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NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 17, 2:00 PM EST, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 300 PM EDT MON MAY 17 2004 .UPDATE FOR DISCUSSION... 300 PM EDT MON MAY 17 2004 THROUGH WEDNESDAY... GENERALLY A SUMMER LIKE REGIME WITH HIGH PRESSURE ANCHORED OFF THE EAST COAST AND WARM MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW AROUND THE WEST SIDE OF THE HIGH THROUGH OUR REGION. THIS LEADS TO TYPICAL SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. MODELS AGREE ON A COLD FRONT THAT JUST DIPS INTO OUR FAR NORTHERN AREAS LATER TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY BEFORE LIFTING QUICKLY BACK NORTH ON WEDNESDAY. EXPECT THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES ALONG THE FRONT...WHICH MAY RIDE ALONG THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF OUR CWA. THUS...HIGH POPS ACROSS THE NORTH TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...OTHERWISE...MORE DIURNAL ACTIVITY ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND ESPECIALLY THE SOUTH. A BLEND IN TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE IS USED AGAIN AS THE MAV IS TOO COOL ON MAXES. WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... WITH THE TROUGH DIGGING IN THE WEST AND THE RIDGING ACROSS OUR REGION AFTER THE FRONT WASHES OUT/PUSHES NORTH AND REMAINS TO THE NORTH...WE WILL RETURN TO THE DIURNAL RAIN PATTERN THROUGH THE PERIOD. TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN RAISED AS THE GUIDANCE LAST WEEK WITH THIS PATTERN WAS TOO LOW SO HIGHS WELL INTO THE 80S IN THE LOW LANDS SHOULD BE THE RULE. JV/AAR && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... 408 AM EDT MON MAY 17 2004 .SHORT TERM...THROUGH TUESDAY. LOOKS LIKE CONVECTION WILL BE MAINLY DIURNAL TODAY IN ABSENCE OF ANY APPRECIABLE TRIGGER MECHANISMS SAVE OLD SURFACE FRONT. DID ALLOW CHANCE ANY TIME TODAY ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF WHERE WHAT IS LEFT OF THE FRONT IS THIS MORNING. FRONT MOVES NORTH OF THE AREA BY LATE TODAY AS SOUTHWEST STRENGTHENS A BIT. THIS INCREASE IN SHEAR COULD LEAD TO SOME ORGANIZATION OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH SOME ROTATION...BUT CONCERNED THERE IS NOT MUCH OF A FRONT LEFT TO PROVIDE THE SURFACE SURFACE WIND DISCONTINUITY NEEDED TO ENHANCE SHEAR/ROTATION. ACTIVITY SHOULD DIE DOWN WITH SUNSET. AREAS OF DENSE FOG THIS MORNING WILL NOT BE AS MUCH OF A FACTOR TONIGHT. MORE DAYTIME HEATING THAN YESTERDAY MEANS FOG WILL TAKE LONGER TO FORM...AND INCREASED FLOW SHOULD PREVENT FOG FROM GETTING AS DENSE IN MANY AREAS. ANOTHER DIURNAL CONVECTION DAY APPEARS ON TAP FOR TUESDAY. MOISTURE FIELDS AND UPPER DIVERGENCE FIELDS SUGGESTS THERE COULD ACTUALLY BE A MIN ZONE BETWEEN CONVECTION OVER SOUTHERN AND MOUNTAIN ZONES...AND CONVECTION CLOSER TO AND ALONG A NEW COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST. AS SUCH...CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FRONT SHOULD NOT REACH NORTHWEST ZONES UNTIL THE END OF THE DAY TUESDAY OR FIRST THING TUESDAY EVENING. LEANED TOWARD HIGHER NUMBERS TODAY AND TUESDAY AND LOWER NUMBERS TONIGHT. LEANED LOW ON POPS. .LONG TERM...TUESDAY NIGHT ON. 00Z NCEP CHAIN IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH ETA FALLING BACK IN LINE KEEPING FRONT N OF M/D LINE UNTIL TUES NGT. INGREDIENTS COMING TOGETHER FOR A LINE OF TRW+ ROLLING THROUGH A CKB-PKB-UNI LINE DURING THE EVENING. ATMOSPHERE REMAINS BUOYANT AS LFCS PROGGED NR 5KFT...IN ADDITION TO CINH LESS THAN 27 J/KG. H2 DIVERGENCE AND BAROCLINIC ZONE PROVIDE THE NECESSARY TRIGGER...SO INCREASED POPS TUES NGT TO LKLY OVER NWRN AND NRN SECTIONS OF CWA. BOUNDARY MOVES SLOWLY S DURING THE NIGHT...SO NOT IDEAL TIME OF PASSAGE TO SUPPORT SVR WX THREAT AFT 04Z. PROPAGATION VECTORS LESS THAN 20KTS AND PWATS TOPPING OUT NEAR 1.5 SIGNIFY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS AS THE MAIN CONCERN. FRONT WASHES OUT DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY THEN REAPPEARS ALONG LAKE ERIE IN THE EVENING. ONGOING BOUNDARIES GOVERN LOCATION OF TRW DURING THE DAY...BUT WITH SFC CONVERGENCE AND AMPLE MOISTURE A GOOD CHANCE OF WET WX PERSISTS...ESPECIALLY ALONG DWU TO CRW CORRIDOR. REST OF THE FORECAST MARKED BY DIURNALLY DRIVEN RW/TRW AS WE REMAIN ON THE PERIPHERY OF H5 ANTICYCLONE...PLACING US IN THE RING OF FIRE ZONE. NO SIGN OF THE LONG WAVE PATTERN CHANGING AS THE MONTH OF MAY CONTINUES TO BE SUMMARIZED BY AFTN AND EVENING RW/TRW EACH DAY. TRM/29 && .AVIATION... 