Tornado and Hail in West Virginia, June 27, 2007

Name: Tornado and Hail in West Virginia, June 27, 2007
Start: 2007-06-27T15:11
End: 2007-06-27T20:30
Location: West Virginia

June 27, 2007 · NWS RLX · 7 events in 6 counties and zones

This thunderstorm event was mainly driven by daytime heating. Once the sun began to set, numerous outflow boundaries provided additional lift.

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: $9,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 7

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.

This thunderstorm event was mainly driven by daytime heating. Once the sun began to set, numerous outflow boundaries provided additional lift. The rains, though, were much needed.

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 Jun 27, 2:15 PM EST, 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 2:15 PM EST, 56 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
315 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2007

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT BRINGS NEEDED RAINFALL TO THE MOISTURE STARVED MID OHIO
VALLEY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.  HIGH PRESSURE AND NORTHERLY FLOW
TRANSLATE TO A SEASONAL DRY WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
TRW POPPING UP DUE TO DAYTIME HEATING.  BEST AREA TO RECEIVE
RAINFALL APPEARS TO BE LOCATIONS W OF THE OHIO RIVER WHERE AN UPR
AIR IMPULSE CURRENTLY EXTENDING FROM WRN OH S INTO THE CUMBERLAND
PLATEAU IS AND WL BE MOVING E THIS AFTN.  FORCING STILL REMAINS IFFY
AND WITH THE LACK OF TCU DEVELOPMENT OPTED TO KEEP ISOLD MENTION.
ACTIVITY SHOULD FADE SHORTLY AFTER DUSK AS THE CASE THE PAST FEW
NIGHTS.

FORECAST CHALLENGE REMAINS AREAL EXTENT OF PCPN THU.  NAM HAS BACKED
OFF ONSET OF QPF...WHILE THE GFS AND SREF MEAN CONTINUE TO BE
NSYNC.  ONCE AGAIN SIDED WITH THE LATTER TWO FOR THE AFTN
PACKAGE...WHICH RESULTED IN INCREASING POPS N OF A LINE FM DWU-EKN
TO CAT AND BRINGING LKLY TO A WAYNE-CRW-SNOWSHOE LINE.  CHC POPS
WILL WORK ELSW IN THE WARM SECTOR.  ATMS CONTS TO BE FAVORABLE FOR
DOWNPOURS IN ANY STORM.

DAY2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK STILL HAS MOST OF WV IN A SLGT RISK...BUT
WITH PWATS 1-2 STANDARD DEVIATIONS ABOVE NORMAL...WATER LOADING AND
A HIGH FZ LVL /NR 13.5KFT/ SHOULD RESULT IN PULSE/MARGINAL TYPE
STORMS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...

THE GFS SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE MORE CONSISTENT WITH MOVEMENT OF THE
FRONT...AND ALSO IS IN BETTER AGREEMENT WITH SREF.  ALSO DO NOT
AGREE WITH THE NAM ON THE DECREASE IN QPF.  WITH PW VALUES BETWEEN
1.75-2 INCHES...PREFER HIGHER VALUES SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE NAM AND
GFS.

THAT SAID...BRINGING CAT POPS THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE
LIKELY POPS FROM CRW SOUTH ON FRIDAY. PLENTY OF UPPER SUPPORT NOTED
WITH RRQ OF H250 JET...AND FRONTAL PROGESSION WILL BE SLOWED BY A
WAVE OR TWO ALONG IT.  SEVERE THREAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE FAIRLY
LIMITED WITH WATER LOADING...AND LOSS OF INSTABILITY THURSDAY NIGHT
AND FRIDAY MORNING.  STILL...WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE AVAILABLE
(12-14C H850 DEWPOINTS AND CONTINUED HIGH PWS) THINK INGREDIENTS ARE
COMING TOGETHER FOR 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER MUCH OF THE CWA.
RAIN WILL MOSTLY COME TO AN END BY MIDDAY FRIDAY ACROSS THE NW HALF
OF CWA.  ONLY SPOTTY SHOWERS ARE FORESEEN ACROSS THE SOUTH BY FRIDAY
EVENING.

DRYING ATMOSPHERE WILL BE THE STORY SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT AS
SURFACE HIGH BUILDS IN AND CWA GETS INTO FRONT REGION OF H500 RIDGE.
COULD BE A DENSE FOG IN SOME LOCATIONS FOR SUNDAY MORNING.

GENERALLY LIKED MAV/MEX NUMBERS FOR TEMPERATURES OVERALL.

