPPER AIR ANALYSIS SHOWED 700H TEMP AT PBZ/ILN AROUND +10C AND 850H TEMPS AROUND +20C...WHICH IS PLENTY WARM ENOUGH TO PROVIDE STRONG CAP OVER REGION. CURRENT CONVECTION LIKELY ELEVATED DUE TO ATMOSPHERE COOLING. SO EXPECT ANOTHER MOSTLY SUNNY DAY WITH TEMPERATURES SOARING TO AROUND 90 IN WESTERN LOWLANDS. REMOVED SLIGHT CHANCE FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST AS SUBSIDENCE AND TOO MUCH WARM AIR IN LOW AND MID LEVELS PROVIDING STRONG CAP WILL KEEP CHANCE OF PRECIP NIL. AS UPPER HEIGHTS LOWER DURING EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS...EXPECT NOCTURNAL CONVECTION TO FIRE AGAIN BUT FURTHER SOUTH. WILL CONTINUE WITH CURRENT FORECAST OF LOW CHANCE POPS ACROSS NORTH WITH THREAT OF NOCTURNAL CONVECTION ROLLING SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHERN COUNTIES AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUIDANCE TEMPS AGAIN SEEM ON WARM SIDE AND WILL LEAN CLOSER TO COOLER ETA NUMBERS. THIS WORKED WELL FOR HIGHS ON MONDAY. WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... MODELS ARE IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT WITH A WEAK COLD FRONT DROPPING INTO OUR AREA DURING WEDNESDAY...THEN EITHER DISSIPATING OR LIFTING NORTH AS AN EVEN WEAKER WARM FRONT ON THURSDAY. ALTHOUGH DYNAMICS ARE NOT IMPRESSIVE...ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WITH THE FRONT WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED CONVECTION WEDNESDAY AND EARLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THEN MORE ISOLATED BY THURSDAY. NEXT FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST ON FRIDAY BECOMES VERY INTERESTING FOR THIS WEEKEND. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE BUILDING A STRONG UPPER HIGH OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN BY THE END OF THE WEEK...WHICH EFFECTIVELY SLOWS THE FRONT TO A CRAWL...LEADING TO AN UNSETTLED WEEKEND. IT WILL NOT BE UNTIL LATER MONDAY THAT THE FRONT GETS A KICK FROM ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH AND FRONT DROPPING INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE NATION. FRIDAY LOOKS TO BE A MOSTLY DRY DAY EAST OF THE OHIO RIVER...WITH PRECIPITATION SLOWLY SPREADING EASTWARD FRIDAY NIGHT...AND CONTINUING ON THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A HEAVY RAIN EVENT AND WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED. TEMPERATURES WILL GO FROM THE SUMMER MUGGIES TO RATHER COOL SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS A STRONG CANADIAN HIGH DROPS SOUTHWARD BEHIND THE FRONT. MOS TEMPERATURES LOOK REASONABLE AND FOLLOWED. HC/JMV *********************************************************************
KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-270214- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 414 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND MOST OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO...AND IN WEST VIRGINIA ALONG AND NORTH OF I-64. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH ANY SEVERE STORMS. .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. LEONARDI
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:03 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down along Leason Run and Cabin Run.
Several trees were fallen.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5334642, 5334643.