Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 10, 2013

Name: Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 10, 2013
Start: 2013-07-10T17:40
End: 2013-07-10T19:30
Location: West Virginia

July 10, 2013 · NWS RLX · 7 events in 5 counties and zones

A cold front approaching from the west interacted with a very warm and moist tropical air mass. A corridor of showers and thunderstorms persisted throughout the day Wednesday from Southeastern Kentucky and Southwestern Virginia, northeastward through southeastern West Virginia.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $25,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 7

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.

A cold front approaching from the west interacted with a very warm and moist tropical air mass.

A corridor of showers and thunderstorms persisted throughout the day Wednesday from Southeastern Kentucky and Southwestern Virginia, northeastward through southeastern West Virginia. This area intensified and expanded in the afternoon heat. Other thunderstorms developed in the afternoon heat around the lower Ohio River. A massive complex of thunderstorms expanded and intensified as it moved up the Ohio Valley and approached from the west.

Marginally severe wind accompanied the line of thunderstorms through southeast Ohio and across the Ohio River. The complex weakened while moving further east in West Virginia.

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 Jul 10, 1:13 PM EST, 4 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 1:13 PM EST, 4 hours 27 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
213 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
APPROACHING COLD FRONT BRINGS MORE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS/STORMS INTO
THURSDAY. FLASH FLOOD CONCERNS CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. DRIER FOR
THE END OF THE WEEK/WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
CURRENTLY HAVE A LULL ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE
CWA...SANDWICHED BETWEEN VORT MAX-INDUCED CONVECTION TO THE
EAST...AND NEW CELLS FORMING IN AN ESSENTIALLY AUTOCONVECTIVE
ENVIRONMENT TO THE WEST.  CENTRAL CWA SHOULD SEE CELLS SOON AS WELL
ONCE SURFACE-BASED CIN GENERATED BY EARLIER RAIN CAN BREAK UP.

HI-RES MODELS STILL BRING MORE CONCENTRATED CONVECTION IN FROM THE
WEST AND NORTHWEST AFTER 21Z OR SO.  THINK THIS MAKES SENSE AS COLD
POOLS FROM CURRENT STORMS AND APPROACHING INDIANA ACTIVITY START
INTERACTING WITH A QUITE UNSTABLE AIRMASS. HAVE LIKELY POPS SINKING
IN DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MIXED LAYER CAPES ARE 3000
J/KG ALONG AND WEST OF THE OHIO RIVER.  DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS WEAK
THOUGH.  GENERALLY EXPECTING ANY SEVERE THREAT TO BE FAIRLY ISOLATED
AND LIMITED TO HAIL AND DOWNBURST WINDS.

AS FOR THE FLOOD THREAT...AM MOST CONCERNED ABOUT THE NORTHERN CWA
WHERE THE LOWEST FFG VALUES LIE ALONG WITH THE BEST THREAT OF
NEAR-TERM HEAVY RAINFALL. JUST-RELEASED WPC MPD MESSAGE HIGHLIGHTS
THIS AREA. TOUGH TO FIGURE WHERE GENERALLY HIGHER BASIN-AVERAGE QPF
WILL OCCUR...BUT ANY LOCATION WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO TORRENTIAL RAIN
FROM THUNDERSTORMS WITH GENERAL PWAT VALUES STILL AROUND 2 INCHES.
ELECTED TO HOLD OFF ON EXPANSION OF FLOOD WATCH FOR NOW GIVEN DRIER
ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS TO THE SOUTH...BUT WILL ALERT NEXT SHIFT TO
MONITOR FOR THIS NEED.

FRONTAL BOUNDARY STILL SLATED TO ARRIVE NEAR THE OHIO RIVER AROUND
12Z AND CROSS THE REST OF THE CWA INTO THE AFTERNOON.  THE HEAVY
RAIN THREAT WILL TAPER OFF AROUND 06Z AS DAYTIME INSTABILITY
WANES...SO FLOOD WATCH MAY BE ABLE TO DROP ON TIME.
POST-FROPA...SOME LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AHEAD OF H850 FRONT MAY KEEP
LOWER CLOUDS AND A FEW SHRA AROUND FOR A TIME.  ONLY A FEW SCATTERED
SHOWERS SHOULD REMAIN IN THE MOUNTAINS BY 00Z.  THEN...CWA WILL GET
A MUCH-NEEDED RESPITE FROM THE RAIN.

NOT ANTICIPATING ANY MAJOR CHANGES TO THE GOING TEMPERATURE FORECAST.

