Well out ahead of a cold front, a round of convection lifted north through southeast Ohio. This took place during the late night and predawn hours.
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The episode as NWS RLX wrote it up.
Well out ahead of a cold front, a round of convection lifted north through southeast Ohio. This took place during the late night and predawn hours.
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 10, 12:51 AM EST, 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 151 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE PULLS EAST TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT PASSES ON TUESDAY...BRINGING SHOWERS AND STORMS. HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS BY WEDNESDAY. THE NEXT FRONT APPROACHES BY THE END OF THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THIS MORNING/... WILL UPDATE FORECAST TO BETTER REFLECT CLEAR SKIES THIS EVENING IN THE NORTH...AND MORE CLOUDS AND TRWS IN THE FAR SOUTH DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... BOTH THE 12 NAM AND GFS MODELS PUSHING FRONT FURTHER TO THE EAST A LITTLE FASTER TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH MID LEVEL DRY AIR ADVECTION. HAVE TRANSITIONED DRYING TREND FURTHER TO THE EAST AND REDUCED POPS SLIGHTLY FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. 5H RIDGE STARTS TO BUILD ACROSS THE SE US WED. RIDGING WILL BE WEAKER THIS TIME BUT SOME MOISTURE CREEPS NORTH IN RETURN FLOW BY THURSDAY...TOUCHING OUR SOUTHERN ZONES. KEPT MENTION OF ISOLD DIURNAL POPS FOR MOUNTAINS... ESPECIALLY IN THE S. FOR TEMPS KEPT CLOSE TO MAV VALUES. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... NORTHERN STREAM TAKES DIP TOWARDS THE SOUTH IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD...SUGGESTING A MORE PROGRESSIVE PATTERN FOR THE OHIO VALLEY. 5H TROUGH AND COLD FRONT CROSS AREA DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. GFS MAY BE TRENDING A LITTLE FAST WITH THIS FEATURE. PER HPC GUIDANCE HAVE LEANED CLOSER TO THE ECMWF. DEEP SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL BE AVAILABLE AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE FRIDAY WITH THE DIGGING TROUGH...THUS KEPT POPS IN THE FORECAST. SFC HIGH PRESSURE NUDGES INTO OHIO VALLEY SUNDAY MORNING WITH DRY TRENDS CONTINUING OR THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD. && .AVIATION /06Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... KEKN AS IS COMMON WILL BE IN IFR FOR MOST OF TIME THROUGH 12Z. HOWEVER...KCRW AND POSSIBLY KCKB WILL LIKELY BE JOINING KEKN WITH IFR OR WORSE THANKS TO MOISTURE FROM A THUNDERSTORM THAT MOVED THROUGH EARLIER IN THE EVENING /HEAVIER AT KCRW...MUCH LIGHTER NEAR KCKB/. DURING THE DAY...FRONT WILL MOVE WEST TO EAST WITH POTENTIALLY GUSTY THUNDERSTORMS AND ASSOCIATED BRIEF IFR DURING 14Z-21Z TIME PERIOD. IN WAKE OF FRONT...GOOD FOG AND/OR LOW STRATUS FORMATION LIKELY DEPENDING ON HOW QUICKLY THE SKY CLEARS OUT...AND HOW MUCH RAIN WE GET. RIGHT NOW FIGURING ON DEGRADATION TO AT LEAST MVFR BY 06Z WEDNESDAY...BUT ON THE WAY TO IFR OR WORSE FOR MOST SITES. AVIATION OUTLOOK /AFTER 06Z WEDNESDAY/...SIGNIFICANT FOG AND/OR LOW STRATUS FORMATION POSSIBLE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING IN WAKE OF FRONT...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS THAT RECEIVE RAINFALL. KEKN LIKELY TO REPEAT IFR OR WORSE FOG LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. KY...NONE. VA...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...KMC/CL NEAR TERM...RPY SHORT TERM...KMC LONG TERM...KMC AVIATION...MDP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 405 AM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 VAZ003-004-WVZ024-025-033>035-100815- DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-MINGO-LOGAN-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH- 405 AM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-013>020-026>032- 036>040-046-047-100815- 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-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- 405 AM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ACCOMPANIED BY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
1108 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1102 PM HAIL DUNBAR 38.38N 81.75W
06/09/2008 U0.50 INCH KANAWHA WV PUBLIC
EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
1047 PM 06/09/2008 AND 1102 PM 06/09/2008
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NNNNPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
1114 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1055 PM HAIL CHARLESTON 38.33N 81.75W
06/09/2008 U0.75 INCH KANAWHA WV PUBLIC
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NNNNPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1119 PM EDT MON JUN 09 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1058 PM TSTM WND DMG SOUTH CHARLESTON 38.36N 81.71W
06/09/2008 KANAWHA WV LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN AT DAVIS CREEK.
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RYOUNGSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1134 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 WVZ016-018-027>029-037-100415- BRAXTON WV-ROANE WV-CALHOUN WV-GILMER WV-CLAY WV-NICHOLAS WV- 1134 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... AT 1134 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEASTERN ROANE COUNTY TO WEST CENTRAL NICHOLAS COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS LINE OF STORMS INCLUDE... SERVIA...STRANGE CREEK...EXCHANGE...WILSIE...FRAMETOWN AND SHOCK. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. EXPECT FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE STORM TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY. PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. 15
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1136 PM EDT MON JUN 09 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1040 PM HAIL 5 SE ALUM CREEK 38.24N 81.74W
06/09/2008 E0.88 INCH KANAWHA WV PUBLIC
1103 PM TSTM WND DMG SOUTH CHARLESTON 38.36N 81.71W
06/09/2008 KANAWHA WV LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN ON POWER LINE ON MONTROSE DRIVE.
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RYOUNGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1200 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1050 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 WSW GAULEY BRIDGE 38.14N 81.29W
06/09/2008 FAYETTE WV LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN ON RT 60 ONE HALF MILE EAST OF ALLOY
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NWEBBThe Cincinnati radar (KILN), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:47 UTC.
3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Large branches were blown down and siding was torn off a house.
Trees were blown down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, June 2008
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: 110357, 110358, 110359, 110361, 110362.