Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 27, 2007

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 27, 2007
Start: 2007-07-27T15:45
End: 2007-07-27T16:07
Location: Ohio

July 27, 2007 · NWS RLX · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

An upper level disturbance combined with daytime heating to help trigger late afternoon thunderstorms.

Where it happened

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Wind
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Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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.

An upper level disturbance combined with daytime heating to help trigger late afternoon thunderstorms.

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 27, 2:50 PM EST, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 2:50 PM EST, 55 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
350 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007

.SYNOPSIS...
UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL MOVE EAST OF THE REGION
WHILE ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM DIVES SOUTHEAST FROM ILLINOIS INTO
KENTUCKY TONIGHT.  THE SYSTEM OVER KENTUCKY WILL MOVE TO THE EAST
COAST...DEEPEN...AND THEN REMAIN ALONG THE EAST COAST INTO NEXT WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/...
BASED ON LATEST RADAR INFORMATION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUE TO PUSH EAST.  THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION OF STORMS IS
CURRENTLY MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AT THIS TIME.  THE
STORMS ARE THE RESULT OF A MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROF WHICH IS
CURRENTLY PUSHING EAST THROUGH PORTIONS OF OHIO AND KENTUCKY.

THIS FEATURE AND ASSOCIATED STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EAST THIS
EVENING.  FEEL THE AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF THE STORMS WILL
DECREASE AFTER SUNSET AS THE AIRMASS BEGINS TO STABILIZE.

ANOTHER MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROF...CURRENTLY OVER INDIANA...WILL
PUSH SOUTHEAST INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY TONIGHT...AND THEN TO THE EAST
COAST ON SATURDAY.  THIS FEATURE SHOULD RESULT IN MORE SHOWERS AND
STORMS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY.  THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION OF STORMS
SHOULD BE ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN COUNTIES...WHICH WILL BE CLOSEST TO
THE TROF.

HAVE GENERALLY GONE WITH A BLEND OF FWC/MET/MAV GUIDANCE FOR LOWS
TONIGHT AND HIGHS ON SATURDAY.  END RESULT WAS INCREASING THE LOWS
TONIGHT A DEGREE OR TWO...WHILE INCREASING THE HIGHS ON SATURDAY AS
MUCH AS 5 DEGREES.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...

NAM AND GFS CONTINUE TO SHOW SECONDARY UPPER AIR TROF MOVING
THROUGH ON SUNDAY. GFS APPEARS A BIT FASTER THAN 12Z NAM. IN
EITHER CASE...VERY SLOW PROGRESSION EAST SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY.
SO CONTINUE OUR TREND WITH POPS LINGERING INTO MONDAY OVER THE
MOUNTAINOUS COUNTIES...BUT DRYING OVER OUR WESTERN COUNTIES.

STILL CONCERNED ABOUT HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHERN COUNTIES INTO SUNDAY
NIGHT IN THE WEAK WIND FLOW. WETTEST AREAS ARE DICKENSON COUNTIES
NE THRU BUCHANAN TO MCDOWELL AND WYOMING COUNTIES. BUT THE
HIGHEST PWAT SHOULD REMAIN OVER THE TN VALLEY TO OUR S AND SW.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
WITH 500 MB TROF ALONG MID ATLANTIC COAST...HOPING THE NORTHERLY
FETCH WILL CONTINUE TO FEED DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR SOUTH. STILL
QUESTIONABLE HOW LOW THE DEW POINTS WILL BE ABLE TO FALL DURING
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SO...STILL HOPING FOR A DRIER PATTERN THAN
NEAR AND SHORT TERM.

A WEAK LOW LEVEL WIND FLOW FOR WEDNESDAY INTO FRIDAY. SO A DOG
DAY WEATHER PATTERN MAY BE SETTING UP FOR WED-FRIDAY. YET...SOME
LIGHT EAST LOW LEVEL FLOW POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. WILL
MENTION SOME SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER
MOUNTAINOUS COUNTIES ON WEDNESDAY AND SPREAD THESE POPS A BIT WEST
ON THURSDAY. A SURFACE FRONT PICTURED OVER SRN GREAT LAKES DAY 6
INTO DAY 7...BUT SHOULD REMAIN TO OUR N. WEAK 700-500MB FLOW FM
NW MAY CAUSE SOME CONVECTION TO SINK SLOWLY S...SO 20/30 POPS DAY
7.

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES INCHED UP SLIGHTLY FROM HPC GUIDANCE ACROSS
WESTERN LOWLANDS WEDNESDAY INTO FRIDAY...CLOSER TO 90 DEGREES.

