Small clusters of thunderstorms intensified near the Ohio River.
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The episode as NWS RLX wrote it up.
Small clusters of thunderstorms intensified near the Ohio River.
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 Jul 17, 2:39 PM EST, 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 339 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2007 .SYNOPSIS... UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES CROSS THROUGH THURSDAY BEFORE A COLD FRONT SWINGS THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. DRIER AND LESS HUMID WEATHER SHOULD ADVECT IN DURING FRIDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... DIFFICULT FORECAST DEALING WITH DYING MCS AND ASSOCIATED COLD POOL INTERACTING WITH DIURNAL HEATING ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NAM AND GFS ARE IN DISAGREE IN TIMING AND COVERAGE OF RAINFALL EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. INCREASED POP ACROSS THE SOUTH...WEST AND NORTH SECTIONS AS MOS GUIDANCE SHOWING 50 TO 60 POPS THERE...AND MODELS INSIST BRINGING QPF OVER THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. MODELS SHOW A SERIES OF VORT MAXES MOVING THRU THE AREA WITH THE NORTHWEST FLOW. ALTHOUGH THE NAM AND GFS SHOW DIFFERENT TIMING AND INTENSITY...AND GFS SHOWS SOME CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK...INTRODUCED LIKELY POPS ON WED ACROSS THE NORTHER SECTIONS DECREASING TO MID TO LOW CHANCES ON WED NIGHT. SPC SUGGESTS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER ON WED THRU THU. TEMPERATURES WERE ALSO DIFFICULT TO FIGURED OUT...AS SOME OF THE CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET...BUT ADDITIONAL CLOUDS AND RAINFALL ACTIVITY ARE SUGGESTED BY MODELS THROUGH THE PERIOD. WENT CLOSER TO THE WARMER MET TONIGHT AS CLOUDS WILL PREVENT RADIATIONAL COOLING...AND A COUPLE DEGREES WARMER WED NIGHT PER CLOUDIER SKIES EXPECTED. HIGH ON WED SHOULD STAY IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S LOWLANDS...RANGING INTO THE LOW 70S HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... MAY HAVE SOME MORNING SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY BEFORE THE MAIN FRONTAL BAND ARRIVES LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HAVE INCREASED POPS INTO LIKELY. PWAT OVER 2 INCHES ON THURSDAY SO DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE. STILL FIGURED ON A BREAK THURSDAY TO ALLOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE TO REACH AT LEAST UPPER 80S IN THE S. LEFTOVER MOISTURE EXITING FRIDAY MORNING IN OUR SE CWA...HAVE LOWERED POPS DURING THE DAY. UPPER AIR SUPPORT MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO BRING A FEW COOL POOL SHOWERS BACK SE INTO NRN WV DURING FRIDAY NIGHT. INTRODUCED SOME 20 POPS CKB-EKN VCNTY FRIDAY NIGHT. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... LOTS OF UNCERTAINTY FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...WITH 500 MB PATTERN EVOLUTION IN DOUBT. QUESTION IS WHETHER THE UPPER AIR TROF CUTS OFF OVER UPPER OHIO VALLEY SATURDAY....THEN WANDERS WEST WITH TIME...OR DOES THE TROF LIFT NE TOWARD NEW ENGLAND. HPC FAVORS A DRY POST FRONTAL FORECAST AT THIS TIME WITH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES BELOW MID SUMMER NORMALS. DID INCREASE CLOUDS FOR DAYTIME WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES ALOFT FOR WEEKEND. IF UPPER AIR SYSTEM DOES CUT OFF AND THEN MEANDER...MAY HAVE TO ADD AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS. OF COURSE...AIRMASS WOULD STILL BE DRIER THAN NORMAL...SINCE THE SHORT TERM FRONTAL PASSAGE SHOVES THE DEEPER MOISTURE TO OUR SOUTH...PRIOR TO ANY 500 MB CUTOFF. && .AVIATION /18Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL...EXCEPT MVFR VISIBILITIES AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ALONG THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY ACROSS HTS AND CRW BETWEEN 19Z TO 23Z...AND PKB FROM 21Z TO 04Z. ADDITIONAL STORM WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON TO AFFECT BKW LATER ON BUT CONFIDENCE ON THOSE STORMS TO HIT THE AIRPORT IS LOW. MOST OF THE CONVECTION SHOULD DIE DOWN LATER THIS EVENING EVENING EXCEPT NEAR PKB WHERE WILL LAST THRU AT LEAST 05Z. CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET EXCEPT ACROSS THE NORTHER SECTIONS. FOG WILL FORM MORE QUICKLY AT ANY SITE THAT DOES RECEIVE RAIN. AVIATION OUTLOOK...IFR LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING FOG IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE WEEK. IFR CONDITIONS ARE ALSO LIKELY IN THUNDERSTORMS LATE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...WHEN A STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE SATURDAY AFTER MORNING LOW CLOUDS AND DENSE FOG...AS DRIER AIR MOVES IN FROM THE NORTH. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. KY...NONE. VA...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...KTB NEAR TERM...ARJ SHORT TERM...KTB LONG TERM...KTB AVIATION...TRM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 348 AM EDT TUE JUL 17 2007 KYZ101>103-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ006>011-180745- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH-VINTON- MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS- TYLER- 348 AM EDT TUE JUL 17 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO AND WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. IN ADDITION...REPEATED ROUNDS OF STORMS IN A TROPICAL AIRMASS ARISE THE THREAT FOR MINOR FLOODING THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. KYZ105-WVZ005-013>020-024>032-039-040-180745- LAWRENCE KY-WAYNE-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE- DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON- TAYLOR-UPSHUR-BARBOUR- 348 AM EDT TUE JUL 17 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND THE WEST VIRGINIA LOWLANDS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS THURSDAY. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. IN ADDITION...REPEATED ROUNDS OF STORMS IN A TROPICAL AIRMASS ARISE THE THREAT FOR MINOR FLOODING THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. VAZ003-004-WVZ033>038-046-047-180745- DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER- POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- 348 AM EDT TUE JUL 17 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND THE WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 318 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2007 OHZ083-086-087-171945- LAWRENCE OH-GALLIA OH-JACKSON OH- 318 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2007 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... AT 318 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 5 MILES SOUTH OF OAK HILL...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE... GAGE... CENTERPOINT...GALLIA...RIO GRANDE AND ADAMSVILLE. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. 10
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 402 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2007 OHZ086-WVZ007-008-172045- GALLIA OH-MASON WV-JACKSON WV- 402 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2007 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... AT 402 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER POINT PLEASANT... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE... FAIRPLAIN...SANDYVILLE...EVANS...MOUNT ALTO...LETART AND GALLOPOLIS FERRY. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. 10
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:04 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Poles were blown over and damaged cars along Route 7.
A small portion of the roof to Fairland Middle School was damaged. A large camper was rolled over. Small structures on the fairgrounds were damaged. Several trees were knocked down. One tree fell into a second floor bedroom of a home, causing heavy damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, July 2007
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 35835, 35833.