Flash Flood and Hail in Ohio, June 3 to 4, 2014

Name: Flash Flood and Hail in Ohio, June 3 to 4, 2014
Start: 2014-06-03T15:47
End: 2014-06-04T21:15
Location: Ohio

June 3 to 4, 2014 · NWS RLX · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

After some early morning rain showers, scattered thunderstorms formed in eastern and southern Ohio during the mid afternoon hours of the 3rd, ahead of a cold front. The front sagged south to near the southern Ohio border with Kentucky by dawn on the 4th.

Where it happened

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Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $20,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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.

After some early morning rain showers, scattered thunderstorms formed in eastern and southern Ohio during the mid afternoon hours of the 3rd, ahead of a cold front.

The front sagged south to near the southern Ohio border with Kentucky by dawn on the 4th. A strong low pressure for early June moved east through the Midwest, and along the frontal boundary, during the day on the 4th. Near and south of the front, dew points were in the upper 60s and lower 70s. The disturbance passed to the east by early on the 5th.

Several rounds of showers and thunderstorms passed through southeast Ohio during the afternoon and evening hours on the 4th.

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 Jun 3, 2:02 PM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 2:02 PM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
302 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK COLD FRONT SETTLES INTO THE AREA TONIGHT...BEFORE STALLING
OVERNIGHT...AND THEN RETREATING BACK NORTH AS A WARM FRONT ON
WEDNESDAY.  A STRONGER COLD FRONT CROSSES EARLY THURSDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
LATEST RADAR LOOP INDICATES WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS
ARE DEVELOPING LINE OF SHOWERS ACROSS PORTIONS OF OUR AREA...
MAINLY SOUTHEAST OHIO. THESE STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS...BEFORE WEAKENING
THIS EVENING...WITH THE LOSS OF SUNSHINE.

A WEAK COLD FRONT SHOULD PUSH SOUTHEAST TONIGHT...BEFORE BECOMING
STATIONARY LATE TONIGHT. IT APPEARS FRONT WILL STALL OUT EITHER
JUST TO OUR SOUTH OR ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN ZONES. EXPECT AN AREA OF
SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS FEATURE.

FRONT WILL MOVE BACK NORTH AS A WARM FRONT ON WEDNESDAY. MODELS
AND WPC QPF SUGGEST SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL DEVELOP INVOF WARM
FRONT AND MOVE NORTH WITH IT.

SPC HAS PORTIONS OF OUR AREA IN SLIGHT RISK FOR TOMORROW AND
TOMORROW NIGHT. CURRENT THINKING IS THAT SEVERE THREAT SHOULD BE
AFTER 00Z THU. HOWEVER...WOULD NOT BE TOO SURPRISED TO SEE A
SEVERE WEATHER WATCH ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF OUR REGION BY LATE
AFTERNOON.

&&

.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE WESTERLIES ALOFT WILL DOMINATE. ONE LOW
PRESSURE WILL PASS JUST TO THE NORTH OF OUR AREA ACROSS CENTRAL OHIO
WEDNESDAY EVENING WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE
AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. THIS REPRESENTS THE MORE
SOUTHWARD TRACK OF THE LOW PER GFS/CMC RATHER THAN THE FARTHER NORTH
NAM TRACK WHICH APPEARS TO BE THE OUTLIER. WILL USE THE MIDDLE OF
THE ROAD GFS SPEED FOR THIS SYSTEM. THIS SCENARIO WILL HAVE THE
FRONT DROP INTO OUR NORTHWESTERN AREA WEDNESDAY EVENING AND EXIT THE
AREA BY MID MORNING THURSDAY. AT THIS EARLY STAGE...WOULD HAVE TO
CORRELATE THE POPS WITH THE SYNOPTIC FEATURES...SINCE IT IS TOO
EARLY TO DETERMINE ANY MESOSCALE INFLUENCES THROUGH EVOLUTION AND
TRACK OF ANY MESOSCALE COMPLEXES THAT WOULD DEVELOP. THUS...WILL
BRING CAT POPS SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THEN
TAPERING POPS OFF FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST MAINLY THURSDAY
MORNING AS THE FRONT PROGRESSES. A FEW STORMS MAY BE ON THE
STRONG...AND POSSIBLY SEVERE SIDE WEDNESDAY EVENING. ON THE OTHER
HAND...NOT EXPECTING WATER PROBLEMS AS THE SYSTEM WILL BE
PROGRESSIVE.

GUIDANCE CLOSE ON THE TEMPERATURES WITH A DRIER AND COOLER AIRMASS
MOVING IN THURSDAY. LOOK FOR TEMPS BELOW NORMAL THURSDAY..IN THE
70S.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
FOLLOWED HPC 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. 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 /19Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
18Z TUESDAY THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY...
SHOWERS HAVE PUSHED EAST OF REGION. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL STORMS
WERE DEVELOPING TO OUR NORTHWEST. CONDITIONS WERE GENERALLY
MVFR...LCL IFR...IN THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT REGIONS...WITH VFR
CONDITIONS ACROSS OUR WESTERN COUNTIES.

EXPECT CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE THROUGH 00Z WITH VFR CIGS/VSBYS
EXPECTED IN MOST LOCATIONS BY THAT TIME.

