Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 25, 2009

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
203 PM EDT SAT JUL 25 2009

.SYNOPSIS...
SOUTHWEST FLOW PROVIDES WARMER TEMPERATURES TODAY.  STRONG STORMS
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING...AHEAD OF COLD FRONT.  FRONT
SLOWS DOWN THEN WEAKENS IN OUR VICINITY SUNDAY NIGHT. DRIER MONDAY.

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.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN SETTING UP TODAY AS A COLD FRONT SLOWLY
DROPS SE FROM THE GREAT LAKES AND MID WEST. ONE SHORTWAVE PRODUCED
A LONG LIVED LINE OF SHOWERS THAT DIED OVER WV THIS MORNING...BUT
MORE SHOWERS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED ACROSS INDIANA AND OHIO AND
SHOULD ENTER THE REGION...MAINLY PORTIONS OF SE OHIO AND NRN
WV...NORTH OF I-64 BETWEEN 16Z AND 20Z. NEW MODEL DATA SHOWS THAT
THIS FIRST WAVE SHOULD EXIT THE EAST AROUND 20Z AND THEN MORE
DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED ACROSS KY AND SRN OHIO AFTER 21Z. SO FOR
NOW HAVE MAINTAINED THE HIGHER CHANCES FOR TSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND THIS EVENING. FOR TEMPERATURES...HAVE LOWERED THE HIGHS
A BIT...ESPECIALLY IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE AREA AS CLOUDS AND
THE RAIN SHOWERS WILL LIKELY LIMIT THE DAY TIME HEATING.

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.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...
THINKING THE SURFACE FRONT WILL RUN OUT OF GAS ALONG OUR OHIO
RIVER VALLEY COUNTIES...A BIT FURTHER WEST THAN WE HAD YESTERDAY.
THIS LEAVES THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE GRADIENT NR THE OHIO/WV BORDER.
SEVERAL UPPER AIR DISTURBANCES ROTATE THROUGH THE BOTTOM OF THE MEAN
UPPER GREAT LAKE/ONTARIO TROF DURING SUNDAY AND INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.
LESS LOW LEVEL FLOW ON SUNDAY COMPARED TO SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...BUT STILL ABOUT 20 KNOTS AT 850 MBS.  DESPITE PWATS
DROPPING INTO THE 1 TO 1.25 INCH RANGE...WITH COOLING ALOFT AND
LINGERING FRONT...INCREASED POPS ABOUT 10 TO 20 PERCENT ALONG AND E
OF THE FRONT...AND HAVE POP GRADIENT FURTHER W IN OUR SE OHIO ON
SUNDAY. FIGURING ON MAINLY BKN TO OVC CLOUDS NEAR THE FRONT
SUNDAY...BUT DEPENDING ON THE BREAKS...COULD NOT RULE OUT SOME
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
FREEZING LEVEL IS ABOUT 1 THSD FT LOWER ON SUNDAY.

00Z GFS HOLDS MOISTURE FURTHER NORTH ON MONDAY...WHILE THE 00Z NAM
DRIER.  WITH LESS UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT...NOT SOLD ON INCREASING POPS
ON MONDAY PER GFS MOS.  LEFT ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE ON MONDAY OVER THE
MOUNTAINOUS COUNTIES INTO THE SRN WV COAL FIELDS.

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.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH MOST OF THE EXTENDED
WITH THE SYNOPTIC PATTERN ACROSS EASTERN CONUS. H5 TROUGH WILL BEGIN
RETROGRADING NW TUE...AS SE ATLANTIC RIDGE BUILDS W IN SE ATLANTIC
COASTAL AREA. THIS WILL ESTABLISH A MOIST DEEP SW FLOW ACROSS THE
TN/OH VALLEYS BY MID AND LATE WEEK. IMPRESSIVE LLVL MOIST RETURN
SHOWN ON THE MODELS...WITH H85 MOISTURE TRANSPORT MAGNITUDE OF
VECTORS EXCEEDING 400 GM/KEGS WED AND THU. GFS IN PARTICULAR SHOWING
PW 2 IN OR BETTER BOTH DAYS. GFS ALSO APPEARS TO SHOW SOME CONV
FEEDBACK IN SW FLOW...BUT COULD BE TRYING TO PICKUP ON CONV
COMPLEXES IN THE FLOW.

AT THE SFC...MODELS GENERALLY AGREE WITH BOUNDARY/FOCUS IN SW FLOW
WILL LIE SOMEWHERE THROUGH CWA AS COLD FRONT CHECKS UP UPON ENTERING
CWA WED/THU. THIS MAKES SENSE CONSIDERING TROUGH/RIDGE ORIENTATION
AND SFC FRONT PARALLEL TO FLOW. HOWEVER...TRYING TO PIN DOWN EXACTLY
WHERE AND WHEN ANY HVY RA WILL FALL AT THIS RANGE DIFFICULT.
NEVERTHELESS...APPEARS CWA IN STORE FOR BOUTS OF POTENTIALLY HVY RA
MID/LATE NEXT WEEK CONSIDERING PW. STAYED CLOSE TO ECMWF/HPC SOL.
TRIED TO MAINTAIN SOMEWHAT OF A DIURNAL NATURE TO THE POPS...WITH
HIGH CHC POPS ACROSS CWA WED AND THU AFTN...COMING DOWN SOME
OVERNIGHT.

