Morning showers and thunderstorms in northern Ohio dropped south into southeast Ohio during the afternoon. Strong heating helped increase buoyancy during the afternoon.
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The episode as NWS RLX wrote it up.
Morning showers and thunderstorms in northern Ohio dropped south into southeast Ohio during the afternoon. Strong heating helped increase buoyancy during the afternoon.
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 7, 9:01 AM EST, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1001 AM EDT TUE JUN 7 2011 .SYNOPSIS... A MOISTURE STARVED WARM FRONT PUSHES NORTHEAST TODAY. HOT SUMMER LIKE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE IN CHARGE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. COOL FRONT BRINGS STORM CHANCES THURSDAY INTO SATURDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... CLOSELY WATCHING MCS SINKING SOUTH ACROSS EASTERN OH/WESTERN PA. FEELING IS THAT IT WILL WEAKEN WITH TIME AS H500 RIDGING CONTINUES TO BUILD IN. HOWEVER...WITH OUTFLOW BOUNDARY LIKELY TO CONTINUE ON SOUTH FROM SYSTEM...STORMS COULD FIRE IN OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES AS AIRMASS WILL BE PRIMED WITH HIGH CAPE AND DECENT PWAT. THINK SOUTHEAST OHIO HAS BEST CHANCES AND PUT A SMALL AREA OF LIKELY POPS HERE...RINGED TO THE SOUTH AND EAST WITH CHANCE POPS. CANNOT RULE OUT SEVERE STORMS WHERE THEY DO FIRE. ONLY TWEAKED TEMPERATURES. && .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... HIGH PRESSURE...AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT...SHOULD PREVAIL ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY. SOME OF THE MODELS CONTINUE TO GENERATE AFTERNOON CONVECTION OVER THE MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY...BUT MODEL SOUNDINGS HAVE LOTS OF DRY AIR ALOFT...WHICH SHOULD PRECLUDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANY CONVECTION. BECAUSE OF THIS...BUMPED POPS UP...BUT WILL STILL LEAVE REGION DRY FOR NOW. MODELS ALSO CONTINUE TO INDICATE UPPER HIGH WILL BE SUPPRESSED TO THE SOUTH...WHICH WILL ALLOW A COLD FRONT TO APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST. LATEST GUIDANCE SUGGESTS FRONT WILL BE LOCATED EITHER JUST TO OUR NORTH...OR POSSIBLY INTO OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF THE FRONT...AND ASSORTED MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVES SHOULD RESULT IN INCREASING CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY...WITH THE CHANCES CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN CHARGE ON WEDNESDAY...FEEL TEMPERATURES WILL BE HOT. PREVIOUS FORECAST FOR HIGHS IS QUITE CLOSE TO THE MET NUMBERS....AND ONLY A DEGREE OR TWO BELOW THE WARMER MAV NUMBERS. SO HAVE GENERALLY LEFT FORECAST ALONE...WITH SOME MINOR TWEAKS. CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION CHANCES SHOULD RESULT IN LOWER TEMPS ON THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTH. PREVIOUS FORECAST REFLECTS THE LATEST GUIDANCE AND WAS GENERALLY LEFT ALONE. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... THE SEE SAW BATTLE CONTINUES...WITH THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE GETTING SUPPRESSED SOUTHWARD AGAIN. THIS ALLOWS A COOL FRONT TO DROP SOUTH FROM THE GREAT LAKES THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. ONLY MINOR TIMING DIFFERENCES AMONG THE MODELS WITH COOL FRONT SAGGING SOUTH INTO THE NORTHERN PART OF OUR AREA BY FRIDAY MORNING...THEN STALLING FRIDAY INTO MUCH OF SATURDAY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE AREA. LOOKS TO BE A GOOD CHANCE FOR OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM LATE THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...AS A SERIES OF UPPER DISTURBANCES RIDE ALONG THE NEARLY STATIONARY WEST TO EAST BOUNDARY. THIS PLACES THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA IN THE BEST CHANCES FOR CONVECTION. LOOK FOR COOLER CONDITIONS SIMPLY DUE TO ALL THE CLOUDS AND CONVECTION...ESPECIALLY NORTH...WITH HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 80S. THE FRONT THEN GETS PUSHED SOUTH BY SUNDAY AS THE NORTHERN STREAM TAKES ANOTHER STEP SOUTHWARD. COOLER AND DRIER AIR IS EXPECTED FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY...WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES. && .AVIATION /14Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... HAZE/FOGGY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT WITH CALM WINDS. ANY RESTRICTIONS WILL BURN OFF BY MID MORNING...ALLOWING FOR VFR CONDITIONS TODAY. SOME FOG/HAZE COULD REFORM AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT. FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 12Z WEDNESDAY... FORECAST CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM TONIGHT...HIGH TUESDAY. ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: FOG TIMING AND DENSITY MAY VARY. 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 TUE 06/07/11 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 L L L L L M H H H H HTS CONSISTENCY M L L L L L L M H H H H BKW CONSISTENCY H M M M M M M H H H H H EKN CONSISTENCY L L L L L L L M H H H H PKB CONSISTENCY L L L L L L L M H H H H CKB CONSISTENCY H M M L L L L M H H H H AFTER 12Z WEDNESDAY... NO WIDESPREAD IFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. KY...NONE. VA...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JSH/RPY NEAR TERM...CL SHORT TERM...JSH LONG TERM...JMV AVIATION...RPY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 246 AM EDT TUE JUN 7 2011 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>008-013>018-024>029- 033>038-046-080700- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-DICKENSON- BUCHANAN-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT- CALHOUN-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-MCDOWELL-WYOMING- RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-POCAHONTAS- 246 AM EDT TUE JUN 7 2011 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. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. OHZ066-067-075-076-WVZ009>011-019-020-030>032-039-040-047-080700- PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-RITCHIE- DODDRIDGE-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-RANDOLPH- 246 AM EDT TUE JUN 7 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO...CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. 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
1106 AM EDT TUE JUN 7 2011
OHZ066-067-075-076-083>086-WVZ007>011-016>020-027>032-037>040-047-
071900-
ATHENS OH-BARBOUR WV-BRAXTON WV-CALHOUN WV-CLAY WV-DODDRIDGE WV-
GALLIA OH-GILMER WV-HARRISON WV-JACKSON WV-JACKSON OH-LEWIS WV-
MASON WV-MEIGS OH-MORGAN OH-NICHOLAS WV-PERRY OH-PLEASANTS WV-
RANDOLPH WV-RITCHIE WV-ROANE WV-TAYLOR WV-TYLER WV-UPSHUR WV-
VINTON OH-WASHINGTON OH-WEBSTER WV-WIRT WV-WOOD WV-
1106 AM EDT TUE JUN 7 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ATHENS...BARBOUR...BRAXTON...
CALHOUN...DODDRIDGE...EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL NICHOLAS...GILMER...
HARRISON...JACKSON...LEWIS...MEIGS...MORGAN...NORTH CENTRAL
RANDOLPH...NORTHEASTERN CLAY...NORTHEASTERN GALLIA...NORTHEASTERN
JACKSON...NORTHERN MASON...NORTHWESTERN WEBSTER...PERRY...
PLEASANTS...RITCHIE...ROANE...TAYLOR...TYLER...UPSHUR...VINTON...
WASHINGTON...WIRT AND WOOD COUNTIES...
AT 1100 AM EDT...A COMPLEX OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING
THROUGH THE REGION EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTH AT 25 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM
COMPLEX. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND WILL
CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND
SMALL STREAMS. EXPECT INTENSE LIGHTNING FROM THIS STORM. DO NOT STAY
IN THE OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING
THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-77 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 1 AND 17 IN OHIO...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 123 AND 186 IN
WEST VIRGINIA...I-79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 27 AND 129.
THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROAD...ROUTE 50 BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 1 AND 82 IN WEST VIRGINIA.
PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3992 8218 3978 8207 3976 8164 3959 8158
3965 8147 3955 8103 3960 8084 3945 8061
3940 8014 3921 7981 3907 7977 3850 8069
3864 8171 3923 8277 3934 8276 3948 8217
3955 8217 3960 8239 3991 8247 3993 8236
21The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 126 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:38 UTC.
5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees were blown down along 6th street.
A few trees were blown down or uprooted.
Several trees were blown down in town.
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: 309361, 309362, 309366, 309364, 309356, 309357, 309367, 309369.