During the afternoon on the 23rd, a broken line of convection formed in southeast Ohio ahead of a slow moving cold front. Dry air in the mid levels, as well as deep layer undirectional shear, lent toward a damaging wind threat as opposed to large hail.
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During the afternoon on the 23rd, a broken line of convection formed in southeast Ohio ahead of a slow moving cold front. Dry air in the mid levels, as well as deep layer undirectional shear, lent toward a damaging wind threat as opposed to large hail.
After the initial line passed well into West Virginia, recovering surface temperatures and enough shear was present to support further development during the early evening.
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 23, 2:19 PM EST, 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 319 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2011 .SYNOPSIS... COLD FRONT CROSSES SLOWLY TONIGHT THRU FRIDAY. HIGH PRESSURE PREVAILS SATURDAY. UPPER LEVEL WAVES APPROACHES SUNDAY. WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH MONDAY...FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER COLD FRONT LATE TUESDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/... COLD FRONT AS OF 18Z LOCATED ACROSS WESTERN OH AND WESTERN KY. MORNING DISTURBANCE HAS SHIFTED NORTH AND EAST OF THE CWA. ASSOCIATED LOW AND MID LVL CLDS HAVE BEEN SLOW TO FOLLOW SUIT...WITH MUCH OF THE MTNS STUCK IN THE CLOUDS TDY. LAST FEW HRS HAVE SEEN THE STRATOCU FINALLY STARTING TO MIX OUT THOUGH. PREFRONTAL CONVECTION HAS FIRED RIGHT ON CUE WITH APPROACH OF YET ANOTHER UPR DISTURBANCE. MODELS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THIS AT LEAST IN THE FORCING FIELDS AND HAVE CONTINUED TO USE A CONSENSUS APPROACH WITH TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF POPS USING VORT. SVR POTENTIAL BEST ALONG OH RVR AND ACROSS COAL FIELDS WHERE BEST SHEAR RESIDES ALONG WITH GREATEST AMNT OF SFC HEATING HAS OCCURRED. STILL WORRIED ABOUT CAPPING INVERSION AND WHAT EFFECTS IT WILL HAVE FARTHER EAST...ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING LACK OF MUCH INSOLATION TDY ACROSS THE MTNS. SO FAR CONVECTION HAS BEEN LOW TOPPED AND ABSENT OF MUCH LIGHTNING. HOWEVER SHEAR PROFILES REMAIN SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE FOR WEAK ROTATION WITH THE STRONGER DISCRETE CELLS. COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY SLIDE EAST TONIGHT AND BECOME RATHER DIFFUSE. HAVE FRONT IN SE OH ARND 00Z...PERHAPS CHECKING UP FOR A TIME BEFORE RESUMING A SLOW EASTWARD PROGRESS. MAY TAKE TILL 12Z TO CLR MTNS...WAITING FOR UPR TROF TO GO NEG TILT. HAVE ANOTHER LINE OF LKLY POPS WITH ACTUAL FRONT OVERNIGHT...HOWEVER MUCH OF THE CONVECTION WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH UPR AIR DISTURBANCE THIS AFTN AND EVENING. WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH FOR LCL WATER PROBLEMS DESPITE PWATS COMING DOWN. THINKING IS AS FRONT BECOMES MORE PARALLEL TO FLOW COULD SEE MORE IN THE WAY OF TRAINING. FRONT...OR WHAT IS LEFT OF IT SHIFTS EAST TOMORROW AS UPR TROF AND FRESHER AIRMASS WORKS IN. MODELS AGREE IN TAKING A DISTURBANCE THRU TOMORROW AFTN WITH UPR TROF. THIS SHOULD BE ABLE TO SPARK OF SOME LOW TOPPED SHRA OR CONVECTION IN THE AFTN/EARLY EVEN...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTH. WENT MORE PESSIMISTIC WITH SKY COVER TOMORROW WITH UPR TROF AND DIURNAL HEATING AIDING IN CU DEVELOPMENT. HAVE GONE ON HIGH SIDE FOR LOWS TONIGHT AND A BLEND FOR HIGHS TOMORROW. MAY TAKE TILL TOMORROW AFTN FOR LWR DWPTS TO ARRIVE...BUT TEMPS WILL STAY IN THE UPR 70S SOUTH AND MID/LOW 70S NORTH. && .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STORMS ACTIVITY MOVE EAST BEHIND THE FRONT FRIDAY NIGHT. DRIER CONDITIONS EXPECTED LATE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WITH DRIER AIRMASS BEHIND THE FRONT. GUIDANCE SHOWS FRONT STALLING SOUTH OF THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT...TO LIFT NORTH LATER SUNDAY. NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THRU THIS TIME PERIOD. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... STORM ACTIVITY RETURNS SUNDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. MODELS ARE IN FAIR AGREEMENT WITH THIS WAVE WITH SOME MINOR PLACEMENT DIFFERENCES NOTED. THEREFORE...INTRODUCE CHANCE POPS SPREADING FROM NORTHWEST TO EAST LATE SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. WITH THIS UPPER LEVEL FORCING...THE STALLED FRONT LIFTS SLOWLY NORTH ACROSS WV SUNDAY NIGHT...AND NORTH OF WV BY MONDAY NIGHT. THIS FEATURE...ALONG WITH DIURNAL HEATING...COULD ENHANCE SHOWERS AND STORMS DEVELOPMENT WITH ADDITIONAL WEAKER DISTURBANCES PASSING ALOFT. THEREFORE...REARRANGED POPS AND WX LOCATIONS HAVING CHANCES ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA ATTM TUESDAY NIGHT...DECREASING FROM WEST TO EAST BY MID WEDNESDAY. ONCE AGAIN...BLENDED GMOS AND HPC GUIDANCE FOR TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH SOME MINOR TWEAKS. && .AVIATION /19Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... 