GENERALLY FOLLOWED HPC FOR TEMPS...WHICH MEANS NOT MUCH CHG IN MAXT
OR MINT FRM DAY TO DAY IN THE MOIST ATMOS.

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.AVIATION /18Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
THE COLD FRONT IS MAKING SLOW PROGRESS SOUTHEASTWARD. AT 17Z...THE
FRONT WAS STRETCHED FROM EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN TO NEAR
INDIANAPOLIS TO JUST SOUTH OF STL. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...THE
ATMOSPHERE IS MOISTURE AND UNSTABLE AND AREAS OF CONVECTION
CONTINUE TO FORM. ONE AREA OF CONVECTION IS SLIDING FROM SE OHIO
INTO NRN WV AT THIS TIME. EXPECT THIS AREA WILL HOLD
TOGETHER...ALTHOUGH IT MAY JUST BE SOME LIGHT SHOWERS BY THE TIME
IT REACHES EKN. HTS/CRW ARE ON THE SOUTHERN FRINGE AND COULD
BRIEFLY ENCOUNTER SOME MVFR CONDITIONS. PKB/CKB/EKN WILL SEE MORE
IMPACTS WITH A PERIOD OF SHOWERS WITH MVFR CONDITIONS. THIS WAVE
SHOULD EXIT BY 21Z.

AFTER THIS WAVE...CEILINGS SHOULD BOUNCE BACK UP...BUT ANOTHER
SHORTWAVE IN THE SOUTHWEST FLOW MAY KICK OFF MORE STORMS THIS
EVENING. THIS IS THE AREA OF SHOWERS FORMING ALONG THE FRONT OVER
SRN INDIANA AND WESTERN KY. MODELS INDICATE THAT THIS FEATURE
SHOULD SWING THROUGH THE REGION THIS EVENING BRINGING MORE MVFR SHOWERS.

BEHIND THIS WAVE...CONDITIONS CALM DOWN BRIEFLY WITH SOME MVFR FOG
INITIALLY. BUT ANOTHER SHORTWAVE IN THE NW FLOW...NOW DIVING
SOUTHWARD ACROSS WISCONSIN...WILL ARRIVE AND COULD GENERATE MORE
SHOWERS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...THAT BY THIS POINT IN TIME IS
STALLING OUT OVER WV. SO MORE MVFR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY.

AFTER 18Z SUNDAY...
POSSIBLE IFR IN SHOWERS/STORMS SUNDAY NIGHT...MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAINS.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...KTB/CL
NEAR TERM...ESS
SHORT TERM...KTB
LONG TERM...30
AVIATION...ESS

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
408 AM EDT SAT JUL 25 2009

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-013>020-027>032-
038>040-047-260815-
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-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-
WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-RANDOLPH-
408 AM EDT SAT JUL 25 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

GUSTY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE SATURDAY
AFTERNOON OR SATURDAY EVENING...AHEAD OF AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT.
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THE STRONGER
STORMS...ALTHOUGH LARGE HAIL IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

VAZ003-004-WVZ024>026-033>037-046-260815-
DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-
FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-POCAHONTAS-
408 AM EDT SAT JUL 25 2009

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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1254 PM EDT SAT JUL 25 2009

KYZ101-102-OHZ083>087-WVZ007-251800-
CARTER-GALLIA-GREENUP-JACKSON-LAWRENCE-MASON-MEIGS-VINTON-
1254 PM EDT SAT JUL 25 2009

...GUSTY THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT GALLIA...GREENUP...JACKSON...
NORTH CENTRAL CARTER...NORTHERN LAWRENCE...NORTHWESTERN MASON...
VINTON AND WESTERN MEIGS COUNTIES...

AT 1254 PM EDT...A LINE OF GUSTY THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM A
FEW MILES EAST OF CHILLICOTHE...THROUGH PORTSMOUTH...TO
VANCEBURG...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THIS MAY BE
ENOUGH TO BREAK TWIGS AND SMALL BRANCHES FROM TREES.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR GRAYS BRANCH...GALLIA...WELLSTON...AND OAK
HILL AROUND 1255 PM...CREOLA...CENTERPOINT...AND MCARTHUR AROUND 100
PM...LAKE HOPE STATE PARK AND AND ADAMSVILLE AROUND 105 PM. OTHER
LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
JACKSON...VINTON...AND IRONTON.

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

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