COLD FRONT WITH ASSOCIATED STORMS WILL THEN PUSH SOUTHEAST ACROSS
THE AREA TONIGHT. MVFR...POSSIBLY IFR CONDITIONS...ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE SHOWERS AND STORMS. IN ADDITION...WET GROUND...LIGHT WINDS
AND BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS MAY RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MVFR
CONDITIONS ALONG RIVER VALLEYS AND OTHER FAVORED LOCATIONS.

COLD FRONT WILL THEN MOVE BACK NORTH AS A WARM FRONT ON WEDNESDAY.
EXPECT SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT...WITH MVFR...
LOCAL IFR...CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. OUTSIDE OF THE STORMS...EXPECT
VFR CONDITIONS WILL RULE.

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

FORECAST CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM.

ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: TIMING OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM THIS
EVENING AND WEDNESDAY COULD VARY BY A COUPLE OF HOURS. TIMING AND
INTENSITY OF RIVER VALLEY FOG COULD ALSO 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    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
HTS CONSISTENCY  M    M    M    M    M    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
BKW CONSISTENCY  H    H    M    M    M    M    H    H    H    H    H    H
EKN CONSISTENCY  H    M    M    M    M    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
PKB CONSISTENCY  M    M    M    M    M    H    H    H    H    H    H    H
CKB CONSISTENCY  M    M    M    M    M    H    H    H    H    H    H    H

AFTER 18Z WEDNESDAY...
OCCASIONAL IFR IN ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY
NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

&&

.RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WV...NONE.
OH...NONE.
KY...NONE.
VA...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...JSH/JMV
NEAR TERM...JSH
SHORT TERM...JMV
LONG TERM...JMV
AVIATION...JSH

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 3:31 AM EST, 12 hours 16 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
431 AM EDT TUE JUN 3 2014

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-
013>020-024>040-046-047-040845-
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-
431 AM EDT TUE JUN 3 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE A POSSIBILITY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.
THE TIMING AND THE LEVEL OF THE THREAT REMAIN IN QUESTION.
HOWEVER...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS APPEAR TO BE THE PRIMARY THREAT.
LOCALIZED HIGH WATER MAY ALSO BE SEEN IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE
REPEATED DOWNPOURS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

KMC / TRM

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 1:13 PM EST, 2 hours 34 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
213 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2014

OHZ066-031845-
PERRY OH-
213 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NORTHERN PERRY COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM
EDT...

AT 212 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST
OF SOMERSET...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR CROOKSVILLE AROUND 230 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 3992 8218 3991 8217 3990 8216 3983 8216
      3983 8210 3981 8207 3973 8208 3973 8209
      3980 8240 3993 8241

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Special weather statement, Jun 3, 1:36 PM EST, 2 hours 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
236 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2014

OHZ067-031915-
MORGAN OH-
236 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY UNTIL 315
PM EDT...

AT 230 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF
PERRY STATE FOREST...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL 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.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR EAGLEPORT AROUND 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 3977 8177 3976 8175 3975 8174 3956 8183
      3967 8203 3972 8203 3973 8208 3978 8207

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Special weather statement, Jun 3, 3:22 PM EST, 25 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
422 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2014

OHZ075-032100-
ATHENS OH-
422 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR ATHENS COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM EDT...

AT 419 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF
NELSONVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND HAIL UP TO NICKEL 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.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR CHAUNCEY AROUND 430 PM...ATHENS AROUND 435 PM
AND STROUD RUN STATE PARK AROUND 440 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 3949 8205 3946 8206 3946 8200 3935 8185
      3932 8185 3930 8182 3927 8181 3927 8173
      3926 8172 3919 8191 3945 8229 3947 8229
      3947 8218 3955 8217 3956 8214

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Special weather statement, Jun 3, 3:47 PM EST, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
447 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2014

OHZ076-WVZ010-011-032130-
PLEASANTS WV-TYLER WV-WASHINGTON OH-
447 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR TYLER...PLEASANTS AND EASTERN
WASHINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM EDT...

AT 444 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST
OF ST. MARYS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND HAIL UP TO NICKEL 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.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR ST. MARYS AROUND 455 PM...POINT LOOKOUT
AROUND 510 PM...HEBRON AROUND 520 PM...WICK AROUND 525 PM AND
MIDDLEBOURNE AROUND 530 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 3955 8080 3935 8088 3939 8093 3934 8096
      3945 8137 3957 8129

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The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 134 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:48 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

2 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Athens

When: June 3, 3:47 PM EST
Where: Athens County, Modoc
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: CoCoRaHS
Coordinates: 39.470, -82.130

Hail, Gallia

When: June 3, 7:06 PM EST
Where: Gallia County, 0.66 mi S of Crown City
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Reported by: Broadcast Media
Coordinates: 38.590, -82.281

Flash Flood, Lawrence

When: June 4, 5:30 PM EST to 9:15 PM EST
Where: Lawrence County, 1 mi N of Hanging Rock to 1 mi NNW of West Chesapeake
Cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: $20,000
Reported by: 911 Call Center
Coordinates: 38.565, -82.720

Rain maximums of 2 to 3 inches fell in central Lawrence County in 3 to 6 hours. Several small streams flooded and closed roads. Some of the highest water was along McKinney Creek and County Route 36. The water surrounded a few homes. Water got inside a garage. Water from the headwaters of Ice Creek also flooded County Route 6 around Rock Camp.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Ohio in 2014 Every state in 2014 This day in weather history Warnings in Ohio, June 2014

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: 509961, 509972, 510346.