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NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 18, 12:46 PM EST, 4 hours 59 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 146 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2005 .AVIATION (18Z TO 18Z)... AFTERNOON CONVECTION STARTED EARLY FOCUSING OVER AREA WHICH RECEIVED SUN EARLY TODAY...MAINLY SOUTH OF I64 CORRIDOR ...EXTREME SOUTHERN SECTIONS... AND FROM EASTERN OHIO NORTHEAST THROUGH PKB AND CKB. CONVECTION HAVE BEEN TIMED TO AFFECT CRW...AND BKW DURING THE FIRST 4 HOURS...REACHING OTHER SITES LATER THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLE GUSTY WINDS. A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES SUGGESTED BY NAM AND GFS TO AFFECT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PWS EXCEEDING 2 INCHES...AND CAPE VALUES EXCEEDING 4000 J/KG OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS MAY BRING A VERY BUSY AFTERNOON. MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED ALONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH REDUCTION OF CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES DUE TO HEAVY RAIN. VFR/MVFR CONDITIONS WILL RETURN AT MOST SITES AFTER THE CONVECTION HAVE PASSED. HOWEVER...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND LOW CEILINGS MAY RETURN OVERNIGHT AT MOST SITES...WITH LIGHT FOG DEVELOPING OVER THE MOUNTAIN SITES. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 1224 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2005) SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)... SENT A QUICK UPDATE TO REPLACE WORDING...AND TWEAK MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES. A THIN LAYER OF LOW LEVEL CLOUDS ALLOWED DIURNAL HEATING DURING THE LATE MORNING...EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS A GREAT PART OF THE WESTERN HALF OF THE AREA. EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AND MOVE QUICKLY EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN SECTIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DECREASED COUPLE DEGREES OVER AREAS WHERE CONVECTION IS EXPECTED. ADJUSTED DEWPOINTS AND WINDS PER LATEST TREND. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 557 AM EDT MON JUL 18 2005) AVIATION... AT 10Z FIRST BATCH OF CONVECTION MOVG NE ACROSS WV AT AN INCREASING SPEED...NOW AROUND 25-30 KNOTS. MORE CONVECTION WILL FIRE BETWEEN 12 AND 16Z AS UPPER AIR SUPPORT REMAINS OVER SOUTHERN AND EASTERN OHIO . BROUGHT MORE SHOWERS POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS INTO PKB VCNTY 13-16Z FM WSW. AREAL COVERAGE OF CONVECTION TOUGH TO FIGURE FOR 18-00Z PERIOD. MAY ACTUALLY DECREASE OVER WV WITH BEST INSTABILITY AND CAPE AHEAD IN INDIANA AND WESTERN OHIO AHEAD OF FRONT. BUT IN HUMID AIRMASS HERE...STILL SCT CONVECTION POSSIBLE. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 345 AM EDT MON JUL 18 2005) LONG TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)... EXPECTING A RELATIVE MINIMUM IN PRECIPITATION AROUND MIDNIGHT AS HEATING WANES. MODELS THEN HINT AT A WEAK VORT MAX CROSSING OHIO RIVER AREA AROUND 06Z WITH MODEST H850 MOISTURE CONVERGENCE...SO BRING POPS BACK UP FROM THERE. MODELS SIMILAR ON TIMING...ALTHOUGH THINK GFS IS A LITTLE MORE REASONABLE OVERALL AS IT DOES NOT BRING THE DRIER AIRMASS AS FAR SOUTH. OVERALL...A LITTLE SKEPTICAL THAT THE DRIER AIR WILL DRIVE AS FAR SOUTH AS THE MODELS SUGGEST...GIVEN STRENGTH OF SOUTHEASTERN RIDGE AND THE FACT THAT MAIN SHORTWAVE REMAINS WELL TO THE NORTH ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES. HAVE DRIVEN DRIER AIR A BIT FURTHER SOUTH THAN PREVIOUS GRIDS...BUT HAVE TEMPERED IT SOMEWHAT. STICKING WITH 40ISH POPS AS FRONT APPROACHES...GIVEN BEST FORCING TO THE NORTH. STILL DO NOT FORESEE MUCH IN THE WAY OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH WEAK SHEAR. MAIN FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL NOT MAKE IT TOO FAR SOUTH...PERHAPS THE OHIO RIVER BEFORE STALLING/WASHING OUT. THIS LEAVES PLENTY OF MOISTURE ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES. LEAVING SLIGHT CHANCE POPS HERE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. ON WEDNESDAY...KEEPING AREAS NORTH OF HTS/CRW DRY BUT EXPECTING ISOLATED/SCATTERED AFTERNOON CONVECTION TO THE SOUTH. THURSDAY MAY FEATURE A SHORTWAVE MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST...MORE OR LESS KEEPING CHANCY POPS ALREADY IN GRIDS. NO CHANGES TO FRIDAY AND BEYOND FOR NOW. STAYED ON THE WARMER SIDE OF MOS TEMPERATURES DURING THE DAYS. NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO BE FAIRLY WELL CLUSTERED AND TOOK A GENERAL BLEND. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. KY...NONE. VA...NONE. && AVIATION...ARJ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 201 AM EDT MON JUL 18 2005 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-190800- 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- 201 AM EDT MON JUL 18 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN OHIO... NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND MOST OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE... IN THE HUMID AIR...LOCALIZED DOWNPOURS ARE STILL POSSIBLE TODAY AND OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. RAINS OF 2 INCHES COULD FALL IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. IN URBAN AREAS...PONDING OF WATER AND STREET FLOODING IS EASILY POSSIBLE. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL BE MONITORING FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY FLASH FLOODING ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:47 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and power lines were knocked down along Salem Road or County Route 9.
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