South of an east to west front, warm and humid conditions helped trigger clusters of thunderstorms, producing mostly brief downpours. One storm pulsed briefly to severe limits.
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South of an east to west front, warm and humid conditions helped trigger clusters of thunderstorms, producing mostly brief downpours. One storm pulsed briefly to severe limits.
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 19, 3:33 PM EST, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
433 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
WETTER WITH ROUNDS OF STORMS/SHOWERS INTO WEEKEND...WITH FRONT IN
UPPER OHIO VALLEY. DOWNPOURS POSSIBLE.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/...
WEAK BOUNDARY BISECTING CWA WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY MOVE
SOUTHWARD THIS EVENING AND STALL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COALFIELDS.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF IT WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE SOUTHWARD AND OUT OF THE CWA THIS EVENING. WITH THE AIRMASS
BEING VERY SOUPY...ANY OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE A QUICK 0.50 TO
1.50 INCHES OF RAIN. WILL KEEP THE FFA GOING. A LITTLE BIT OF A LULL
OVERNIGHT WITH HEATING GONE AND NEXT SYSTEM NOT POISED TO MAKE AN
ENTRANCE INTO THE CWA UNTIL AROUND 12Z FRIDAY. SOME FOG MAY FORM IN
AREA WHERE THE CLOUDS MAY THIN ENOUGH LET FOG FORM...MAINLY AFTER
MIDNIGHT. STALLED BOUNDARY WILL LIFT NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT
DURING THE DAY FRIDAY AND EXPECT RE-DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE FRONT.
&&
.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
ALL IN ALL...NO MAJOR CHANGES TO ONGOING FORECAST IN THE SHORT TERM
AND PARTICULARLY THE FRIDAY NIGHT TIME FRAME. OVERALL FORECAST
PRIMARY CONCERN STILL THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. STILL
APPEARING THAT THE BULK OF THE PRECIP WILL ROLL ACROSS FROM WEST TO
EAST PRIMARILY BETWEEN 00Z-09Z SAT. ALSO STILL APPEARS THAT MANY
LOCATIONS PARTICULARLY OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PARTS OF THE
FORECAST AREA WILL SEE A GENERAL 0.50IN-1.00IN OF RAINFALL WITH THIS
SYSTEM...WITH SOME LOCATIONS CERTAINLY SEEING MORE THAN THIS. WILL
CONTINUE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AS IS WITH NO CHANGES.
BY SATURDAY...MAY STILL BE SOME LINGERING SHOWERS IN THE EASTERN
MOUNTAINS EARLY BUT THIS TOO SHOULD BE RAMPING DOWN FAIRLY QUICKLY
BY THE MID-MORNING HOURS IF NOT SOONER. S/W TROUGH WHICH WILL BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OVERNIGHT RAINS FRIDAY NIGHT WILL CONTINUE
EASTWARD TOWARDS THE MID-ATLANTIC. LOW CLOUDS WILL BE SLOW TO BREAK
AT FIRST BUT SHOULD SEE AT LEAST SOME LATE-DAY PARTLY CLOUDY
CONDITIONS FOR THE LOWLANDS...WITH CLOUDS HANGING ON LONGER IN THE
EASTERN MTS OF COURSE. SFC FRONT SWINGS THROUGH AS WELL NORTH TO
SOUTH AND WILL CONTINUE SLIGHT/LOW CHANCE POPS BY THE AFTERNOON
HOURS TO ACCOUNT FOR DIFFERENCES IN PROGGED STABLE LAYER ABOVE
ROUGHLY 700MB. SUNDAY ANOTHER RIPPLE BYPASSES THE AREA TO THE
SOUTHWEST BUT WILL CONTINUE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS BY THE AFTERNOON
HOURS ONCE AGAIN...THOUGH MOST FOLKS WILL REMAIN DRY. TEMPS WILL BE
SLIGHTLY COOLER OVER THE WEEKEND AS WELL POST-FRONT...ONLY IN THE
LOW/MID 80S FOR MOST LOWLANDS.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
STILL A FAIRLY UNSETTLED PATTERN OVERALL IN THE EXTENDED AS HAS BEEN
THE CASE RECENTLY. EXTENDED OPERATIONAL NWP WITH SUPPORTING
ENSEMBLES DOES SEEM TO BE IN SOMEWHAT BETTER AGREEMENT REGARDING THE
MON-TUE PERIOD REGARDING WEAK UPPER RIDGING INITIALLY TO OUR WEST
PROGRESSING EASTWARD BY 00Z WED WITH FLOW ALOFT BACKING FROM WNW TO
THE SW BY SAME TIME. NO READILY-APPARENT SYNOPTIC SCALE SFC FEATURES
ARE IN PLACE TO SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR PRECIP CHANCES...BUT WITH
ABUNDANT LLVL MOISTURE REMAINING AND ANY POTENTIAL S/W TROUGHS
AND/OR MESOSCALE FEATURES CURRENTLY NOT SEEN IN NWP...WILL CONTINUE
MAINLY DIURNALLY DRIVEN SLIGHT AND LOW CHANCE POPS FOR BOTH THOSE
DAYS. MAX TEMPS BOTH DAYS IN THE MID/UPPER 80S FOR THE LOWLANDS
STILL ON TRACK. TUESDAY NIGHT...LONG-RANGE MODELS ARE ALSO IN FAIRLY
DECENT AGREEMENT WITH A S/W TROUGH PUSHING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA
AND THUS CONCENTRATED HIGHER CHANCE POPS DURING THIS TIME FRAME. BY
THE WED/THU TIME FRAME...MODEL OUTPUT BEGINS TO DIVERGE REGARDING
THE STRENGTH OF THIS S/W TROUGH. LATEST OP GFS SHARPENS THIS S/W
TROUGH QUICKLY WHICH DEVELOPS A STOUT SFC LOW AND DRIVES AN
ATTENDANT FRONT SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE AREA ON NW FLOW ALOFT BY LATE
WED AND THU. LATEST EC HOWEVER IS MUCH WEAKER WITH THIS
FEATURE...ESSENTIALLY KEEPING THE FLOW ALOFT ZONAL WHICH ALSO KEEPS
THE SFC FRONT NORTH OF THE AREA. LATEST GEFS MEAN AND MEMBERS IN
DECENT SUPPORT OF THE OP GFS SOLN...WHICH COINCIDES FAIRLY WELL WITH
MOST RECENT WPC THINKING AND THUS HAVE LEANED THIS PART OF THE
FORECAST IN THIS DIRECTION. EXPECT SOMEWHAT COOLER TEMPS BEHIND THE
FRONT BY WED AFTERNOON AND PARTICULARLY FOR THURSDAY WITH HIGHS IN
LOW/MID 80S FOR THE LOWLANDS...WITH MUCH LOWER DEWPOINTS AS WELL.
