Thunderstorms formed during the midday and early afternoon hours in central Ohio on the 13th. Rounds of convection continued into the night.
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The episode as NWS RLX wrote it up.
Thunderstorms formed during the midday and early afternoon hours in central Ohio on the 13th. Rounds of convection continued into the night. Downpours were common. Carpenter of Meigs County had over 2 inches of rain. One storm in Jackson County pulsed 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 Jul 13, 1:46 PM EST, 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 246 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014 .SYNOPSIS... COLD FRONT MOVES IN THIS EVENING/TONIGHT...AND MOVES THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THIS BRINGS STRONG...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS. A STRONGER COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. QUITE COOL MID WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/... CONVECTIVE WATCH IN PLACE OVER THE BULK OF SOUTHEAST OHIO WITH A FEW COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. CONVECTION HAS FIRED ALONG A LINE OF CONVERGENCE FROM NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH SOUTHWEST OHIO AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. THIS IS JUST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT THAT WILL BE MOVING SOUTH AND LOSING SPEED INTO THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THE BETTER DYNAMICS ARE CLEARLY TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA...WITH A 30-40KT LOW LEVEL JET AND A BULK SHEAR 0-6KM MAX THROUGH THE WATCH AREA AT 40KTS. STILL HAVE PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL INSTABILITY WITH INCREASING LAPSE RATES THANKS TO DEWPOINT INCREASES AND HEATING RESPECTIVELY. ROUNDS OF CONVECTION WILL AFFECT THE BULK OF THE LOWLANDS AND INTO THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS THROUGH TONIGHT. WITH PWAT VALUES AROUND 2 INCHES...MAYBE A TOUCH HIGH ON THE BIASED NAM...BUT HIGH NONETHELESS...PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE IGNORED. THE CULPRIT FOR THIS TONIGHT WILL BE A SURFACE WAVE ALONG THE FRONT. WE ARE INCLUDED FOR THE DAY 1 EXCESSIVE RAINFALL...SEE THE NAM DEPICTING POCKETS OF THETA E CONVERGENCE IN THE LOW LEVELS THROUGH TONIGHT. TRAINING PRECIPITATION OR MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF STORMS WILL BE THE KEY FOR ANY ISOLATED FLOODING PROBLEMS. NO WATCH HOWEVER BECAUSE OF THE DRY CONDITIONS OVER THE LAST 2-3 WEEKS. LOTS OF ROOM IN THE GROUND AND CREEKS AND RIVERS FOR RAINFALL. BUT RAINFALL RATES MAY TRUMP THAT AS WELL. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... AMPLIFYING UPPER TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE U.S. WILL DRIVE A STRONG COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING...WITH THE FRONT EXITING THE MOUNTAINS BY AFTERNOON. THE MODELS HAVE COME INTO GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE TIMING OF THE FRONT...AND ENDING THE WIDESPREAD CONVECTION QUICKLY BEHIND THE FRONT. WE LOOK FOR WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRECEDING THE FRONT...ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST DURING TUESDAY. EXPECT ONLY LINGERING SHOWERS IN THE MOUNTAINS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE AID OF UPSLOPE NORTHWEST FLOW AND COLD ADVECTION BEHIND THE FRONT. HOWEVER...THESE WILL END LATER IN THE DAY TUESDAY AS MUCH DRIER AND MUCH COOLER CANADIAN AIR FLOWS INTO THE REGION...COMPLIMENTS OF STRONG CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING SOUTHWARD FROM CENTRAL CANADA. THEREAFTER...CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING DRY CONDITIONS WITH WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S AND LOWS IN THE 50S. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... BY FRIDAY THE UPPER TROUGH LIFTS OUT AND THE FLOW BECOMES MORE ZONAL. THERE WILL BE A WARMING TREND BACK INTO THE 80S WITH INCREASING HUMIDITIES BY FRIDAY...AS THE SURFACE HIGH SHIFTS EAST AND SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW BRINGS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE BACK. THUS...THERE WILL ALSO BE A CHANCE OF A SHOWER OR STORM MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAINS FRIDAY. FOR THE WEEKEND...ALL DEPENDS ON A WEAK UPPER TROUGH THAT THE MODELS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY...WITH NO SURFACE REFLECTION. THERE IS ENOUGH MODEL CONSENSUS TO KEEP A CHANCE OF CONVECTION IN THE MOUNTAINS FOR THE WEEKEND...AND A SLIGHT CHANCE IN THE LOW LANDS. IN ANY CASE...IT WILL BE VERY WARM AND HUMID AGAIN. && .AVIATION /19Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... WELL...THIS IS ONE OF THOSE EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFICULT SET OF TAFS TO DELIVER WITH THE ATTEMPTS OF BEING AS DETERMINISTIC AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT BROAD BRUSHING THE ENTIRE FORECAST WITH TSRA WHICH HELPS NO ONE. CONVECTIVE WATCH CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR THE PKB TERMINAL. PRIMARY THREATS ARE WIND GUSTS...ALTHOUGH HAIL CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THERE IS A COLD FRONT APPROACHING...AND WITH DEWPOINTS AND INSTABILITY ON THE RISE...AN EXTENSIVE THUNDERSTORM FORECAST HAS BEEN ISSUED. WILL SEE COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS INCREASE THROUGH THE EVENING...WITH A SURFACE WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE RIDING ALONG THE COLD FRONT THAT WILL BE IN THE OHIO VALLEY BY THIS TIME. IT WILL BE HOLDING UP ITS PROGRESS...KEEPING HIGH CHANCES FOR CONVECTION GOING THROUGH THE NIGHT. THIS IS WHERE THERE WERE EFFORTS TO KEEP THE TSRA AT A RELATIVE MINIMUM SO AS NOT TO HAVE 12 STRAIGHT HOURS OF TSRA IN THE TAFS. UNFORTUNATELY...COULD NOT LEAVE THE MENTION OUT...SO THE VCTS/CB WORDING WAS USED. USED SOME EARLY ON CLUES FOR THE FIRST FEW HOURS...WITH A COUPLE OF TEMPO GROUPS OVER THE NEXT 3 HOURS FOR PKB AND CKB WITH A LINE ALREADY MOVING WEST TO EAST TOWARDS THESE TERMINALS. ALSO HAVE SOME CELLULAR CONVECTION PEPPERING THE MOUNTAINS...SO NEED VCTS FOR BKW RIGHT NOW. COMPLICATING THE MATTER IS THAT BREAKS IN THE CONVECTION AND TERMINALS THAT RECEIVE RAIN THAT COULD GO DOWN TO IFR FOG...EVEN IN CLOUDS. