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 Mar 28, 2:11 PM EST, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 211 PM EST TUE MAR 28 2006 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... 18Z SFC ANALYSIS DEPICTS LOW PRES ACR WRN OH WITH ANOTHER LOW CONTINUING TO STRENGTH ACR SRN WV DUE TO BETTER ISALLOBARIC FLOW. WDSPRD RW COVER WRN 1/2 OF FCST AREA AND THAT AREA PROPAGATES EAST THE NEXT 4-6 HRS. ROLLING WITH CAT POPS CWA WIDE EARLY THIS EVNG THEN A SHARP DEC TO DRY BY 1Z IN THE W AND 3Z IN THE MTNS. SFC LOW SITS E OF THE MTNS BY 6Z TO BE FOLLOWED BY A FAST APPROACHING SFC ANTICYCLONE FM THE WRN GRTLKS. THIS SPELLS NO WINDS...WHICH ISNT GOOD GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF LLVL MSTR ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE CYCLONE. CROSS OVER TEMPS SUPPORT WDSPRD RVR FG OVRNGT. HWVR THINK VIS WL STAY UP (ABC 3/4SM) MOST OF THE NGT EVENTUALLY LOWERING AS L- AND CLDS PERSIST IN THE PREDAWN HRS. INSERTED AREAS OF L- FOR MOST OF THE AREA TNGT WITH L- ENDING ARND DAWN WED AS UVV WANES. 12Z NCEP CHAIN IS IN LINE WITH SREF KEEPING OVC CONDS FOR MOST OF THE DAY. PARTIAL CLEARING TAKES PLACE DURING THE AFTN IN SWRN VA...NERN KY...AND SERN OH...BUT EVEN THERE IT WILL BE AFT 18Z. SOME LOCATIONS...MAINLY I-79 CORRIDOR AND THE MTNS COULD STAY SOCKED IN UNTIL DUSK GIVEN MODERATE INVERSION ARND H9. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... NO BIG CHANGES THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SKIES SHOULD CLEAR WED NIGHT...WITH VALLEYS AND LOWLANDS DECOUPLING...AND A LIGHT WIND PERHAPS ON THE HILLTOPS. GLADY IN NORTHEAST CWA SHOULD BE ONE OF THE COLDEST SPOTS. SOME FOG ALSO POSSIBLE. PERHAPS ENOUGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FOR SOME FLAT CUMULUS IN THE MOUNTAINS THURSDAY...TRIED TO INTEGRATE THIS INTO THE SKY GRIDS FOR A FEW HOURS IN THE AFTERNOON...BEFORE DRIER AIR MIXES DOWN. INCREASED THURSDAY MAX A FEW DEGREES IN SPOTS...WITH GUIDANCE GOING A FEW WARMER. CUT BACK POPS SLIGHTLY INTO FRIDAY MORNING...AS MODELS SEEM A LITTLE SLOWER BRINGING IN THE PRECIP. SYSTEM WILL PASS BY TO OUR NORTH FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY... DRAGGING A COLD FRONT EAST ACROSS OUR FORECAST AREA. THIS WILL RESULT IN A GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN. BEHIND THIS SYSTEM...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN WITH DECREASING POPS AND COOLER TEMPERATURES INTO SUNDAY. ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL THEN SLIDE EAST ON MONDAY WITH ANOTHER CHANCE OF RAIN. WENT WITH HPC TEMPS WITH MINOR TWEAKS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1229 PM EST TUE MAR 28 2006/ AVIATION /18Z TO 18Z/... VFR WX CONTS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY...HWVR AN AFTN RW OR PERHAPS A TRW COULD KNOCK AIRPORTS TO MVFR THRU 02Z. AFT SFC LOW CROSSES NRN WV EARLY THIS EVNG...CIGS AND VIS DROP TO IFR BY 6Z AREA WIDE IN WAKE OF THE LOW. LOTS OF LLVL MSTR AND WEAK UPSLOPE FLOW SUPPORTS AREAS OF L- AND LOW CLOUDS. IFR/LIFR WX CONTS THRU 15-17Z AS WINDS REMAIN CALM AND MSTR IS STILL TRAPPED UNDERNEATH AN INV. LIFTED VIS TO MVFR AS L- ENDS BY 15Z...WITH CIGS GOING MVFR BY 17Z...EXCEPT FOR BKW. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1026 AM EST TUE MAR 28 2006/ SHORT TERM /REST OF TODAY/... 6.7U STLT PIC ILLUSTRATES COMPACT /STACKED/ LOW TRAVERSING THRU CNTRL IND WITH BANDS OF RW OUT AHEAD IN THE DCVA REGION. UPR LVL CYCLONE AND SFC LOW CROSS DURING THE AFTN. BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS ARE XPCTD MOSTLY ALONG AND S OF I-64. COLDEST H5 TEMPS CROSS FM HTS-CRW-BKW ALLOWING H7-H5 LAPSE RATES TO REACH 7-7.5 C/KM. WITH SOME SOLAR RADIATION DESTABILIZING THE ATMS LI/S FALL BELOW 0C AND MUCAPES PEAK ARND 0.07KJ/KG BTWN 18-21Z. ALL OF THIS COULD LEAD TO -TRW WITH GS. OPTED TO LEAVE GS OUT OF THE GRIDS ATT WITH MARGINAL WBZ HGTS. DRY CONVEYOR BELT HAS CLEARED OUT THE SKY ACR ERN KY /SWRN VA / AND SRN WV. TEMPS SHOOT UP WELL INTO THE 50S WITH AN HR OR TWO OF SUNSHINE. AS A RESULT...INCREASED TEMPS IN THE FAR S...OTRW REMAINDER OF AREA LOOKS GOOD WITH NMBRS SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN GUID. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 335 AM EST TUE MAR 28 2006/ LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... MODELS HAVE COME INTO GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE SIGNIFICANT SHORT WAVES EMBEDDED IN A PROGRESSIVE ZONAL FLOW ALOFT. ONE SHORT WAVE AND ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT AFFECTS THE REGION FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...TIL THEN HIGH PRESSURE WITH DRY WEATHER AND MILD TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THIS NEXT SYSTEM HAS GOOD SUPPORT AT ALL LEVELS...IN ADDITION TO THE GULF BEING OPEN FOR MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY. THIS WILL RESULT IN SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. EXPECT SOME LIGHT WRAPAROUND COLD ADVECTION RAIN SHOWERS SATURDAY...BEFORE HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE REGION WITH DRY WEATHER LATER SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ANOTHER SHORT WAVE COMES IN LATER SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY WITH QUITE SIMILAR RESULTS. IN THIS PATTERN...MOST OF THE AIR MASSES BEHIND THESE FRONTS ARE OF PART PACIFIC ORIGIN AND PART CANADIAN ORIGIN. THE RESULT OF THIS WILL BE A WEAK AND BRIEF COOLDOWN BEHIND EACH FRONT...WITH GENERALLY MILD TEMPERATURES PREVAILING OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. KY...NONE. VA...NONE. && SHORT TERM...29/KM LONG TERM...JSH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 406 AM EST TUE MAR 28 2006 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-290915- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON- JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN- WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM- KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE- CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING- RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS- RANDOLPH- 406 AM EST TUE MAR 28 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 73 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:38 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A 400 foot radio tower appears to have taken a direct hit. The tower serves 2 radio stations in the Beckley vicinity. The stations were knocked off the air for several hours. The engineer estimated about $15,000 in damage, to transmitter and antenna components.
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