&&
.AVIATION /18Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
WEAK SFC BOUNDARY OVER THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY
SOUTHWARD AND STALL MAINLY IN A BKW TO JKL LINE. CONVECTION
ASSOCIATED WITH IT...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE WITH IT AND OUT OF THE
AREA AND WEAKEN...WITH LACK OF HEATING THIS EVENING. BRIEF
MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN ANY THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL AS
GUSTY WINDS. GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH
06Z...BEFORE POSSIBLE MFVR/IFR FOG FORMATION...MAINLY BETWEEN 08Z-
12Z IF CLOUDS CLEAR.
EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS AFTER 12Z AS BOUNDARY STALLED OVER SOUTHERN
COALFIELDS LIFTS NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT TOWARDS 18Z. SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD QUICKLY FORM ALONG THE FRONT AND BRIEF
MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY...
FORECAST CONFIDENCE: LOW TO MEDIUM
ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: TIMING OF CONVECTION COULD VARY. FOG TONIGHT
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.
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 M M M M M M M M M H H H
HTS CONSISTENCY M M M M M M M M H H H H
BKW CONSISTENCY H H M H M H H H M H H H
EKN CONSISTENCY M H H H H H H H M L L L
PKB CONSISTENCY H H M M M H H H H H H M
CKB CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H
AFTER 18Z FRIDAY...
ROUNDS OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH SATURDAY WITH MVFR/IFR
CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.
&&
.RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT FOR WVZ005>011-
013>020-026>032-036>040-046-047.
OH...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT FOR OHZ066-067-075-
076-083>087.
KY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT FOR KYZ101>103-105.
VA...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...JS
NEAR TERM...JS
SHORT TERM...50
LONG TERM...50
AVIATION...JSHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 341 AM EDT THU JUN 19 2014 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-013>020-026>032- 036>040-046-047-200745- 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-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON- TAYLOR-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- 341 AM EDT THU JUN 19 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO AND MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. VAZ003-004-WVZ024-025-033>035-200745- DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-MINGO-LOGAN-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH- 341 AM EDT THU JUN 19 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. ANY SHOWER OR STORM COULD CONTAIN A DOWNPOUR...WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH OR WARNING MAY BE NECESSARY IF THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT INCREASES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED INTO THE WEEKEND. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WOULD BE NEEDED IF THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT INCREASES. .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
300 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014
WVZ025-026-191930-
BOONE WV-LOGAN WV-
300 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR WESTERN BOONE AND NORTHERN LOGAN
COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM EDT...
AT 258 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF MADISON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 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. 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 STORM WILL BE NEAR JEFFREY AROUND 330 PM.
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 3802 8202 3803 8192 3803 8194 3804 8195
3805 8191 3795 8177 3788 8197
30SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
425 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014
WVZ024-192100-
MINGO WV-
425 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NORTHWESTERN MINGO COUNTY UNTIL 500
PM EDT...
AT 422 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF
INEZ...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH AND PEA-SIZED HAIL 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. 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 STORM WILL BE NEAR LENORE AROUND 430 PM AND MYRTLE AROUND 450
PM.
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 3784 8240 3787 8240 3791 8235 3792 8231
3787 8213 3784 8215 3783 8214 3772 8215
3775 8233 3778 8234 3782 8241 3785 8243
30SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
435 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014
KYZ105-192100-
LAWRENCE KY-
435 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR WESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN KENTUCKY
UNTIL 500 PM EDT...
AT 431 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF SANDY HOOK...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
WIND GUSTS 45 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. 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 STORM WILL BE NEAR MARTHA AROUND 500 PM.
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 3803 8301 3805 8298 3806 8296 3810 8292
3810 8284 3798 8290 3799 8296 3797 8297
3796 8300 3798 8303 3800 8303
30SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
459 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014
KYZ102-105-192130-
CARTER KY-LAWRENCE KY-
459 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CARTER AND LAWRENCE
COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY UNTIL 530 PM EDT...
AT 458 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM 8
MILES EAST OF GRAYSON LAKE STATE PARK TO BLAINE TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF
BLAINE...MOVING EAST AT 20 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. 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.
THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR YATESVILLE LAKE STATE PARK AROUND 520 PM.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
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 3806 8296 3811 8290 3817 8292 3817 8297
3826 8297 3817 8264 3814 8263 3788 8267
3791 8273 3797 8284 3799 8297
30The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:30 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees fell onto power lines.
Trees were blown down. A few house roofs and vehicles were damaged by the fallen trees.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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