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR EKN AND CRW. SIMPLY CANNOT ACCOUNT FOR THAT IN PREVAILING CONDITIONS. IN THE END...LIKELY GOING TO NEED SOME AMD AND TEMPOS OVER THE NEXT 12-18 HOURS. CURRENTLY...DIURNAL MIXING IS BRINGING NON CONVECTIVE WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST TO 25KTS. THUNDERSTORMS ASIDE...THESE SHOULD SUBSIDE AFTER 22Z. FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY... FORECAST CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM ON WEATHER...LOW TO MEDIUM ON TIMING. ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: TIMING OF TSRA WILL BE PROBLEMATIC. MAY HAVE SOME FOG TONIGHT. AMD AND TEMPOS WILL BE NEEDED. 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 H H M HTS CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H 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 H M M H PKB CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H M CKB CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H M M AFTER 18Z MONDAY... IFR IN ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT...AND IN POST-RAIN FOG AND STRATUS OVERNIGHT MON NT INTO TUE MORNING. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. KY...NONE. VA...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JMV/26 NEAR TERM...26 SHORT TERM...JMV LONG TERM...JMV AVIATION...26
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 333 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014 KYZ101-OHZ086-087-WVZ007-008-016>020-029>032-039-040-141945- GREENUP-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-MASON-JACKSON WV-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN- RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-UPSHUR-BARBOUR- 333 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 413 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. KYZ102-103-105-VAZ003-004-WVZ005-006-013>015-024>028-033>038-046-047- 141945- CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-CABELL-LINCOLN- PUTNAM-KANAWHA-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-MCDOWELL-WYOMING- RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- 333 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. OHZ066-067-075-076-083>085-WVZ009>011-141945- PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-WOOD- PLEASANTS-TYLER- 333 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 413 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
213 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014
OHZ066-067-075-076-131845-
ATHENS OH-MORGAN OH-PERRY OH-WASHINGTON OH-
213 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON...PERRY...MORGAN
AND NORTHERN ATHENS COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM EDT...
AT 2 PM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING OVER
PERRY...MORGAN...AND NORTHERN ATHENS COUNTY. THEY WERE MOVING
TOWARD THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE WILL BEGIN MOVING INTO WASHINGTON
COUNTY BEFORE 3 PM.
KEEP AN EYE ON THE WESTERN HORIZON. BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER
INDOORS.
ANY STORM COULD EASILY CONTAIN GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH...SMALL
HAIL...AND DOWNPOURS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. IF ANY STORMS PULSE
TO STRONGER LEVELS...BRIEF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS COULD BE
POSTED FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS.
LAT...LON 3986 8216 3982 8216 3982 8207 3978 8207
3973 8163 3959 8158 3959 8152 3954 8148
3933 8186 3930 8226 3932 8230 3947 8229
3947 8218 3955 8217 3960 8239 3973 8238
3975 8241 3983 8241 3984 8247 3993 8246
22SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
253 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014
OHZ066-067-075-076-131930-
ATHENS OH-MORGAN OH-PERRY OH-WASHINGTON OH-
253 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR WASHINGTON...PERRY...MORGAN AND
NORTHERN ATHENS COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM EDT...
AT 239 PM EDT...CLUSTERS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE
SCATTERED THROUGH PERRY...MORGAN...NORTHERN ATHENS AND WESTERN
WASHINGTON COUNTIES. THE HEAVIEST DOWNPOURS WERE NEAR SHAWNEE...
GLOUSTER...AND NORTH OF BEVERLY.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
ANY STORM WILL CONTAIN A DOWNPOUR...WITH POOR VISIBILITY. WIND
GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...I-77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
1 AND 17 IN OHIO.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM ANY DOWNPOUR WILL CAUSE ELEVATED
LEVELS ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN
AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
KEEP AN EYE ON THE WESTERN HORIZON. BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER
INDOORS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. IF ANY STORMS PULSE
TO STRONGER LEVELS...BRIEF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS COULD BE
POSTED FOR STRONGER BRIEF WIND GUSTS.
LAT...LON 3982 8207 3978 8207 3976 8164 3968 8163
3966 8158 3959 8158 3959 8149 3965 8147
3957 8125 3934 8136 3941 8146 3937 8151
3932 8192 3932 8229 3947 8229 3947 8218
3955 8217 3960 8237 3973 8238 3992 8246
22The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:43 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down along Limerick Road.
A few trees were blown down from County Route 81 to Lesmill Road. Small hail also occurred in the area.
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, July 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: 519470, 519319.