A disturbance in the wind flow aloft, along with afternoon heating and instability, helped maintain thunderstorms. They moved through extreme southeast Ohio into western West Virginia.
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A disturbance in the wind flow aloft, along with afternoon heating and instability, helped maintain thunderstorms. They moved through extreme southeast Ohio into western West Virginia.
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 Aug 2, 1:19 PM EST, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 219 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014 .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER LEVEL LOW CROSSES TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE PASSES EARLY NEXT WEEK. A COLD FRONT CROSSES MID WEEK. A STRONGER HIGH THEN BUILDS IN TO CLOSE OUT THE WORK WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/... THE HRRR SEEMS TO HAVE THE BEST HANDLE ON WHAT IS CURRENTLY GOING ON ALTHOUGH NONE OF THE MODELS SEEM TO BE GRASPING WHAT APPEARS TO BE A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS JUST AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHING THE MIDDLE OHIO VALLEY. THAT TROUGH BECOMES A CLOSED LOW AT TIMES AS IT MOVES ACROSS TONIGHT. IT THEN OPENS UP AND PULLS OUT OF THE AREA ON SUNDAY. HAVE THE ASSOCIATED CONVECTION WANING WITH THE SUNSET TONIGHT...THEN REFIRING A BIT DURING THE HEATING OF THE DAY SUNDAY...BEFORE TRENDING DRIER FROM THE W LATE IN THE DAY...AS THE SYSTEM BEGINS PULLING OUT OF THE AREA. WILL HAVE TO WATCH THE SLOWER CELL MOVEMENT AS THE FLOW IN THE COLUMN WEAKENS UNDERNEATH THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS. TEMPERATURES LOOKED GOOD IN LIGHT OF THE LATEST GUIDANCE. && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... SHORTWAVE ENERGY PUSHES OFF TO THE EAST BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD...WITH DRIER WEATHER AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN. FLOW WILL TURN MORE SOUTHEASTERLY LATER IN THE DAY MONDAY...WITH UPSLOPE SHOWERS POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN COUNTIES. UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL RETURN TO THE AREA TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY SAGS SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA. STILL SOME TIMING...PLACEMENT DIFFERENCES AMONG THE MODELS...AND FOLLOWED THE TREND OF THE ECMWF IN TERMS OF POPS...WHICH IS SLOWER...AND NOT AS COOL AS THE GFS. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... UNCERTAINTY EXISTS IN THE LONG TERM PERIOD CONCERNING THE SOUTHWARD EXTENT OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY MID WEEK...AND THE APPROACH OF ANOTHER SYSTEM...THAT SHOULD AFFECT THE AREA TOWARDS THE END OF THE PERIOD. KEPT A BROAD BRUSH OF POPS...AND OVERALL UNSETTLED WEATHER TREND DURING THE EXTENDED PERIOD. && .AVIATION /18Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TOO INCREASE IN AREA COVERAGE IN THE HEAT OF THE AFTERNOON...AND IN RESPONSE TO AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHING FROMM THE W. THESE STORMS WILL DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET. DENSE VALLEY FOG IS LIKELY OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. MVFR STRATOCU MAY ALSO SHOW UP OVER EASTERN WV TONIGHT. SUNDAY WILL BE A MAINLY VFR DAY ONCE THE FOG BURNS OFF...AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PULLS OUT OF THE AREA...WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION MOVING EWD. FLOW SFC AND ALOFT WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE...BECOMING LIGHT NW ALOFT OVERNIGHT AND SUNDAY. FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY... FORECAST CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM TO HIGH. ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF CONVECTION MAY VARY INTO THIS EVENING. TIMING AND EXTENT OF FOG MAY VARY...ALTHOUGH CONFIDENCE IN DENSE FOG IN GENERAL IS HIGH. 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 L HTS CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H M M L BKW CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H M M M H H EKN CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H M L L L PKB CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H M H CKB CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H M M L AFTER 18Z SUNDAY... VLIFR IN DENSE RIVER VALLEY FOG OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING AS FOG SEASON IS UPON US...AND WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. KY...NONE. VA...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...TRM/RPY/30 NEAR TERM...TRM SHORT TERM...SL LONG TERM...SL AVIATION...TRM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 259 AM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-030700- 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- 259 AM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
224 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014
OHZ083-084-021915-
JACKSON OH-VINTON OH-
224 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR VINTON AND NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTIES
IN SOUTHEAST OHIO UNTIL 315 PM EDT...
AT 216 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS 11 MILES WEST OF
MCARTHUR. THIS LINE OF STORMS IS NEARLY STATIONARY.
WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO
POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.
THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR EAGLE MILLS AND ALLENSVILLE THROUGH AT
LEAST 315 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 3921 8277 3937 8275 3937 8274 3937 8264
3938 8263 3938 8252 3940 8251 3939 8230
3933 8229 3910 8252 3899 8274 3913 8280
08SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
237 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014
KYZ101-102-021915-
CARTER KY-GREENUP KY-
237 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR GREENUP AND CENTRAL CARTER COUNTIES
UNTIL 315 PM EDT...
AT 230 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED
7 MILES NORTH OF CARTER CAVES STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND PEA-SIZED HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS. EXPECT INTENSE LIGHTNING FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS. DO
NOT STAY IN THE OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING
THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR GESLING AROUND 245 PM...LETITIA
AROUND 250 PM...WARNOCK AROUND 305 PM...WARNOCK AROUND 310 PM AND
OLDTOWN AROUND 315 PM.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-64 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
156 AND 171 IN KENTUCKY.
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 3842 8324 3847 8319 3850 8319 3856 8310
3863 8308 3868 8304 3870 8304 3871 8303
3854 8276 3821 8308 3823 8313 3836 8325
08SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
328 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014
KYZ101>103-OHZ087-WVZ005-022030-
BOYD KY-CARTER KY-GREENUP KY-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE WV-
328 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENUP...EASTERN
CARTER AND BOYD COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY
IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...AND NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA
UNTIL 430 PM EDT...
AT 317 PM EDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS LOCATED 7
MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAYSON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM...AND
WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES
AND SMALL STREAMS.
EXPECT INTENSE LIGHTNING FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM. DO NOT STAY IN THE
OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE
INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR PRINCESS...RUSH...AND RACELAND AROUND
335 PM...GARNER...AND FLATWOODS AROUND 340 PM...CANNONSBURG...
SUMMIT...BELLEFONTE...AND RUSSELL AROUND 345 PM AND MAVITY AROUND 350
PM.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 173 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 3855 8283 3853 8238 3843 8243 3841 8250
3837 8246 3823 8252 3825 8261 3826 8261
3827 8263 3826 8267 3833 8294
08The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 61 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:15 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down along Route 243.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, August 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: 525228, 525223.