Thunderstorms formed in advance of a cold front. Ahead of the main line of convection, one storm briefly intensified south of Elkins.
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Thunderstorms formed in advance of a cold front. Ahead of the main line of convection, one storm briefly intensified south of Elkins.
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 8, 3:53 PM EST, 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 453 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL WILL PRECEDE THE FRONT. HIGH PRESSURE TAKES OVER FOR THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING/... CRWWCNRLX SENT OUT TO DROP WATCH 370 IN NE KY...SE OH...AND ALONG OH RIVER COUNTIES...BEHIND THE INITIAL LINE. EVEN THOUGH THE FRONT IS STILL W OF DAY...ATMOSPHERE HAS BEEN STABLIZED. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT RAINS OF 0.25 TO 0.75 WERE COMMON WITH THE LINE SO FAR. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... UPPER RIDGE RAPIDLY REBUILDS DURING SATURDAY OVER THE OHIO VALLEY AND CONTINUES INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. LINGERING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND CLOUDS OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF OUR REGION EARLY SATURDAY WILL MIX OUT LATER IN THE MORNING...WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES DOMINATING FROM THEN ON...RIGHT INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. TEMPERATURES ON SATURDAY WILL FALL BACK TO NEAR NORMAL VALUES OF AROUND 80 DEGREES...BUT REBOUND QUICKLY BY SUNDAY TO ABOVE NORMAL VALUES WELL INTO THE 80S AS THE WARM UPPER RIDGE BUILDS. THIS REBUILDING UPPER HIGH DOES NOT LOOK TO BE QUITE AS HOT AS OUR RECENT EPISODE. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... PERIOD IS DOMINATED BY SLOWLY COLLAPSING OMEGA BLOCK PATTERN...WITH LARGE UNUSUALLY /FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR/ AMPLIFIED RIDGE GRADUALLY FLATTENING LATE IN THE WORKWEEK. MODELS DISAGREE SOMEWHAT ON EXACTLY WHEN RIDGE FLATTENS ENOUGH TO ALLOW WAVES TO PROGRESS THROUGH THE WESTERLY FLOW...AND WHEN SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW GETS DEWPOINTS TO CREEP BACK UP. FOLLOWED HPC AND GUIDANCE LEAD ON WAITING UNTIL LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY FOR INTRODUCTION OF LOW CHANCE POPS. TEMPS OVERALL ARE A FEW DEGREES SHY OF PREVIOUS FORECAST...AS THERE SEEMS TO BE BETTER CONSENSUS AMONG MODELS /ESPECIALLY GFS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS/ THAT AXIS OF THE AMPLIFIED RIDGE WILL REMAIN STALLED TO OUR WEST AS IT FLATTENS...INSTEAD OF SHIFTING OVER THE CWA. && .AVIATION /21Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN ADVANCE OF COLD FRONT WHICH WILL PASS THROUGH TONIGHT. CIGS WILL LOWER TO MVFR THIS EVENING AS FRONT NEARS SPREADING FROM WEST TO EAST REACHING MOUNTAINS AROUND MIDNIGHT. CIGS WILL RISE IN THE WEST AS DRY AIR MOVES IN OVER NIGHT. WITH PRECIPITATION THIS AFTERNOON PATCHY FOG AND IFR CONDITIONS WILL BE AROUND 06Z TO 12Z. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. KY...NONE. VA...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...MDP/AAR NEAR TERM...KTB SHORT TERM...DB LONG TERM...KTB/MDP AVIATION...AAR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 459 AM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-090900- 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- 459 AM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH THE SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE...ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN RISKS WITH THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ALTHOUGH HAIL MAY ALSO OCCUR. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS NEAR AND WEST OF THE OHIO RIVER LATE THIS AFTERNOON. IN CONTRAST TO THE SEVERE THREAT...MANY COUNTIES NEED THE RAIN THAT WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. TRM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 335 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 OHZ085-086-WVZ007-082000- MEIGS OH-GALLIA OH-MASON WV- 335 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS GALLIA AND MASON COUNTIES BETWEEN NOW AND 4:30 PM. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PEAS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...TAKE COVER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. 13
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 355 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 KYZ103-105-WVZ005-082030- BOYD KY-LAWRENCE KY-WAYNE WV- 355 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS WAYNE...LAWRENCE AND BOYD COUNTIES BETWEEN NOW AND 5 PM. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PEAS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...TAKE COVER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. 13
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 410 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 OHZ076-WVZ008>011-014-016>020-029-082100- WASHINGTON OH-PUTNAM WV-ROANE WV-CALHOUN WV-JACKSON WV-GILMER WV-WIRT WV-WOOD WV-DODDRIDGE WV-PLEASANTS WV-TYLER WV-RITCHIE WV- 410 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... AT 410 PM EDT...A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF ST. MARYS TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF RIPLEY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE NEWBERNE...STUMPTOWN...TANNER...CENTER POINT...PETROLEUM AND NUTTER FARM. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR. THIS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND STANDING WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AND 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. 15
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 420 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 WVZ013>015-026-027-082100- KANAWHA WV-PUTNAM WV-CLAY WV-LINCOLN WV-BOONE WV- 420 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... AT 420 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF SISSONVILLE TO 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HURRICANE...OR FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF SISSONVILLE TO 7 MILES EAST OF BEECH FORK STATE PARK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE BICKMORE...INDORE...DAWES...POND GAP...PALERMO AND MYRA. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND STANDING WATER IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. 13
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 501 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 WVZ015-016-018-020-026>032-036>040-082145- KANAWHA WV-WEBSTER WV-BRAXTON WV-ROANE WV-CALHOUN WV-GILMER WV-UPSHUR WV-LEWIS WV-CLAY WV-TAYLOR WV-DODDRIDGE WV-HARRISON WV-NICHOLAS WV-BARBOUR WV-BOONE WV-FAYETTE WV- 501 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... AT 501 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLARKSBURG TO 15 MILES WEST OF MARMET...OR FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLARKSBURG TO 10 MILES NORTH OF MADISON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE WOLF SUMMIT...MEADOWBROOK...HORNER...WALKERSVILLE...IRELAND AND CAMDEN. 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 1 INCH 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 513 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 WVZ036-082145- FAYETTE WV- 513 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... AT 513 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OAK HILL...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE THURMOND...MEADOW BRIDGE AND BABCOCK STATE PARK. WIND GUSTS TO 45 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. 15
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 159 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:31 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Two trees were uprooted and fell on the mayor's house.
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