&&

.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
FINALLY A BRIEF BREAK IN THE ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN. COLD FRONT TO
THE EAST OF THE CWA BY FRIDAY MORNING...WITH A GENERAL CLEARING
TREND TAKING PLACE. STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO HOW FAR SOUTH
CLEARING WILL MAKE IT THURSDAY NIGHT/FRIDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUED
TO BE CONSERVATIVE WITH CLEARING OVERNIGHT...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS/HIGHER TERRAIN COUNTIES. DRIER AIR WILL SETTLE IN FOR
FRIDAY...ALONG WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES. COULD ALSO BE A
DECENT AMOUNT OF FOG FORMATION FRIDAY MORNING...PARTICULARLY IN
AREAS THAT SEE CLEARING...AS HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH SETTLES INTO
THE AREA.

&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD...GENERALLY FOLLOWED WPC THINKING...WHICH IS
A BLEND OF THE GFS AND ECMWF. TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY WARM...AND
BECOME MORE HUMID ONCE AGAIN OVER THE WEEKEND AS UPPER LEVEL RIDGE
BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. COULD BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN COUNTIES ON SATURDAY IN THE SOUTHEASTERLY
FLOW...BUT FOR NOW LEFT A DRY FORECAST AS BETTER CHANCES LOOK TO BE
TO THE EAST/SOUTH OF THE CWA.

PATTERN THEN BECOMES MORE ACTIVE SUNDAY THROUGH NEXT WEEK AS ENERGY
CUTS OFF FROM UPPER TROUGH ALONG EAST COAST...AND FORMS AN UPPER LOW
THAT WILL TRACK GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST. STILL SOME DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN THE MODELS WITH THE GENERAL TRACK OF THIS LOW...WHICH WILL
AFFECT HOW GREAT OF A CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION WE SEE ACROSS THE
CWA...BUT AS STATED BEFORE...FOLLOWED WPC THINKING/BLEND OF THE GFS
AND ECMWF...WHICH BRINGS THE LOW FARTHER WEST OVER OUR CWA THAN THE
GFS. REGARDLESS...HOT...HUMID...AND STORMY WEATHER LOOKS TO MAKE A
RETURN ONCE AGAIN.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
18Z WEDNESDAY THRU 18Z THURSDAY...
GENERALLY VFR OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION.  CU HAVE FORMED/WILL FORM
BETWEEN 4 AND 5 THOUSAND FEET.  BRIEF IFR POSSIBLE IN CONVECTION
ALONG MOUNTAINS AND DEVELOPING IN NE KY/SE OH.  DID NOT TEMPO FOR
THIS DUE TO SCATTERED NATURE BUT DID INCLUDE VCTS AT HTS/BKW FOR
NOW.  EXPECT MORE CONCENTRATED CONVECTION AFTER 21Z AHEAD OF
APPROACHING FRONT...WITH AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS
DURING THE NIGHT.  EXPECTING GENERAL MVFR CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP AS
CIGS FALL WITH THE RAIN...AGAIN SPOTTY IFR POSSIBLE IN BRIEF HEAVIER
RAIN.

FRONT REACHES OHIO RIVER AROUND 12Z AND IS IN OR APPROACHING THE
MOUNTAINS BY 18Z.  MVFR CIGS AND A FEW SHOWERS MAY LINGER FOR A BIT
BEHIND THE FRONT...BUT A DEFINITE IMPROVING TREND WILL BE SEEN BY
THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD.

FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY...

FORECAST CONFIDENCE...MEDIUM.

ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: TIMING AND EXTENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
COULD 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.

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    M    M    M
HTS CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    M    M    M
BKW CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
EKN CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    H    H    M    M    H    H
PKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    M    M    M    M    M    M
CKB CONSISTENCY  H    H    H    H    H    H    M    M    M    M    M    M

AFTER 18Z THURSDAY...
IFR IN FOG POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING.

&&

.RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 2 AM EDT THURSDAY FOR WVZ005>011-
     013>020-026>032-039-040.
OH...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 2 AM EDT THURSDAY FOR OHZ066-067-075-
     076-083>087.
KY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 2 AM EDT THURSDAY FOR KYZ101>103-105.
VA...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...JMV/26
NEAR TERM...CL
SHORT TERM...SL
LONG TERM...SL
AVIATION...CL

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 2:24 PM EST, 3 hours 16 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
324 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

WVZ032-035>037-039-040-111930-
TAYLOR-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-
324 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT THURSDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

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.

