Thunderstorms moved across Kentucky during the morning hours and into southern West Virginia during the early afternoon. By mid and late afternoon, tall thunderstorms were affecting portions of far western Virginia.
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Thunderstorms moved across Kentucky during the morning hours and into southern West Virginia during the early afternoon. By mid and late afternoon, tall thunderstorms were affecting portions of far western Virginia.
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 Aug 5, 1:32 PM EST, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 232 PM EDT THU AUG 5 2010 .SYNOPSIS... COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH OVERNIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WITH DRY AND COOLER AIR WILL FOLLOW FOR FRIDAY AND THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/... NASTY PREFRONTAL QLCS CONTINUES TO RACE EASTWARD ACROSS KANAWHA VALLEY. WITH AMOUNT OF SUN EARLIER ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AREAS...DESTABILIZATION OCCURRED RAPIDLY...HELPING THE LONGEVITY OF THIS QLCS. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES DOWN IN ITS WAKE...WITH SEVERAL RECORDED GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 65MPH. HAVE QLCS MAINTAINING ITS INTENSITY GIVEN AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY AHEAD OF IT. NORTHERN END LOOKS TO ROLL THRU EKN BETWEEN 1930 AND 20Z...WITH DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE. EXPECT FURTHER DEVELOPMENT INTO AFTN HRS HEADING SOUTH INTO SOUTHERN MNTS AND SW VA...WHERE LCL HI RES MODELS SHOW AREA OF DEFORMATION INTERACTING WITH OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. ONE SUCH BOUNDARY CROSSING KANAWHA VALLEY ATTM AND THIS COULD SERVE AS ADDITIONAL FOCUS FOR CONVECTION AS IT MOVES SE INTO AFTN HRS. REWORKED POPS TO INSERT CAT POPS JUST AHEAD OF FRONT AND WHERE QLCS IS EXPECTED TO TRACK INTO AFTN HRS. COLD FRONT AS OF 18Z LOCATED ON DOORSTEP OF CWA IN SE OH. COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THRU THIS EVENING...AND EXIT SW VA BY SUNRISE FRIDAY. SOME LOW STRATUS COULD DEVELOP ALONG MTNS TONIGHT AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE GETS TRAPPED BELOW INVERSION. ANY STRATUS FORMATION COULD WREAK HAVOC ON FG FORMATION. BELIEVE AREAS CLOSER TO OH RVR AND SE OH STAND THE BEST CHANCE OF RECEIVING IFR FG BY MORNING. WILL GO AHEAD AND CHOP OFF SE OH AND NORTHERN WV FROM FLASH FLOOD WATCH. SVR WATCH 547 WILL ALSO BE TRIMMED DOWN SHORTLY. FG AND ANY STRATUS WILL LIFT BY 14Z...MAYBE HANGING ON TILL 15Z ACROSS THE MTNS BEFORE MIXING OUT. SFC HIGH BUILDS IN FROM NORTH FRIDAY...WITH ONLY SOME 4KFT CU EXPECTED...MOST ABUNDANT ACROSS THE SOUTH. ROLLED CLOSE TO INHERITED TEMPS FOR TONIGHT WHICH KEEPS THINGS MUGGY ACROSS SOUTH. DEWPOINT GRADIENT WILL LAG...WITH DRIER AIR BEING FELT MORE INTO FRIDAY AFTN. WENT CLOSE TO LCL MOS/MET FOR HIGHS FRIDAY. AGAIN MAV APPEARS TO BE TOO WARM. GENERALLY LOOKING AT MID 80S SOUTH...TO LWR 80S NORTH. && .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... THE WEEKEND IS LOOKING VERY PLEASANT ATTM WITH AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE MOVING EASTWARD TOWARD OUR AREA AND SURFACE PRESSURE TAKING UP RESIDENCE IN OUR AREA. THE HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP THE MAJORITY OF THE WEEKEND DRY WITH SUNNY SKIES AND CU DEVELOPMENT IN THE AFTERNOON. EXPECTING DAYTIME MAX TEMPS IN THE LOWLANDS TO REACH INTO THE MID 80S ON SATURDAY AND INTO THE UPPER 80S AND LOW 90S ON SUNDAY...WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S. KEPT THE MAX AND MIN TEMPS NEAR GUIDANCE ALLOWING FOR EXTRA COOLING AT NIGHT AND WARMING DURING THE DAY WITH THE RELATIVELY CLEAR SKIES. && LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE WEATHER PATTERN LEADING TO A MOSTLY DRY AND HOT LONG TERM FORECAST. WENT WITH AN EVEN MIXTURE OF THE ECMWF AND GFS THROUGH MONDAY...BUT THEN RELIED HEAVILY ON THE ECMWF FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. THE TWO MODELS HAD REASONABLE AGREEMENT THROUGH MONDAY BUT THEN THEIR SOLUTIONS DIVERGED SIGNIFICANTLY BEGINNING WITH DAY 5. DECIDED TO STICK WITH THE ECMWF DUE TO HPCS CONFIDENCE IN ITS SOLUTION AND DUE TO THE MODELS CONSISTENCY. THAT BEING SAID...EXPECTING DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT WITH HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATING. A WEAKENING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO OUR AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING BRINGING A FEW SHOWERS INTO OUR AREA. ONLY HAVE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR RAIN AND STORMS IN THE FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY DUE TO MODEL DISAGREEMENTS ABOUT THE COLD FRONTS POSITION AND WHETHER OR NOT IT WILL MAKE IT INTO OUR CWA. ANOTHER SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND STORMS COMES THURSDAY EVENING IN THE EASTERN HIGH TERRAIN. A MORE WIDESPREAD CHANCE OF RAIN WILL ARRIVE FRIDAY AFTERNOON...BUT HAVE LOW CONFIDENCE IN THIS SCENARIO AS IT IS VERY LATE IN THE PERIOD. FOR TEMPERATURES WENT WITH HPC GUIDANCE AS A BASE AND TWEAKED THE TEMPS DOWN ACCORDINGLY...AS THE MAX AND MINS SEEMED RELATIVELY HIGH ACROSS THE BOARD. DAYTIME MAX TEMPS FROM HPC WERE ESPECIALLY WARM...LOWERED THEM CONSIDERABLY BUT STILL ANTICIPATING DAYTIME MAX TEMPS CLOSE TO OR EXCEEDING 90 DEGREES IN THE LOWLANDS THROUGHOUT THE EXTENDED. && .AVIATION /19Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... 18Z THURSDAY THRU 18Z FRIDAY... QLCS MOVING THRU KANAWHA VALLEY AS OF 18Z. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60MPH POSSIBLE AS KRLX HAS JUST EXPERIENCED. KEKN MAY BE IN LINE BY 1930Z FOR POSSIBLE DAMAGING WINDS. WILL EVALUATE FOR AMENDMENT SHOULD QLCS MAINTAIN INTENSITY OVER NEXT HOUR. OTHERWISE HAVE TEMPO GROUP AT KBKW FOR IFR IN CONVECTION THIS AFTN. ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF CONVECTION EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN MTNS AND SW VA LATER THIS AFTN. BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS AND GUSTY WINDS IN ANY CONVECTION...WITH STRONGER GUSTS IN AFOREMENTIONED QLCS. COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THRU THIS EVENING...AND EXIT SW VA BY SUNRISE FRIDAY. SOME LOW STRATUS COULD DEVELOP ALONG MTNS TONIGHT AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE GETS TRAPPED BELOW INVERSION. HAVE IFR CEILINGS FOR KEKN LATE TONIGHT. ANY STRATUS FORMATION COULD WREAK HAVOC ON FG FORMATION. BELIEVE AREAS CLOSER TO OH RVR AND SE OH STAND THE BEST CHANCE OF RECEIVING IFR FG BY MORNING. FOR NOW KEPT IFR FG AT MOST TAF SITES. FG AND ANY STRATUS WILL LIFT BY 14Z...MAYBE HANGING ON TILL 15Z ACROSS THE MTNS BEFORE MIXING OUT. SFC HIGH BUILDS IN FROM NORTH FRIDAY...WITH ONLY SOME 4KFT CU EXPECTED...MOST ABUNDANT ACROSS THE SOUTH. FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY... FORECAST CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM ON TIMING AND LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY QLCS. MEDIUM ON ADDITIONAL CONVECTION ACROSS THE SOUTH. LOW AS FAR AS EXTENT OF ANY STRATUS ACROSS MTNS OVERNIGHT. LOW ON EXTENT OF FG FORMATION EAST OF OH RVR. ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: FG COULD BE MORE EXTENSIVE SHOULD STRATUS NOT MATERIALIZE AND A MAINLY CLR SKY DOMINATES. EXPERIMENTAL TABLE OF FLIGHT CATEGORY OBJECTIVELY SHOWS CONSISTENCY OF WFO FORECAST TO AVAILABLE MODEL INFORMATION: H = HIGH: TAF CONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL. M = MEDIUM: TAF HAS VARYING LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY WITH MODELS. L = LOW: TAF INCONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OR ALL BUT ONE MODEL. DATE THU 08/05/10 UTC 1HRLY 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 EDT 1HRLY 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 CRW CONSISTENCY M M M M M M M H H H H H HTS CONSISTENCY M M M M M M M M H H H M BKW CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H EKN CONSISTENCY L L L L M L M H H H H H PKB CONSISTENCY M L M M M L L M M M H M CKB CONSISTENCY M M M M M M M M M M H M AFTER 18Z FRIDAY... IFR POSSIBLE IN FOG FRIDAY NIGHT. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. KY...NONE. VA...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JEM/30 NEAR TERM...30 SHORT TERM...JEM LONG TERM...JEM AVIATION...30
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 356 PM EDT THU AUG 5 2010 VAZ003-004-WVZ033>040-046-047-062000- DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER- UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- 356 PM EDT THU AUG 5 2010 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 574 IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN 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. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-013>020-024>032- 062000- 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-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER- LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR- 356 PM EDT THU AUG 5 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO AND MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
334 PM EDT THU AUG 05 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0320 PM TSTM WND DMG BEVERLY 38.83N 79.87W
08/05/2010 RANDOLPH WV PUBLIC
MULTIPLE TREES DOWN.
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ARBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
406 PM EDT THU AUG 05 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0245 PM TSTM WND DMG SUMMERSVILLE 38.28N 80.84W
08/05/2010 NICHOLAS WV COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON OLD US 19 ON THE
SUMMERVILLE SIDE OF POWELLS MOUNTAIN
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JAMIEMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
407 PM EDT THU AUG 05 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 PM TSTM WND DMG MOUNT NEBO 38.20N 80.85W
08/05/2010 NICHOLAS WV COUNTY OFFICIAL
PINE TREE FELL ON RUNA ROAD
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JAMIEMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
413 PM EDT THU AUG 05 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0253 PM TSTM WND DMG OAK HILL 37.98N 81.15W
08/05/2010 FAYETTE WV COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREE FELL ON A HOUSE ON OAK FOREST ROAD
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JAMIEMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
422 PM EDT THU AUG 05 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0405 PM TSTM WND DMG ANAWALT 37.33N 81.44W
08/05/2010 MCDOWELL WV LAW ENFORCEMENT
ROOF DAMAGED ON A HOME, TREES DOWN, AND POWER LINES DOWN.
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ARBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
424 PM EDT THU AUG 05 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0355 PM TSTM WND DMG WELCH 37.43N 81.58W
08/05/2010 MCDOWELL WV LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN, POWER LINES DOWN, AND POWER OUTAGES
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
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ARBThe Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:41 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down along Route 72.
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