&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...

LITTLE CHANGE NEEDED TO HPC GRIDS NEEDED. CONTINUED IDEA OF DRY
WEATHER AND SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY...AS
SURFACE HIGH AND UPPER RIDGE REMAIN IN PLACE.

RIDGE BREAKS DOWN SOMEWHAT STARTING TUESDAY...AND RETURN FLOW SETS
UP AS SURFACE HIGH MOVES OFF THE COAST. FRONTAL BOUNDARY PASSING
THROUGH AT THE END OF THIS WEEK MAY TRY TO MAKE A RUN BACK NORTH AS
A WARM FRONT.  PROBABLY NOT NEARLY THE MOISTURE/SUPPORT IT HAD
PREVIOUSLY...BUT SHOULD BE ENOUGH LIFT FROM OVERRUNNING TO SUPPORT
CHANCE POPS FOR TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
MVFR CONDS IN HZ EXPECTED THIS AFTN AND MOST OF THE NIGHT AT AREA
AIRPORTS.  REDUCTION IN FLIGHT CONDITIONS ALSO FCST IN RW/TRW...HWVR
ISOLD TO SCT COVERAGE TOO LOW FOR ANY TAF ATT. A COLD FRONT DROPS S
DURING THE DAY THUR.  THIS WILL BRING RW/TRW DURING THE AFTN
HRS...SINCE THIS IS OUTSIDE THE 24HR WINDOW CB WILL SUFFICE FOR
NOW.

OUTLOOK...18Z THUR THROUGH MON...IFR WX IN RW/TRW FRI.  IN ADDITION
IFR PREDAWN FG PSBL SAT AND SUN.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...29
NEAR TERM...29
SHORT TERM...CL/29
LONG TERM...CL
AVIATION...29

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 2:49 AM EST, 12 hours 22 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
349 AM EDT WED JUN 27 2007

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-
013>020-024>040-046-047-280800-
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-
349 AM EDT WED JUN 27 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA
THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. WITH THE FRONT...THERE
IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD CONTAIN LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 3:07 PM EST, 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
407 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2007

OHZ085-086-WVZ007-272045-
MEIGS OH-GALLIA OH-MASON WV-
407 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2007

HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE FOR MEIGS AND GALLIA COUNTIES IN OHIO...AND MASON COUNTY IN
WEST VIRGINIA...

AT 407 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING NEAR RIO
GRANDE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE LAKIN...
  KYGER...TUPPERS PLAINS...SALEM CENTER...HARRISONVILLE...AND DEXTER.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE
ALL 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.

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:09 UTC.

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Event by event

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

Hail, Taylor

When: June 27, 3:11 PM EST
Where: Taylor County, Grafton
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.350, -80.030

Thunderstorm Wind, Taylor

When: June 27, 3:24 PM EST
Where: Taylor County, Flemington
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.270, -80.120

Large branches were knocked down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Harrison

When: June 27, 4:15 PM EST
Where: Harrison County, Bridgeport
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Fire Department/Rescue
Coordinates: 39.280, -80.250

Several trees were blown down.

Tornado, Mason

When: June 27, 5:35 PM EST to 5:38 PM EST
Where: Mason County, 0.5 mi W of Letart to 0.75 mi SE of Letart
Rating: EF1
Path length: 1.16 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Property damage: $8,000
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey
Coordinates: 38.880, -81.939

Two outflow boundaries collided, which formed the landspout type tornado near the Ohio River. The damage path started just west of Letart near Route 15 and extended about a mile toward Letart Island. One garage was destroyed. Telephone poles were snapped along Route 33. Numerous trees were down along the path. Wind speed was estimated by the survey team at 90 to 100 mph.

Thunderstorm Wind, Cabell

When: June 27, 7:50 PM EST
Where: Cabell County, Milton to Culloden
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: Fire Department/Rescue
Coordinates: 38.430, -82.130

Several trees fell onto power lines.

Thunderstorm Wind, Putnam

When: June 27, 7:50 PM EST
Where: Putnam County, Hurricane
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: NWS Employee
Coordinates: 38.430, -82.030

Trees and large branches were blown down.

Hail, Webster

When: June 27, 8:30 PM EST
Where: Webster County, Hacker Vly
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.650, -80.380

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.
Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

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

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in West Virginia in 2007 Every state in 2007 This day in weather history The tornado archive for West Virginia, 2007 Warnings in West Virginia, June 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: 32716, 32717, 32718, 32722, 32720, 32721, 32719.