WVZ010-011-018>020-027>031-111930-
PLEASANTS-TYLER-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-
HARRISON-
324 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT THURSDAY...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 407 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA AND
NORTHERN 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

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-OHZ075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>009-013>017-
024>026-033-034-111930-
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH-VINTON-
MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-
JACKSON WV-WOOD-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-
MCDOWELL-WYOMING-
324 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT THURSDAY...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 407 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND MUCH OF 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

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.

OHZ066-067-111930-
PERRY-MORGAN-
324 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT THURSDAY...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 406 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO.

.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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

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.

WVZ038-046-047-111930-
WEBSTER-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
324 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA AND
NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

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

Special weather statement, Jul 10, 4:57 PM EST, 43 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
557 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

OHZ067-075-076-083>086-WVZ007>011-102300-
ATHENS OH-GALLIA OH-JACKSON WV-JACKSON OH-MASON WV-MEIGS OH-MORGAN OH-
PLEASANTS WV-TYLER WV-VINTON OH-WASHINGTON OH-WOOD WV-
557 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN ATHENS...MEIGS...NORTHERN
GALLIA...NORTHERN MASON...NORTHWESTERN JACKSON...PLEASANTS...
SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN...SOUTHEASTERN VINTON...SOUTHERN JACKSON...
TYLER...WASHINGTON AND WOOD COUNTIES...

AT 552 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM 3
MILES NORTH OF BEVERLY TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF ATHENS TO 4 MILES WEST OF
OAK HILL...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE
WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL
STREAMS.

WITH THE WET GROUND...THESE WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO BRING DOWN
TREES.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR SALEM CENTER...HARRISONVILLE...AND DEXTER
AROUND 610 PM...MACKSBURG...DARWIN...CENTERPOINT...AND VINTON AROUND
620 PM...LOWELL AROUND 625 PM...FLEMING AND RUTLAND AROUND 635 PM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-77 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 1 AND 17 IN OHIO...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 151 AND 186 IN
WEST VIRGINIA.

YOU MAY REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.

LAT...LON 3966 8158 3959 8158 3959 8149 3965 8147
      3960 8134 3961 8127 3958 8125 3958 8104
      3955 8103 3961 8095 3960 8084 3939 8122
      3879 8191 3886 8277 3890 8277 3922 8215
      3967 8165

09

Special weather statement, Jul 10, 5:05 PM EST, 35 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
605 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ086-087-WVZ005-102300-
BOYD KY-CARTER KY-GALLIA OH-GREENUP KY-LAWRENCE OH-LAWRENCE KY-
WAYNE WV-
605 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT BOYD...CARTER...GREENUP...
LAWRENCE...NORTH CENTRAL LAWRENCE...NORTHWESTERN WAYNE AND SOUTHERN
GALLIA COUNTIES...

AT 602 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF
GRAYSON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE
WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL
STREAMS.

WITH THE WET GROUND...THESE WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO BRING DOWN
TREES.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR OLDTOWN...GREENBO LAKE...DENTON...AND SOUTH
SHORE AROUND 610 PM...RUSH...GREENUP...AND GRAYS BRANCH AROUND 615
PM...NAPLES...COALTON AND PRINCESS AROUND 620 PM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 155 AND 191 IN KENTUCKY...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 5 IN
WEST VIRGINIA.

YOU MAY REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.

LAT...LON 3872 8304 3876 8289 3860 8285 3858 8281
      3860 8275 3868 8277 3869 8271 3875 8270
      3876 8267 3885 8266 3882 8219 3843 8246
      3841 8250 3839 8248 3817 8264 3820 8307
      3826 8316 3821 8322 3821 8328

06

Local storm report, Jul 10, 5:09 PM EST, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
609 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0608 PM     TSTM WND GST     ATHENS                  39.32N  82.10W
07/10/2013  M56 MPH          ATHENS             OH   PUBLIC

            MEASURED WIND GUST AT KUNI IN ATHENS COUNTY.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1300744

JM

Local storm report, Jul 10, 5:26 PM EST, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
626 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0521 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NELSONVILLE             39.46N  82.23W
07/10/2013                   ATHENS             OH   911 CALL CENTER

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON OLD RT 33.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1300745

JM

Local storm report, Jul 10, 5:27 PM EST, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
627 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0627 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NELSONVILLE             39.46N  82.23W
07/10/2013                   ATHENS             OH   911 CALL CENTER

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON DIAMOND BROOK RD.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1300746