300 PM EDT MON MAY 17 2004 SUMMER LIKE ATMOSPHERE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY. VFR CONDITIONS DURING THE DAY TIME...EXCEPT IN SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. AT NIGHT SOME MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS IN FOG BETWEEN 06Z AND 12Z...ESPECIALLY AT EKN. JMV && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. VA...NONE. KY...NONE. OH...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 310 AM EDT MON MAY 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 310 AM EDT MON MAY 17 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN OHIO... NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND MOST OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WHILE AHEAD OF IT THE AIR REMAINS UNSTABLE...SPELLING A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CLARKSBURG TO ATHENS. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY AS THE FRONT BECOMES STATIONARY. GIVEN THE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF OUR ATMOSPHERE...DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORM. 29
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 331 PM EDT MON MAY 17 2004 WVZ006-007-014-015-035-036-172000- CABELL WV-FAYETTE WV-KANAWHA WV-MASON WV-PUTNAM WV-RALEIGH WV- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BECKLEY...CHARLESTON...FAYETTEVILLE... HUNTINGTON...POINT PLEASANT AND WINFIELD 331 PM EDT MON MAY 17 2004 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... AT 3:30 PM...SMALL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING IN CABELL COUNTY...NEAR BARKER RIDGE...PLUS BETWEEN BARBOURSVILLE AND MILTON. THIS SMALL CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TOWARD BUFFALO...FRAZIER BOTTOM...WINFIELD...AND HURRICANE OF PUTNAM COUNTY BETWEEN 3:30 AND 4:15 PM. OTHER STORMS WERE FORMING NORTHWEST OF BECKLEY IN RALEIGH COUNTY. THESE WILL MOVE INTO FAYETTE COUNTY TOWARD 4 OCLOCK. ANY SHOWER COULD CONTAIN A LOCALIZED DOWNPOUR...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR AN INCH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS COULD EASILY HAVE SOME SMALL HAIL. KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY LATE THIS EVENING AND EARLY THIS EVENING. NEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD FORM ELSEWHERE...WHILE EXISTING THUNDERSTORMS COULD WEAKEN. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS...WHEN LIGHTNING IS SEEN OR THUNDER IS HEARD. KTB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 340 PM EDT MON MAY 17 2004 WVZ006-007-014-015-035-036-172000- CABELL WV-FAYETTE WV-KANAWHA WV-MASON WV-PUTNAM WV-RALEIGH WV- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BECKLEY...CHARLESTON...FAYETTEVILLE... HUNTINGTON...POINT PLEASANT AND WINFIELD 331 PM EDT MON MAY 17 2004 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... AT 3:30 PM...SMALL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING IN CABELL COUNTY...NEAR BARKER RIDGE...PLUS BETWEEN BARBOURSVILLE AND MILTON. THIS SMALL CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TOWARD BUFFALO...FRAZIER BOTTOM...WINFIELD...AND HURRICANE OF PUTNAM COUNTY BETWEEN 3:30 AND 4:15 PM. OTHER STORMS WERE FORMING NORTHWEST OF BECKLEY IN RALEIGH COUNTY. THESE WILL MOVE INTO FAYETTE COUNTY TOWARD 4 OCLOCK. ANY SHOWER COULD CONTAIN A LOCALIZED DOWNPOUR...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR AN INCH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS COULD EASILY HAVE SMALL HAIL. KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. NEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD FORM ELSEWHERE...WHILE EXISTING THUNDERSTORMS COULD WEAKEN. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS...WHEN LIGHTNING IS SEEN OR THUNDER IS HEARD. KTB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 505 PM EDT MON MAY 17 2004 WVZ035>038-046-047-172215- FAYETTE WV-NICHOLAS WV-POCAHONTAS WV-RALEIGH WV-RANDOLPH WV- WEBSTER WV- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BECKLEY...DURBIN...ELKINS...FAYETTEVILLE... MARLINTON...SNOWSHOE...SUMMERSVILLE AND WEBSTER SPRINGS 511 PM EDT MON MAY 17 2004 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... JUST AFTER 5 OCLOCK...