By dawn on the 4th, a cold front sagged south to near the Interstate 64 corridor in northeast Kentucky. A strong low pressure for early June moved east through the Midwest, along the frontal boundary, during the day on the 4th.
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By dawn on the 4th, a cold front sagged south to near the Interstate 64 corridor in northeast Kentucky. A strong low pressure for early June moved east through the Midwest, along the frontal boundary, during the day on the 4th. Dew points were in the upper 60s and lower 70s near and south of the front. The disturbance passed to the east by early on the 5th.
Several rounds of showers and thunderstorms passed northeast Kentucky during the afternoon and evening hours on the 4th.
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 4, 5:36 AM EST, 5 hours 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 636 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2014 .SYNOPSIS... A FRONT STALLED OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING...MOVES NORTH THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN SOUTH LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. HIGH PRESSURE CROSSES FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. NEXT SYSTEM SUNDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... 630 AM UPDATE... INCREASED THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE TUG FORK PARALLEL TO THE WARM FRONT THIS MORNING...CARRYING IT N WITH THE FRONT TODAY. PREV DISCN... A COLD FRONT THAT SETTLED SWD INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT...APPEARS TO HAVE STALLED IN A W TO E ORIENTATION ACROSS THE CENTER OF THE FCST AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. IT REMAINS THERE UNDER ZONAL UPPER LEVEL FLOW THIS MORNING...BEFORE MOVING N AS A WARM FRONT THIS AFTERNOON...AS H7 FLOW BACKS TO SW. CAN ALMOST NEVER DISCOUNT THE SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM POSSIBILITY NEAR AND S OF THE FRONT. AFTERNOON IS NOT THE MOST FAVORED TIME FOR WARM ADVECTION ELEVATED CONVECTION...BUT DO INCREASE POPS TO HIGH CHANCE N AS THE WARM FRONT PUSHES N. UPPER LEVEL FLOW REMAINS ZONAL INTO THIS EVENING...UNTIL A FLAT S/W TROUGH MOVES THROUGH...THEN VEERS TO WNW IN ITS WAKE. THAT S/W PUSHES A SFC LOW EWD ALONG NRN FRINGES OF FCST AREA TONIGHT...DRAGGING A COLD FRONT INTO THE MIDDLE OHIO VALLEY TOWARD DAWN THU. THERE IS PLENTY OF MOISTURE AND WIND SHEAR TO...TOGETHER WITH AFTERNOON HEATING AND NEARLY STEADY TEMPERATURES ALOFT...SUPPORT STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SOMEWHERE AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. ONE KEY TO THIS PART OF THE FCST IS THE UPSTREAM COMPLEX OVER THE MIDWEST. IF IT WERE TO HOLD TOGETHER DURING THE DAY TODAY...IT WOULD TRACK EWD OR ESEWD RIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE AREA...CARRYING ITS ATTENDANT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THREAT...ALONG WITH ITS SEVERE THREAT...WITH IT. THIS WOULD PULL THE SEVERE THREAT BACK TO MIDDAY AND AFTERNOON TODAY...RATHER THAN LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT...AND ALSO INTRODUCE OR ENHANCE THE THREAT FOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL...AND HENCE THE SLIGHT TO MODERATE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL DAY 1 FCST OUT OF WPC. THINKING HERE IS THAT THE COMPLEX WILL UNDERGO CLOUD TOP WARMING AFTER SUNRISE AND THUS BREAK UP. RESIDUAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AND THE PROGRESS OF THE WARM FRONT INTERACT NON-LINEARLY AND FOCUS WHERE NEW CONVECTION FIRES UP LATER THIS AFTERNOON. SYNOPTICALLY...THE FORECAST AREA WILL BE IN THE WARM SECTOR JUST S OF THE EWD-MOVING SFC LOW...THE MOST FAVORED AREA FOR STRONG CONVECTION...ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE UPPER LEVEL S/W FORCING ALSO PASSING RIGHT OVER THE AREA. THE MODELS DO CONTINUE TO HOLD THE BEST INSTABILITY OUT TO THE W EVEN AS THE DYNAMICS STREAK EWD ACROSS THE FCST AREA THIS EVENING. WIND SHEAR FAVORS THE LATE DAY CONVECTION EVOLVING AN ORGANIZED BOWING LINE WHICH THEN COULD OUTRUN THE BEST INSTABILITY WHILE GETTING WELL AHEAD OF THE SFC COLD FRONT. THIS WOULD SPEED UP THE SEVERE THREAT SOMEWHAT WHILE ALSO ENHANCING IT...THE DAMAGING WIND THREAT IN PARTICULAR. THE DAMAGING WIND THREAT IS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE WEATHER GRIDS / ZONES FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE SPEED OF THE CONVECTION SHOULD KEEP EXCESSIVE RAINFALL LOCALIZED FOR THE MOST PART. THIS COULD CHANGE IF EITHER THE UPSTREAM MCS SURVIVES TODAY...OR TRAINING SETS UP WITH THE NEW CONVECTION LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION ENDS EITHER IN THE WAKE OF THE CONVECTION OR WITH THE FRONT ITSELF AS IT PUSHES INTO THE MIDDLE OHIO VALLEY BY DAWN THU. STRATUS WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONTAL INVERSION ONCE THE FRONT PASSES. USED BIAS CORRECTED DATA TO LOWER HIGHS A LITTLE TODAY GIVEN CLOUDS FROM THE MCS AND THE WARM FRONT. THIS COULD ALSO DAMPEN THE SEVERE POTENTIAL FOR LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. USED A NAM / MET BLEND FOR TEMPERATURES 12Z THU IN THE BAROCLINIC ZONE TO ARRIVE AT LOWS...WHICH SHARPENS THE DEPICTION OF THE THERMAL GRADIENT A LITTLE. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... THERE WILL BE ONGOING CONVECTION TO BEGIN THE SHORT TERM WITH A COLD FRONT POSITIONED FROM NORTHERN WV SOUTHWEST ALONG THE OHIO RIVER AND INTO EASTERN KY...SHORTWAVES EMBEDDED IN UPPER LEVEL FLOW AND AMPLE MOISTURE OUT AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WILL SUPPORT WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WV AND OUR EASTERN KY/VA COUNTIES...ALTHOUGH ANY SVR POTENTIAL SHOULD BE OVER FOR MOST BY SUNRISE THURSDAY...WITH LINGERING 500J CAPE IN WARM SECTOR AHEAD OF THE FRONT OVER THE SOUTHERN COAL FIELDS AND SOUTHEASTERN MTN COUNTIES AROUND SUNRISE...CANT RULE OUT A SVR GUST WITH ANY ONGOING CONVECTION ACROSS THAT AREA...EVEN THEN WESTERLY 850 FLOW WILL BE WEAKENING TO THE 30KT RANGE...SHOWERS AND GENERAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER THROUGH THE MORNING BEFORE BEING SWEPT ESE BY EARLY AFTERNOON...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN QUICKLY BEHIND THE FRONT AND WE DRY OUT NICELY BY THE END OF THE DAY THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY...LOTS OF UNCERTAINTY TO THE POSITION OF THE WARM FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WSW AND ANY ASSOCIATED PRECIP FRIDAY AFTERNOON...FOR NOW WENT PRIMARILY WITH NAM SOLUTION AND CHANCE POPS ACROSS SOUTHERN COALFIELDS...BUT DID DOWNPLAY CONVECTION POTENTIAL WITH DOUBTS IN THE WARM FRONT LIFTING THAT FAR NORTH DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... FOLLOWED WPC CLOSELY WITH THE LOW AND COLD FRONT RIDING THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE WESTERLIES...WHICH BRINGS IT ACROSS OUR AREA SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THE SHORT WAVE AT THIS DISTANT TIME DOES HAVE A BIT MORE AMPLITUDE WHICH WILL LIKELY DRAG THE SURFACE LOW FARTHER NORTH ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES. EXPECT A GOOD WARMUP AND MOISTURE INFLUX AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM ALSO. SO...LOOKS LIKE A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...BEFORE THE FRONT EXITS DURING MONDAY...FOLLOWED BY DRIER AND COOLER AIR NEXT TUESDAY. && .AVIATION /12Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... PATCHY MVFR STRATOCU AND MIST FIRST THING THIS MORNING DISSIPATES WITHIN FIRST HOUR OR TWO OF FCST. THE COLD FRONT THAT TRIGGERED THE THUNDERSTORMS LAST EVENING WILL RETURN N AS A WARM FRONT THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SOME SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY CARRY MVFR...LOCAL IFR...CONDITIONS. OUTSIDE OF THE STORMS...EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS. LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK N OF THE AREA TONIGHT...DRAGGING THE FRONT BACK DOWN AS A COLD FRONT. THIS WILL TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WILL BE QUITE STRONG...LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. HAVE GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 KTS IN THUNDERSTORMS IN THE TAFS...BUT SEVERE GUSTS...50 KTS OR MORE...ARE POSSIBLE. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO CARRY LIFR CONDITIONS. MOST OF THE ACTION SHOULD BE 01Z-05Z THU...LATEST E. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL TEND TO WEAKEN AFTER 06Z THU...AND THE COLD FRONT WILL START TO BRING AN END TO THE ACTION ALTOGETHER BY 12Z THU...AS IT PUSHES INTO THE MIDDLE OHIO VALLEY. LIGHT AND VARIABLE SFC FLOW THIS MORNING WILL BECOME LIGHT S TO SW THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AND THEN TO NW AND A BIT BRISK BEHIND THE FRONT OVER THE MIDDLE OHIO VALLEY TOWARD 12Z THU. LIGHT NW FLOW ALOFT THIS MORNING WILL BECOME LIGHT SW THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN MODERATE SW TONIGHT. A WIND SHIFT TO LIGHT TO MODERATE N ALOFT WILL MAKE IT TO THE OHIO RIVER BY 12Z THU. FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY... FORECAST CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM. ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: TIMING AND DEGREE OF IMPACTS FROM THUNDERSTORMS COULD VARY LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. IF A LARGE BOWING LINE DEVELOPS LATER TODAY...THAT WOULD LIKELY SPEED UP THE TIMING...ESPECIALLY DOWNSTREAM...AS WELL AS INCREASE THE WIND THREAT. TIMING AND EXTENT OF POST RAIN FOG AND STRATUS WILL VARY LATE TONIGHT. 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 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 EDT 1HRLY 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 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 H M H H H H H H H H H H EKN CONSISTENCY H M M H H H H H H H H H PKB CONSISTENCY L L L H H H H H H H H H CKB CONSISTENCY M L H H H H H H H H H H AFTER 12Z THURSDAY... OCCASIONAL IFR IN SHOWERS AND STRATUS THU MORNING. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. KY...NONE. VA...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...TRM/JM NEAR TERM...TRM SHORT TERM...JM LONG TERM...JMV AVIATION...TRM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 644 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2014 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-051045- 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- 644 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE A POSSIBILITY LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE EXACT TIMING AND THE LEVEL OF THE THREAT REMAIN IN QUESTION IN PART DEPENDING UPON THE EVOLUTION OF A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX OVER THE MIDWEST THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS APPEAR TO BE THE PRIMARY THREAT. LOCALIZED HIGH WATER MAY ALSO BE SEEN IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE REPEATED DOWNPOURS. .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. TRM / JM
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:12 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown down along Wingo Road.
Quarter size hail fell along Dry Fork Road.
Several trees were blown down along Five Forks Road.
Trees were blown down, blocking roads. Roof damage occurred to a few homes. One mobile home had damage from a fallen tree.
Trees fell onto electric lines causing damage to poles. About 25 tress were blown down in the vicinity. Minor roof damage also occurred.
Estimated rains of 2 to 2.5 inches in less than 3 hours caused minor flash flooding along the headwaters of the Left Fork of Blaine Creek, including its Prince Branch. Roads were flooded including Route 1715.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, June 2014
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: 510353, 510352, 510351, 510355, 510357, 510356, 510354.