JM

Special weather statement, Jul 10, 5:27 PM EST, 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
627 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

OHZ076-085-086-WVZ007>011-016-017-019-020-031-102330-
DODDRIDGE WV-GALLIA OH-HARRISON WV-JACKSON WV-MASON WV-MEIGS OH-
PLEASANTS WV-RITCHIE WV-ROANE WV-TYLER WV-WASHINGTON OH-WIRT WV-
WOOD WV-
627 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT DODDRIDGE...NORTHERN GALLIA...
NORTHERN JACKSON...NORTHERN MASON...NORTHWESTERN HARRISON...
NORTHWESTERN ROANE...PLEASANTS...RITCHIE...SOUTHEASTERN MEIGS...
SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON...TYLER...WIRT AND WOOD COUNTIES...

AT 620 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM 6
MILES NORTHWEST OF MIDDLEBOURNE TO PARKERSBURG TO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF RIO GRANDE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND PEA-SIZED HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS. 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 THESE STORMS. DO NOT STAY IN
THE OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE
INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

WITH THE WET GROUND...THESE WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO BRING DOWN
SOME TREES.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR CHESHIRE...BELLEVILLE...LAKIN...AND POINT
LOOKOUT AROUND 630 PM...ARVILLA...DAVISVILLE...SCHULTZ...AND SYRACUSE
AROUND 635 PM...MAXWELL AND MINERALWELLS AROUND 640 PM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
134 AND 185 IN WEST VIRGINIA.

YOU MAY REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.

LAT...LON 3960 8084 3948 8071 3944 8055 3947 8047
      3943 8029 3916 8080 3903 8111 3904 8115
      3898 8122 3872 8180 3882 8258 3886 8256
      3884 8246 3891 8245 3919 8182 3918 8176
      3923 8172 3958 8106 3955 8103 3961 8095

09

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:39 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

3 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Lightning, Wood

When: July 10, 5:40 PM EST
Where: Wood County, 1.15 mi NNE of Stewart Arpt
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: Newspaper
Coordinates: 39.315, -81.542

An outbuilding caught fire on 20th Street. Its contents were salvaged.

Flash Flood, Wood

When: July 10, 6:00 PM EST to 7:30 PM EST
Where: Wood County, 1.04 mi NNE of Stewart Arpt to 1.1 mi WSW of Vienna
Cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: $15,000
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 39.315, -81.546

Rains of 1 to 2 inches likely fell in less than an hour. Small streams flooded roads.

About 8 to 10 inches of water crossed roadways in Lower Vienna, West Virginia. The water over roads generally covers an area between 18th and 40th Streets including 12th to 30th streets. Flooding originated from Pond Run, a small creek that flows into the Ohio River.

Thunderstorm Wind, Doddridge

When: July 10, 6:16 PM EST
Where: Doddridge County, 0.47 mi ENE of Flint
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: 911 Call Center
Coordinates: 39.334, -80.663

Multiple trees were blown down at the corner of Coal Run Road and Salem Road. Some of the fallen trees damaged power lines.

Thunderstorm Wind, Ritchie

When: July 10, 6:32 PM EST
Where: Ritchie County, 1.66 mi W of Pennsboro
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: 911 Call Center
Coordinates: 39.277, -81.001

Multiple trees were reported down along Pennsboro Industrial Drive, southwest of Pennsboro.

Thunderstorm Wind, Doddridge

When: July 10, 6:40 PM EST
Where: Doddridge County, 1.75 mi S of Doak
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: 911 Call Center
Coordinates: 39.295, -80.633

Multiple trees and power lines were down at the corner of Coal Run Road and County Route 50/27.

Heavy Rain, Clay

When: July 10, 6:41 PM EST
Where: Clay County, 1.16 mi SW of Valley Fork
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 38.507, -81.134

Runoff from the surrounding hillsides resulted in 6 inches of water surrounding a house on Laurel Creek Road just off of Route 36.

Heavy Rain, Kanawha

When: July 10, 7:24 PM EST
Where: Kanawha County, 1.02 mi NW of Legg
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 38.492, -81.612

A water rescue occurred for a vehicle at the intersection of Legg Fork Road and Spring Branch Road in Sissonville.

What these are

Lightning: A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
Flash Flood: Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
Heavy Rain: Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in West Virginia in 2013 Every state in 2013 This day in weather history Warnings in West Virginia, July 2013

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: 453166, 452358, 452407, 452392, 452405, 452390, 452369.