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING OVER THE MOUNTAINOUS COUNTIES...FROM RALEIGH COUNTY NEAR BECKELY ON NORTHEAST...THROUGH THE COUNTIES OF FAYETTE...NICHOLAS...WEBSTER... POCAHONTAS...AND RANDOLPH. THIS WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE ROUTE 19 CORRIDOR THROUGH OAK HILL AND SUMMERSVILLE. ALONG WITH THE LIGHTNING...BRIEF DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS...AND HAIL MAY BE SEEN OVER LOCALIZED AREAS. KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY EARLY THIS EVENING...AND BE READY TO MOVE INDOORS. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING FROM THE SOUTHWEST...TOWARD THE NORTHEAST...AT AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH. KTB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 704 PM EDT MON MAY 17 2004 KYZ101>103-OHZ066-067-075-083>087-180015- ATHENS OH-BOYD KY-CARTER KY-GALLIA OH-GREENUP KY-JACKSON OH- LAWRENCE OH-MEIGS OH-MORGAN OH-PERRY OH-VINTON OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHLAND...ATHENS...GALLIPOLIS...GRAYSON... GREENUP...IRONTON...JACKSON...MCARTHUR...NEW LEXINGTON AND POMEROY 704 PM EDT MON MAY 17 2004 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... DESPITE THE SETTING SUN...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE INCREASING IN COVERAGE... ACROSS SOUTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...DURING THE 7 TO 9 OCLOCK PERIOD. LOCALIZED DOWNPOURS ARE LIKELY...WITH ISOLATED RAIN AMOUNTS OVER AN INCH IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. THIS WOULD CAUSE WATER FLOWING ACROSS ROADS AND PROBLEMS IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ALONG WITH THE LIGHTNING...HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS THIS EVENING. THE RAIN WAS MOVING FROM THE SOUTHWEST...TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MPH. KTB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 739 PM EDT MON MAY 17 2004 WVZ007-008-014>016-018-027-029-180031- CALHOUN WV-CLAY WV-GILMER WV-JACKSON WV-KANAWHA WV-MASON WV- PUTNAM WV-ROANE WV- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLESTON...CLAY...GLENVILLE... GRANTSVILLE...POINT PLEASANT...RIPLEY...SPENCER AND WINFIELD 739 PM EDT MON MAY 17 2004 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... AT 7:30 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN ELEANOR AND BUFFALO IN NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY...AND MOVING INTO SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY. OTHER STORMS WERE FORMING NEAR SISSONVILLE...WALTON...AND BETWEEN SPENCER AND ARNOLDSBURG. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. DESPITE THE SETTING SUN...NEW STORMS COULD FORM ELSEWHERE THIS EVENING. ANY EVENING THUNDERSTORM COULD CONTAIN A LOCALIZED DOWNPOUR...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF AN INCH IN LESS 30 MINUTES. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS COULD EASILY HAVE SOME HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. KTB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 825 PM EDT MON MAY 17 2004 OHZ083-084-180104- JACKSON OH-VINTON OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKSON AND MCARTHUR 825 PM EDT MON MAY 17 2004 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... AT 8:25 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST...THROUGH NORTHERN PORTIONS OF JACKSON COUNTY OHIO...NEAR BYER AND PINE GROVE. BETWEEN 8:30 PM AND 9:15 PM...THIS STORM WILL AFFECT VINTON COUNTY ...INCLUDING THE MCARTHER AND ALLENSVILLE VICINITY. LOCALIZED DOWNPOURS ARE LIKELY...WITH ISOLATED RAIN AMOUNTS OVER AN INCH IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. THIS WOULD CAUSE WATER FLOWING ACROSS ROADS AND PROBLEMS IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR. KTB
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:27 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A porch was blown off a house, while fallen trees damaged a house and a mobile home.
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