1 lightning, 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 Jul 15, 6:35 PM EST, 3 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 735 PM EDT FRI JUL 15 2005 .SHORT TERM (REST OF TONIGHT)... AFTER NEARLY 3 HOURS OF LOST SATELLITE DATA DUE TO LIGHTNING STRIKES...LATEST DATA SHOWS AREA OF CLEARING ACROSS SOUTHERN CWA WITH SOME CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH DISSIPATING THUNDERSTORMS ALONG OHIO RIVER. STORMS HAVE BEEN ON THE DECREASE OVER THE PAST HOUR WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. UPDATED POPS TO CARRY HIGHER CHANCE ALONG OHIO RIVER AND LOW CHANCE POPS EASTERN CWA...AND LOWER TO 30 POPS ALL LOCATIONS AFTER 11 PM. THEREFORE...UPDATING ZONES TO REMOVE LIKELY WORDING. TEMPERATURES LOOK REASONABLE WITH DEWPOINTS IN LOWER 70S. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 714 PM EDT FRI JUL 15 2005) AVIATION... STAGNANT TROPICAL ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES. CONVECTION EARLY THIS EVENING ALREADY DIMINISHING...AND WITH LOSS OF HEATING...ANY CONVECTION TONIGHT WILL BE SCATTERED AT BEST. THUS...EXCEPT FOR EARLY EVENING CONVECTION AT HTS AND PKB...NO OVERNIGHT CONVECTION AT TERMINALS MENTIONED. OTHERWISE...CONDITIONS TONIGHT WILL DEPEND ON RAINFALL DURING THE DAY. MOST TERMINALS RECEIVED RAIN TODAY...AND WITH SCT CLOUDS THIS EVENING...ENOUGH RADIATION WILL OCCUR TO RAPIDLY GO FROM VFR TO IFR IN FOG BY 05Z BEFORE BROKEN MID CLOUDS REDEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT. AFTER 13Z CONDITIONS RAPIDLY IMPROVING TO VFR IN SCT-BKN030 SCT-BKN070 WITH SCATTERED AFTERNOON CONVECTION AGAIN. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 304 PM EDT FRI JUL 15 2005) SHORT TERM (TONIGHT)... OVERALL LITTLE PATTERN CHANGE IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AS THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS NEARLY SATURATED. AT THE UPPER LEVEL LOW OF WHAT USED TO BE DENNIS CONTINUES TO WIND DOWN...THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BECOME MORE AND MORE DIURNAL OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. SO HAVE LET THE LOW LIKELY POPS CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE DROPPING THEM BACK TO CHANCE POPS OVERNIGHT. AT THIS POINT...DO NOT SEE MUCH IN THE WAY OF DYNAMICS TO KICK PCPN OFF OVERNIGHT...BUT SOME DID DEVELOP LAST NIGHT IN A SIMILAR PATTERN SO WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF SOME SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS DO AGAIN DEVELOP TOWARD MORNING. FOR SKY HAVE LET THE SKY CLEAR SOMEWHAT OVERNIGHT AS IT HAS IN PREVIOUS NIGHT SO PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BEFORE LIGHT FOG AND STRATUS CLOUDS AGAIN FILL IN TOWARD MORNING. FOR TEMPERATURES...HAVE PRETTY MUCH RUN WITH PERSISTENCE AS LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED. LONG TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)... WENT LOWER POP THAN MOS WITH CHANCES ACROSS THE BOARD. BY SATURDAY...BELIEVE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SCATTERED OVER AREAS THAT RECEIVE SUN DURING THE MORNINGS AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS THROUGH TUESDAY. UKMO AND GFS BOTH BRING A COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. THIS FRONT WILL BRUSH TROPICAL MOISTURE EAST. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WITH DRY AIR BEHIND THE FRONT SHOULD SUPPRESS CLOUDS AND RAINFALL ACTIVITY LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE PERIOD. THEREFORE...DECREASE HPC CLOUDS AND POP GRIDS FROM EARLY THURSDAY ON. ALSO...WITH THE REDUCTION OF CLOUDS... TWEAKED MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES DUE TO STRONGER HEATING. ADOPTED HPC WIND...DEWPOINT GRIDS AS THEY LOOK REASONABLE. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. KY...NONE. VA...NONE. && SHORT TERM...HC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 300 AM EDT FRI JUL 15 2005 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-161000- 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- 300 AM EDT FRI JUL 15 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN OHIO... NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND MOST OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:36 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning stuck the steeple of the First Presbyterian Church, sending a shower of concrete and bricks onto the sidewalk below. The church organ was also damaged.
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