Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 24, 2007

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 24, 2007
Start: 2007-07-24T14:21
End: 2007-07-24T18:15
Location: Ohio

July 24, 2007 · NWS RLX · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

Thunderstorms formed due to a cool pool of air aloft and disturbances rotating around this upper air feature. A low freezing level, for mid summer, aided the hail reaching the ground.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS RLX wrote it up.

Thunderstorms formed due to a cool pool of air aloft and disturbances rotating around this upper air feature. A low freezing level, for mid summer, aided the hail reaching the ground.

What forecasters said that day

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 24, 2:00 PM EST, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 2:00 PM EST, 21 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
300 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2007

.SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY DRIFT
NORTHWESTWARD...FROM OUR AREA TO THE GREAT LAKES...BY THE END OF THE
WORK WEEK.  A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH ON SATURDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL SLOWLY DRIFT NORTHWESTWARD. DUE TO POSITION OF
THE UPPER LOW AND WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE OVER THE REGION...SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SCATTERED ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE
PERIOD. BEST TIME FOR STORMS SHOULD BE WITH THE HEATING IN THE
AFTERNOON...AND COOLING ALOFT LATE AT NIGHT AND EARLY IN THE
MORNING. WILL THEREFORE GO WITH HIGHEST POPS DURING THESE PERIODS.
MODELS WERE WAY TOO COLD ON LOW TEMPERATURES LAST NIGHT...SO WILL
STAY TOWARD THE HIGHER SIDE OF MOS GUIDANCE.

&&

.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
PESKY UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL HANG AROUND FOR A FEW MORE DAYS...WHICH
IS THE DOMINANT FEATURE OF THE SHORT TERM FORECAST. KEY TO THE
WEATHER IN THE CWA WILL BE THE LOCATION OF THIS UPPER LEVEL LOW IN
RELATION TO THE FORECAST AREA. BOTH THE NAM AND THE GFS TAKE THIS
ENTITY OFF TO THE NORTHWEST OVER SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN AT A LEISURELY
PACE. EXPECTING THE BEST INSTABILITY FOR CONVECTION ON THE SOUTHERN
AND EASTERN SIDE OF THIS SYSTEM. THEREFORE...HAVE TAILORED POP GRIDS
TO REFLECT THE BEST CHANCES IN THE NORTHWEST ZONES...ALONG WITH THE
MOUNTAINS AS A RESULT OF DAYTIME HEATING AIDING THAT PARTICULAR
PROCESS. DO NOT FEEL CONFIDENT ENOUGH IN THE TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF
VORTICITY LOBES ROTATING AROUND THE LOW THIS FAR OUT...SO WENT WITH
A MORE GENERAL BROAD BRUSH APPROACH TO THE POPS. USED A DIURNAL
WEATHER TOOL TO KEEP THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE DAY...AND SHOWERS
DURING THE OVERNIGHTS.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
FRIDAY NIGHT...THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL FINALLY KICK OUT OF THE
REGION. AN ELONGATED SURFACE BOUNDARY STRETCHING FROM A SURFACE LOW
THAT WILL BE MOVING INTO LABRADOR WILL MOVE IN FROM THE NORTHWEST.
THIS SURFACE SYSTEM WILL BE JOINED BY YET ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL LOW
ROTATING THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES...AND COULD AID IN DEVELOPING A
WAVE ALONG THE SURFACE BOUNDARY. ALL IN ALL...THIS WILL TRANSLATE
INTO AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF INSTABILITY WITH THE NORTHWESTERN ZONES
FAVORED A BIT BETTER FOR CONVECTION. ATMOSPHERE WILL TRY TO DRY
OUT...UPON SLOW PASSAGE OF THIS SYSTEM...FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE
UPCOMING WORK WEEK. WAS RELUCTANT TO KEEP POPS OUT OF THE SOUTHERN
ZONES DUE TO A LINGERING TROUGH AXIS EXTENDING BACK INTO THE DEEP
SOUTH.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE THE WEATHER OVER THE
REGION AS IT LIFTS SLOWLY NORTH NORTHWEST. THIS WILL LEAVE THE
REGION IN AN AREA WHERE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
BE SCATTERED ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE PERIOD...CAUSING PATCHES
OF IFR CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION LATE TONIGHT...SOME FOG IS POSSIBLE
IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED RAINFALL...BUT IT SHOULD NOT BE OVERLY
DENSE.

