Showers and thunderstorms formed in southeast Ohio during the late morning on the 24th, ahead of a surface cold front. Winds aloft were stronger than average for late June.
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The episode as NWS RLX wrote it up.
Showers and thunderstorms formed in southeast Ohio during the late morning on the 24th, ahead of a surface cold front. Winds aloft were stronger than average for late June. A 30 to 35 mph flow existed at 3 to 10 thousand feet above the ground. The storms intensified as they moved across northern West Virginia. Wet microbursts occurred near Weston in Lewis County. The storms were not quite as strong across southern West Virginia. Local downpours were common, with rain rates of 1 to 2 inches in less than an hour. Some training of the cells produced 2 to 3 inches of rain in Upshur County, but flooding was insignificant.
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 24, 5:04 AM EST, 6 hours 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 604 AM EDT THU JUN 24 2010 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH REGION TODAY. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION TODAY. NAM WAS ALREADY STRUGGLING WITH THE 6 HOUR FORECAST WITH THE PRECIPITATION TO THE WEST...SO WILL RELY MORE ON THE GFS AND SREF FOR FORECAST DETAILS. WITH FRONT ARRIVING EARLY IN THE NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES...WILL UNDERCUT MOS HIGHS A COUPLE OF DEGREES. DRIER AIR MOVES IN TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE AREA. && .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... MODELS IN AGREEMENT WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CWA THROUGH SATURDAY. GENERALLY WENT WITH NAM/GFS DURING THIS TIME FRAME AS BOTH HAVE SIMILAR TIMING. COOLER AIR STAYS PRETTY MUCH TO OUR NORTH...BUT THE AIRMASS OVER US WILL BE NOTICEABLY DRIER. TEMPS ON FRIDAY WILL BE IN THE 80S TO NEAR 90 OVER MUCH OF THE CWA. GENERALLY WENT WITH GFS/ECMWF SOLUTION ON SUNDAY/MONDAY...HAS THEY SEEM TO HAVE BETTER CONTINUITY IN THE LONG TERM. TEMPS REBOUND INTO THE LOWER 90S ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. GUID TEMPS A TAD WARM ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AND KEPT A DEGREE OR TWO COOLER THAN GUID NUMBERS WITH SOME CLOUDS ARRIVING ON SUNDAY. STILL RATHER WARM WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW TO 90S OVER THE LOWLANDS. LOW OVER THE UPPER PLAINS MOVES ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES SUNDAY NIGHT AND INTO MONDAY. TRAILING FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION ON MONDAY. INCREASED POP AND CLOUD GRIDS TO SHOW THIS. STUCK WITH GUID TEMPS FOR HIGHS MONDAY. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... BY SUNDAY THE HIGH MOVES OFF...AND HOTTER TEMPS AND INCREASING HUMIDITY MAY BRING ISOLATED AFTERNOON STORMS. MODELS SIMILARLY TAKE A STRONGER COOL FRONT ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY...AS ANOTHER STRONGER SHORT WAVE DROPS ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND NEW ENGLAND. THIS STRONGER SHORT WAVE WITH BETTER UPPER DYNAMICS WILL ALLOW THIS FRONT TO MOVE RIGHT ACROSS...ACCOMPANIED BY SCATTERED STORMS. THUS...A HOT AND HUMID MONDAY WILL BE FOLLOWED BY NOTICEABLY COOLER AND DRIER CONDITIONS BY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. LOOK FOR HIGHS IN THE 80S. && .AVIATION /12Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION DURING THE DAY...PROVIDING SOME RESTRICTIONS IN THUNDERSTORMS. SKIES WILL CLEAR TONIGHT AS WINDS BECOME LIGHT...ALLOWING FOR SOME DENSE FOG. AFTER 12Z FRIDAY... PATCHY IFR VALLEY FOG EARLY FRI MORNING. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. KY...NONE. VA...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JS/RPY NEAR TERM...RPY SHORT TERM...JS LONG TERM...JMV AVIATION...RPY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 350 AM EDT THU JUN 24 2010 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-250800- 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- 350 AM EDT THU JUN 24 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE VERY GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
948 AM EDT THU JUN 24 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0435 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 ENE PALERMO 38.17N 82.04W
06/23/2010 LINCOLN WV DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS STINSON RD/COUNTY HWY 44.