&&

.AVIATION /20Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
UPPER LEVEL LOW IS STILL IMPACTING THE REGION. SHORT WAVE TROF
MOVING ACROSS OHIO AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA IS
KICKING OFF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO STAY NORTH OF TAF SITES THIS MORNING WILL KEEP MOVING EASTWARD
AND OUT OF THE REGION THIS MORNING. MVFR FOG WILL DISSIPATE
QUICKLY AFTER SUNRISE. ONE LAST SHORTWAVE ALONG WITH A COLD FRONT IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS
EVENING. THIS WILL AGAIN BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE
REGION. THIS SHORTWAVE COMBINED WITH HEATING TODAY WILL CAUSE THE
ATMOSPHERE TO AGAIN BECOME UNSTABLE...AND SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY
BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN FOCUS IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN SECTIONS...FROM HTS/CRW/BKW LINE AND POINTS SOUTH INTO
THIS EVENING...HOWEVER ALL SITES HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR STORMS.
EXPECT IFR TO LIFR CONDITIONS IN EXITING STORMS AND FOG FOR
TONIGHT.

SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... THUNDERSTORMS MAY STILL RESULT IN
TEMPORARY MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH
THE WEEKEND. IN ADDITION...FOG MAY RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF
MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS EACH NIGHT THROUGH THE PERIOD.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...JSH
NEAR TERM...JSH
SHORT TERM...KTB
LONG TERM...KTB
AVIATION...JSH

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 2:24 AM EST, 13 hours 21 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
324 AM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>010-
013>017-019-024>026-280730-
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-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-
WIRT-RITCHIE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-
324 AM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

WVZ011-018-020-027>040-046-047-280730-
TYLER-CALHOUN-DODDRIDGE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-
MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-
POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
324 AM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 27, 2:42 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
342 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007

WVZ029-030-272015-
GILMER WV-LEWIS WV-
342 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007

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

AT 342 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 12 MILES WEST OF WESTON...
OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF GLENVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE CAMDEN...
  ALUM BRIDGE...LINN...SAND RUN...STONEWALL JACKSON LAKE STATE PARK
  AND JACKSON MILL.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND PEA SIZE HAIL
ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED IF THIS STORM BECOMES ANY STRONGER.

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

25

Local storm report, Jul 27, 2:43 PM EST, 1 hour 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
343 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007

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

0340 PM     HAIL             PARKERSBURG             39.28N 81.51W
07/27/2007  U0.75 INCH       WOOD               WV   PUBLIC

            EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
            325 PM 07/27/2007 AND 340 PM 07/27/2007

&&

NNNN

Local storm report, Jul 27, 2:48 PM EST, 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
348 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007

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

0345 PM     HAIL             PARKERSBURG             39.28N 81.52W
07/27/2007  U0.75 INCH       WOOD               WV   PUBLIC

            EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
            330 PM 07/27/2007 AND 345 PM 07/27/2007

&&

NNNN

Local storm report, Jul 27, 3:02 PM EST, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
402 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007

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

0357 PM     HAIL             PARKERSBURG             39.28N 81.52W
07/27/2007  U0.88 INCH       WOOD               WV   PUBLIC

            EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
            342 PM 07/27/2007 AND 357 PM 07/27/2007

&&

NNNN

Special weather statement, Jul 27, 3:04 PM EST, 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
404 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007

WVZ028-272030-
BRAXTON WV-
404 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007

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

AT 404 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER CENTRAL BRAXTON
COUNTY...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GLENVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15
MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE
  EXCHANGE...FALLS MILLS...HEATERS...SUTTON...GASSAWAY AND FLATWOODS.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND PEA SIZE
HAIL ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED IF THIS STORM BECOMES ANY STRONGER.

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

25

Local storm report, Jul 27, 3:40 PM EST, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
440 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007

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

0438 PM     HAIL             FLATWOODS               38.72N 80.65W
07/27/2007  E0.50 INCH       BRAXTON            WV   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&

PG

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:45 UTC.

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Event by event

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

Hail, Gallia

When: July 27, 3:45 PM EST
Where: Gallia County, Rodney
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.850, -82.300

Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence

When: July 27, 3:52 PM EST
Where: Lawrence County, Chesapeake to Proctorville
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 38.430, -82.450

Trees fell onto power lines.

Hail, Lawrence

When: July 27, 4:07 PM EST
Where: Lawrence County, South Pt
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 38.420, -82.580

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: 38733, 38732, 38730.