Hail, Lawrence
- When
- May 14, 3:32 PM EST
- Where
- Lawrence County, Ironton
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 38.530, -82.670
Hail in Ohio, May 14, 2010
Short lines and clusters of thunderstorms formed ahead of a cold front. Large hail occurred from the strongest storms during the late afternoon.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Short lines and clusters of thunderstorms formed ahead of a cold front. Large hail occurred from the strongest storms during the late afternoon.
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 May 14, 1:54 PM EST, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 14, 1:54 PM EST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 254 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010 .SYNOPSIS... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WEEKEND. LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING UNSETTLED WEATHER FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/... COLD FRONT LIES FROM KCLE TO KCVG AROUND 17Z. THUNDERSTORMS BREAKING OUT ACROSS KENTUCKY WILL EXPAND NORTHEASTWARD INTO WEST VIRGINIA BY MID AFTERNOON. LARGE AMOUNT OF CAPE AVAILABLE FOR CONVECTION TO WORK ON EAST OF OHIO RIVER...COMBINED WITH H7-H5 WINDS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 KNOTS...AND WET BULB ZERO AROUND 10K FT. POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS IN THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. FRONT STALLS JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA ON SATURDAY AS DRIER AIRMASS OVERSPREADS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN AREAS. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... KEPT SATURDAY NIGHT DRY UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF HIGH PRESSURE PROVIDING DRY WEATHER AND CALM FLOW. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE OH VALLEY SUNDAY...PUSHING A WARM FRONT AND ASSOCIATED SHOWER ACTIVITY NORTH ACROSS OUR CWA. AS A RESULT...EXPECT INCREASE IN MOISTURE AND TEMPERATURES THRU THE WEEKEND. HAVE INCREASED POPS TO LIKELY SPREADING FROM THE SOUTH SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY. TRIPLE POINT OF LOW SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE CWA LATE MONDAY SPREADING CATEGORICAL POPS ACROSS WITH POSSIBLE HEAVY SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. THIS REASONING FOLLOWS A BLEND OF THE SREF AND THE PREFERRED ECMWF MODEL SOLUTIONS. THE NAM/GFS LOOK SLOWER/WEAKER WITH THE FRONTS AND QPF FIELDS ATTM. CATEGORICAL POPS CONTINUES MONDAY NIGHT...MOVING EAST EARLY TUESDAY. THE ADOPTED SOLUTION IS FASTER THAN HPC TIMING WITH THE FRONTS. LATEST GUIDANCE SUGGEST UP TO 0.50 INCHES OF QPF THRU SUNDAY NIGHT. THEN...A WIDESPREAD 1.5 TO OVER 2 INCHES OF QPF IS FORECASTED BY HPC THRU WED 12Z. THIS WOULD LEAD TO SOME WATER CONCERNS. KEPT WORDING IN RWS. USED A BLEND BETWEEN THE BIAS CORRECTED CONSENSUS RAW AND THE ECMWF FOR LOW TEMPS...AND CLOSER TO THE GMOS FOR HIGHS THRU THE PERIOD. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... LONG TERM FORECAST WAS CONSTRUCTED USING A COMBINATION OF THE ECMWF AND GFS MODELS...BUT LEANED TOWARD THE ECMWF SOLUTION. IN THE INITIAL STAGES OF THE PERIOD...THE GFS WAS STILL PUSHING THE SURFACE LOW TOO FAST AND TOO FAR NORTH. HOWEVER...THE GFS AND ECMWF PRECIPITATION ALIGNED WELL WITH THE ECMWF SOLUTION. PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY...WITH A POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON OUT IN FRONT OF THE COLD FRONT. STRATIFORM PRECIPITATION WILL FOLLOW THE COLD FRONT ON WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN IN THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY AS A SECONDARY UPPER LEVEL LOW FORMS IN EASTERN OHIO AND TRAVELS THROUGH WV. NOTE THAT WATER PROBLEMS MAY BECOME A PROBLEM IN THIS PERIOD IF THE RAIN DOES CONTINUE FOR DAYS ON END. MORE DETAILS ON POTENTIAL RAIN PROBLEMS WILL BE DECIDED AS THE PERIOD BECOMES MORE OF A SHORT TERM FORECAST. AFTER THE LOW LEVEL PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES OFF OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN OVER THE REGION AND DRIER CONDITIONS WILL RETURN. && .AVIATION /19Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... CONVECTION OVER KENTUCKY WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAINLY EAST OF OHIO RIVER. THUNDERSTORMS MAY EXCEED SEVERE LIMITS. DRIER WEATHER OVERSPREADS THE REGION LATER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. AFTER 18Z SATURDAY... WIDESPREAD IFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. KY...NONE. VA...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JKF/ARJ/JEM NEAR TERM...JKF SHORT TERM...ARJ LONG TERM...JEM AVIATION...JKF
Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 2:18 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 318 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010 OHZ067-075-076-085>087-WVZ005>011-013>020-024>040-046-047-151930- MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-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- 318 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 173 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO AND WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. OHZ066-083-084-151930- PERRY-JACKSON OH-VINTON- 318 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. KYZ101>103-105-VAZ003-004-151930- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN- 318 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 170 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 14, 2:08 PM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
308 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0301 PM HAIL NORTH MATEWAN 37.63N 82.15W
05/14/2010 U1.00 INCH MINGO WV PUBLIC
&&
NNNNLocal storm report, May 14, 2:55 PM EST, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
355 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0330 PM HAIL GILBERT 37.59N 81.87W
05/14/2010 U1.75 INCH MINGO WV PUBLIC
&&
NNNNThe radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:32 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lawrence
- When
- May 14, 4:18 PM EST
- Where
- Lawrence County, South Pt
- Measured
- 0.75 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 14, 2010
- Flash Flooding in Texas, May 14 to 15, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Maryland, May 14, 2010
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, May 14 to 15, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 14, 2010
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Tennessee, May 14, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 14, 2010
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, May 14 to 15, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Jersey, May 14, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 14, 2010
- Lightning Strike in Arkansas, May 14, 2010
- Flash Flood and Hail in Kentucky, May 14, 2010
More
Every storm in Ohio in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, May 2010
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: 229181, 229182.