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TAXFORDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1024 AM EDT THU JUN 24 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0645 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 WNW MIDDLEBOURNE 39.50N 80.94W
06/23/2010 TYLER WV DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
SEVERAL TREES DOWN ALONG PLEASANT RIDGE RD. AND SELLERS
RD. WEST OF MIDDLEBOURNE
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TAXFORDSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1154 AM EDT THU JUN 24 2010 OHZ075-076-083>087-WVZ007>011-241700- ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH- MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATHENS...MARIETTA...BELPRE...JACKSON... WELLSTON...OAK HILL...MCARTHUR...HAMDEN...POMEROY...GALLIPOLIS... IRONTON...SOUTH POINT...POINT PLEASANT...NEW HAVEN...RAVENSWOOD... RIPLEY...PARKERSBURG...VIENNA...ST. MARYS...BELMONT... PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE...MIDDLEBOURNE 1154 AM EDT THU JUN 24 2010 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... AT 11:45 AM...BRIEF GUSTY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE STREAKING EAST THROUGH WASHINGTON...ATHENS...VINTON...AND JACKSON COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST OHIO. CURRENTLY...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH MAY BE FELT. THIS COULD CAUSE SOME WEAK TREE LIMBS TO BREAK AND POWER FLUCTUATIONS. ALSO LOOSE LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH MEIGS...GALLIA... AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST OHIO BETWEEN 11:45 AM AND 12:45 PM. THIS INCLUDES SUCH COMMUNITIES AS POMEROY...GALLIPOLIS...AND IRONTON. IN WEST VIRGINIA...THESE SHOWERS WILL AFFECT PEOPLE IN TYLER... PLEASANTS...WOOD...JACKSON AND MASON BETWEEN NOON AND 1 PM. THIS WOULD INCLUDES AREAS AROUND SUCH COMMUNITIES AS MIDDLEBOURNE... SAINT MARYS...PARKERSBURG...RAVENSWOOD...AND POINT PLEASANT. IF THE STORMS STRENGTHEN...BRIEF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED FOR STRONGER WIND GUSTS. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS...WHEN LIGHTNING IS SEEN OR THUNDER IS HEARD. KTB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1242 PM EDT THU JUN 24 2010 KYZ101>103-105-WVZ005-006-241745- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-WAYNE-CABELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLATWOODS...GREENUP...GRAYSON... OLIVE HILL...ASHLAND...LOUISA...KENOVA...CEREDO...WAYNE... HUNTINGTON 1242 PM EDT THU JUN 24 2010 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... AT 12:35 PM...BRIEF GUSTY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE STREAKING EAST THROUGH GREENUP COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY... INCLUDING THE TYGART CREEK VALLEY. CURRENTLY...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH MAY BE FELT. THIS COULD CAUSE SOME WEAK TREE LIMBS TO BREAK AND CAUSE POWER FLUCTUATIONS. ALSO...LOOSE LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE RACING THROUGH GREENUP...CARTER...BOYD...AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES BETWEEN 12:45 PM AND 1:45 PM. THIS INCLUDES SUCH COMMUNITIES AS GREENUP...ASHLAND... GRAYSON...AND LOUISA. IN WEST VIRGINIA...THESE SHOWERS WILL AFFECT PEOPLE IN WAYNE AND CABWELL COUNTIES BETWEEN 1 PM AND 2 PM. THIS WOULD INCLUDES AREAS AROUND SUCH COMMUNITIES AS KENOVA...CEREDO...AND HUNTINGTON. IF THE STORMS STRENGTHEN...BRIEF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED FOR EVEN STRONGER WIND GUSTS. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS...WHEN LIGHTNING IS SEEN OR THUNDER IS HEARD. KTB
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 137 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:58 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Branches fell onto electric lines causing power outages.
Several trees and large branches were fallen along Route 22/5.
Trees fell across power lines along Heizer Creek.
Multiple intense downbursts, on the scale of microbursts, occurred just north of downtown Weston. The damage first occurred along Geelick Road, but increased as the wind descended into the West Fork River Valley in the Smith Village section of Weston. The included such roads as Cody Lane, Butchers Lane, and Garton Avenue. The worst damage was in the river valley, after crossing the river, in Deanville. The damage path fanned out to as wide as 250 yards. The highest wind gust of around 100 mph was estimated here. Homes were damaged or destroyed along such streets as Forinash Road and Dovenor Street. Sheets of the corrugated metal roof to the Deanville stockyard were twisted and ripped off. Trees were snapped and fell onto power lines. As a result, the adjacent power poles snapped. One manufactured home was moved off its foundation, even though it had anchor bolts. A garage roof was lifted off. Sections of its cinderblock walls collapsed. Severe damage occurred to many roofs.
Winds from the microbursts also channeled up the hollow along Lynn Avenue. Further east, scattered tree damage occurred along Smith Run Road.
Luckily, nobody was injured. The initial damage assessments had between 2 to 4 homes destroyed. Major damage occurred to another 5 to 6 homes.
Lewis County was added to the existing FEMA disaster number 1918.
Trees were uprooted along Rexroad Drive in Turnertown.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in West Virginia in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, June 2010
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: 237211, 237210, 237209, 237225, 237212.