Well out ahead of a cold front, clusters of quick moving thunderstorms affected northern Perry County by 1400E, then exited the southern portion of the county around 1530E. Later that day, trees were blown down in Athens and Morgan Counties, blocking roads.
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Well out ahead of a cold front, clusters of quick moving thunderstorms affected northern Perry County by 1400E, then exited the southern portion of the county around 1530E. Later that day, trees were blown down in Athens and Morgan Counties, blocking roads.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jun 17, 12:35 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 135 PM EDT THU JUN 17 2004 .UPDATE FOR AVIATION DISCUSSION... .DISCUSSION... 1005 AM EDT THU JUN 17 2004 MOIST SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE REGION TODAY WILL KEEP PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES IN THE 1.75 TO 2 INCH RANGE. 850H DEWPOINTS ARE AROUND 15C-17C THROUGHOUT THE OHIO VALLEY AND SHOULD SEE VERY EFFICIENT RAINERS TODAY. VISIBLE SATELLITE SHOWING SEVERAL LARGE BREAKS IN CLOUDS WHICH SHOULD LEAD TO DESTABILIZATION OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND CAPE VALUES ARE PROJECTED TO BE BETWEEN 2000-2500 J/KG BY AFTERNOON. TROPICAL PLUME OF MOISTURE LOOKS TO BE FOCUSED ACROSS OHIO INTO PENNSYLVANIA AND PLAN TO KEEP LIKELY POPS ACROSS WESTERN CWA WITH HIGH CHANCE ELSEWHERE. CURRENT FORECAST HAS THIS HANDLED WELL. THE DIFFERENCE TODAY WILL BE THAT THE FLOW IN THE MID LEVEL IS 20-40KTS WHICH SHOULD KEEP STORMS MOVING AND MINIMIZE FLOODING THREAT. IF STORMS LINE UP AND TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREA...THEN PROBLEMS COULD ARISE. WITH FORECAST IN GOOD SHAPE...DO NOT PLAN TO UPDATE FORECAST. ONLY MAKING MINOR TWEAKS IN GRIDS TO FINE TUNE HOURLY DETAILS TO CURRENT CONDITIONS. HC && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... 255 AM EDT THU JUN 17 2004 TODAY AND TONIGHT... LOW LEVEL FLOW IS ON THE INCREASE. THIS WILL BE OF BENEFIT AND DECREASE OUR FLOOD POTENTIAL...SINCE STORMS THAT DEVELOP TODAY SHOULD BE MOVING AT 15 TO 20KTS PLUS. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BECOMES SUPPRESSED...AS WE MOVE INTO A FASTER MORE ZONAL FLOW. DISTURBANCES PUSHING THOUGHT OUR AREA...AND FRONTAL BOUNDARY NEARING FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL HELP KICK OFF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. TEMPERATURE WISE...MADE ONLY SMALL TWEAKS TO ONGOING FORECAST AND DID NOT STRAY TOO MUCH FROM MAV GUIDANCE TEMPS AS THEY SEEM REASONABLE. FRIDAY ON... WITH NEW GFS RUN THE MODELS ARE ALL CONVERGING ON NEW SOLUTION WITH STRONG PUSH OF FRONT WELL SOUTH OF FORECAST AREA SUNDAY. THIS WILL GIVE A BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION PATTERN TO THE REGION. EVEN POPS FOR SATURDAY HAVE BEEN KEPT TO LOW CHANCE WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE AS THE UPPER FLOW WILL ALREADY NOT BE FROM THE MOIST SOUTH. TEMPERATURES WILL BE QUITE A BIT COOLER AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT WITH CLEARING. KF/AAR && .AVIATION... 135 PM EDT THU JUN 17 2004 AFTERNOON STORMS FIRING AGAIN TODAY AS UPPER LEVEL ENERGY PASSES THROUGH OHIO VALLEY INTO THIS EVENING. GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED OUTSIDE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE WITH SHOWERS. DO NOT SEE MUCH CHANGE FROM LAST NIGHT AND HAVE NOT PLAYED MUCH FOG EXCEPT THE USUAL AT EKN. JUST EXPECTED MID CLOUDS OVERNIGHT AS UPPER DISTURBANCE PASSES BY. VERY POSSIBLY WILL BE SOME SHOWERS AROUND BUT POPS ARE 50 PERCENT OR LOWER AND EXACT LOCATION WILL BE UNKNOWN SO HAVE LEFT OUT OF TAFS. HC && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. VA...NONE. KY...NONE. OH...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 400 AM EDT THU JUN 17 2004 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-180900- ATHENS OH-BARBOUR WV-BOONE WV-BOYD KY-BRAXTON WV-BUCHANAN VA-CABELL WV-CALHOUN WV-CARTER KY-CLAY WV-DICKENSON VA-DODDRIDGE WV-FAYETTE WV-GALLIA OH-GILMER WV-GREENUP KY-HARRISON WV-JACKSON WV-JACKSON OH-KANAWHA WV-LAWRENCE OH-LAWRENCE KY-LEWIS WV-LINCOLN WV-LOGAN WV-MASON WV-MCDOWELL WV-MEIGS OH-MINGO WV-MORGAN OH-NICHOLAS WV-PERRY OH-PLEASANTS WV-POCAHONTAS WV-PUTNAM WV-RALEIGH WV-RANDOLPH WV-RITCHIE WV-ROANE WV-TAYLOR WV-TYLER WV-UPSHUR WV-VINTON OH-WASHINGTON OH-WAYNE WV-WEBSTER WV-WIRT WV-WOOD WV-WYOMING WV 400 AM EDT THU JUN 17 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN OHIO... NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND MOST OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE... EVEN THOUGH THE AREA IS NOT IN A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY...THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS STILL EXISTS. AN UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE WILL BE PUSHING INTO THE AREA...HELPING TO KICK OFF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN TO OUR NORTHWEST...HOWEVER ANY STRONG STORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN. ON THE BRIGHT SIDE...WITH A STRONGER WESTERLY FLOW IN PLACE...STORMS WILL BE MOVING FASTER THAN THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS...RESULTING IN LESS OF A FLOOD THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A COLD FRONT WILL BE SWEEPING ACROSS THE AREA ON SATURDAY. UNTIL THEN...WE WILL REMAIN IN A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS...WITH PRIMARY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AFTERWARDS...A SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRY AIRMASS WILL SETTLE IN THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT WORK WEEK. KF
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 133 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:55 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A bow echo type event with winds estimated at around 75 mph damaged outbuildings and caused an old barn to collapse. Several old and large trees were snapped.
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