AVIATION OUTLOOK...MAINLY DIURNAL AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS...
ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS...THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AS AN UPPER
LOW HANGS AROUND THE AREA.

&&

.RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WV...NONE.
OH...NONE.
KY...NONE.
VA...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...26/RPY
NEAR TERM...RPY
SHORT TERM...26
LONG TERM...26
AVIATION...RPY

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 2:13 AM EST, 12 hours 8 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
313 AM EDT TUE JUL 24 2007

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-013>020-026>032-
039-040-250715-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-
JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-
JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-
CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-
TAYLOR-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-
313 AM EDT TUE JUL 24 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO 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 IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

VAZ003-004-WVZ024-025-033>038-046-047-250715-
DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-MINGO-LOGAN-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-
NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
313 AM EDT TUE JUL 24 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST
VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SOME STORMS THAT DEVELOP TODAY MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL
HAIL. OTHERWISE...NO OTHER 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 IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 24, 11:27 AM EST, 2 hours 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
1227 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1224 PM     HAIL             PARKERSBURG             39.28N 81.52W
07/24/2007  U0.88 INCH       WOOD               WV   PUBLIC

            EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
            1209 PM 07/24/2007 AND 1224 PM 07/24/2007

&&

NNNN

Local storm report, Jul 24, 11:28 AM EST, 2 hours 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
1228 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1126 AM     TSTM WND DMG     PARKERSBURG             39.28N 81.52W
07/24/2007                   WOOD               WV   PUBLIC

            LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN.
            EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
            1226 PM 07/24/2007 AND 1126 AM 07/24/2007

&&

NNNN

Special weather statement, Jul 24, 11:59 AM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1259 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2007

WVZ019-241730-
RITCHIE WV-
1259 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2007

HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE...

AT 1259 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
HARRISVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE
  PETROLEUM...NUTTER FARM...HIGHLAND...PIKE...SMITHVILLE AND
  MACFARLAN.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE
ALL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE
PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE AND A QUARTER INCHES PER HOUR.
THIS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED
FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS.

PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

12

Local storm report, Jul 24, 1:11 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
211 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0208 PM     HAIL             GALLIPOLIS FERRY        38.76N 82.12W
07/24/2007  U0.75 INCH       MASON              WV   PUBLIC

            EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
            153 PM 07/24/2007 AND 208 PM 07/24/2007

&&

NNNN

Special weather statement, Jul 24, 1:21 PM EST, 1 hour before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
221 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2007

WVZ007-008-241845-
MASON WV-JACKSON WV-
221 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2007

HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE...

AT 221 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 9 MILES
EAST OF RIPLEY TO 26 MILES WEST OF RIPLEY...OR FROM 9 MILES EAST OF
RIPLEY TO GALLIPOLIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS LINE OF STORMS INCLUDE
  STATTS MILLS...GAY...FAIRPLAIN...GIVEN...EVANS AND SOUTHSIDE.

WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND PEA SIZE
HAIL ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE
PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE AND ONE  QUARTER INCHES PER HOUR.
THIS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED
FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS.

PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

12

Special weather statement, Jul 24, 2:16 PM EST, 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
316 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2007

OHZ085-086-WVZ007-241945-
MEIGS OH-GALLIA OH-MASON WV-
316 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2007

HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE...

AT 316 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM POMEROY
TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF POMEROY...OR FROM POMEROY TO POINT
PLEASANT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS LINE OF STORMS
  INCLUDE... LAKIN...CHESTER...SYRACUSE...MIDDLEPORT...CHESHIRE AND
  MASON.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND PEA SIZE
HAIL ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE
PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.25 INCHES PER HOUR. THIS WILL
CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN
LOW LYING AREAS.

PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

12

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:20 UTC.

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Event by event

3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Meigs

When: July 24, 2:21 PM EST
Where: Meigs County, Middleport
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 39.000, -82.050

Thunderstorm Wind, Athens

When: July 24, 4:10 PM EST
Where: Athens County, 3 mi ESE of Athens
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 39.313, -82.048

Large branches were blown down along portions of County Routes 24 and 90.

Hail, Gallia

When: July 24, 4:43 PM EST
Where: Gallia County, 2 mi S of Cadmus
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.741, -82.430

Hail, Lawrence

When: July 24, 6:15 PM EST
Where: Lawrence County, Ironton
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 38.530, -82.670

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Ohio in 2007 Every state in 2007 This day in weather history Warnings in Ohio, July 2007

Sources

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: 35910, 35914, 35911, 35913.