18Z THURSDAY THRU 18Z FRIDAY... BKN LINE OF SHRA AND CONVECTION CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS SE OH...NE KY AND WESTERN WV ASSOCIATED WITH UPR AIR DISTURBANCE AND APPROACH OF COLD FRONT. THIS CONVECTION WILL AFFECT KHTS AND KPKB THRU 20Z...AND KCRW AND KCKB AFTER 20Z. MTN TERMINALS MAY ESCAPE CONVECTION TIL ACTUAL COLD FRONT NEARS OVERNIGHT. HAVE INSERTED TEMPO GROUPS TO HANDLE CONVECTION ACROSS TERMINALS. VFR OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION. COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO SE OH AFTER 00Z...SLOWLY CLEARING OH RVR BY 06Z...AND EXITING MTNS AFTER 12Z WHILE BECOMING DIFFUSE IN NATURE. SHOULD SEE ANOTHER ROUND OF SHRA AND POSSIBLE CONVECTION WITH FRONT ITSELF TONIGHT...HENCE LEAVING CB IN MOST OF THE TAF SITES TO 06Z. SOME MVFR STRATUS MAY DEVELOP POST FRONTAL AND HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR IN FCST. ANY LOW STRATUS SHOULD BURN OFF FRI MORNING...WITH A REDEVELOPMENT OF CU AND STRATOCU WITH APPROACH OF UPR TROF. SOME LOW TOPPED SHRA OR CONVECTION TOMORROW AFTN AS UPR DISTURBANCE MOVES THRU. FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY... FORECAST CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: TIMING AND DEGREE OF RESTRICTIONS IN SHOWERS/STORMS MAY VARY FROM FORECAST. WIDESPREAD MVFR MAY NOT FORM AFTER 06Z AS FORECAST. 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. UTC 1HRLY 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 EDT 1HRLY 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 CRW CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H HTS CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H BKW CONSISTENCY M M M M M M M M L M H H EKN CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H PKB CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H CKB CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H AFTER 18Z FRIDAY... BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS FROM INTERMITTENT CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY BECOME LESS COMMON THROUGH SATURDAY. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. KY...NONE. VA...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...ARJ/30 NEAR TERM...30 SHORT TERM...ARJ LONG TERM...ARJ AVIATION...30
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 146 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2011 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ086-087-WVZ005>008-013>016-024>027-241800- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE-GALLIA-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-JACKSON- LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY- 146 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2011 ...TORNADO WATCH 541 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN 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. TORNADO WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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. OHZ066-067-075-076-083>085-VAZ003-004-WVZ009>011-017>020-028>040-046- 047-241800- PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-VINTON-MEIGS-DICKENSON- BUCHANAN-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-BRAXTON- GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE- NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- 146 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. IN ADDITION...HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD CREATE LOCALIZED FLOODING ISSUES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 319 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2011 OHZ086-087-WVZ006-007-231945- CABELL WV-GALLIA OH-LAWRENCE OH-MASON WV- 319 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2011 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL LAWRENCE...NORTH CENTRAL CABELL...SOUTHERN GALLIA AND SOUTHWESTERN MASON COUNTIES... AT 314 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER LAKE VESUVIUS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR WATERLOO AROUND 325 PM...SCOTTOWN AROUND 330 PM...CROWN CITY AROUND 340 PM AND ASHTON AROUND 345 PM. PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. LAT...LON 3877 8210 3852 8212 3858 8264 3868 8265 28
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:44 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous large tree branches were blown down.
Trees were blown down along Pleasant Hill Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, June 2011
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: 309979, 309982, 309967, 309956.