Clusters of showers and thunderstorms moved north during the overnight hours of the 11th into the 12th. 5 to 2 inches of fell in a few hours over wet terrain.
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The episode as NWS RLX wrote it up.
Clusters of showers and thunderstorms moved north during the overnight hours of the 11th into the 12th. Rains estimated at 1.5 to 2 inches of fell in a few hours over wet terrain. Minor flash flooding occurred.
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 11, 9:42 PM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1042 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014 .SYNOPSIS... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BRINGS UNSETTLED WEATHER THROUGH THURSDAY. A COLD FRONT CROSSES FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...FOLLOWED BY HIGH PRESSURE TO START THE WEEKEND. WARM FRONT MOVES THROUGH SUNDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/... UPDATE... MOISTURE KEEPS PUMPING IN FROM THE SOUTH WITH PLENTY OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES TO KEEP THE ACTIVITY GOING WELL INTO THE OVERNIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY WITHOUT CEASING. CONVECTION IS RELATIVELY WEAK AT THE MOMENT...AND HAVE SHIFTED ATTENTION TO POSSIBLE WATER ISSUES. SEEM TO BE GETTING ENOUGH BREAKS FOR NOW HOWEVER...SO THINK A FLOODING THREAT IS LOW. STILL...TRAINING CELLS CAN BECOME PROBLEMATIC OF COURSE. HAVE BUMPED UP THE LIKELY POP COVERAGE AND EXTENDED IT FURTHER INTO THE NIGHT TIME PERIOD. ALSO ADJUSTED SOME OF THE OVERNIGHT LOWS UP A DEGREE OR TWO ACROSS THE AREA. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...AND ASSOCIATED UPPER TROUGH MOVING INTO THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PW VALUES OBSERVED ACROSS THE REGION ARE AROUND 1.25 TO 1.50 INCHES ATTM. STORMS ARE FIRING WITH HEATING ALONG LEFT OVER BOUNDARIES FROM YESTERDAYS STORMS. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AS WELL THIS AFTERNOON PRODUCING HAIL...WIND AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. MUCH OF THE CWA UNDER A SLIGHT RISK...AS WELL AS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL POTENTIAL. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. A WEAK TROF IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE REGION DURING THE DAY TOMORROW WILL KEEP THE CHANCES FOR CONVECTION GOING. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVES OUT OF THE AREA BY THURSDAY NIGHT...BUT A NEW SYSTEM WITH A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA LEADING TO MORE CONVECTION. FAIRLY UNSTABLE...BUT LIGHT FLOW SO NOT REALLY CONCERNED WITH SEVERE BUT WATER COULD BE AN ISSUE. CLEARING OUT ON FRIDAY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FOR DRY WEATHER SAT...ALTHOUGH THE GFS SHOWS THE RETURN OF MOISTURE FROM THE SW WITH THE FRONT PIVOTING AND RETURNING AS A WARM FRONT LATE IN THE DAY. TEMPERATURES FOLLOWED GUIDANCE SO THEY WERE NOT ADJUSTED MUCH. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE PERIOD. CHANCES OF PRECIP WILL INCREASE A BIT MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS A LOW APPROACHES. TIMING AND CHANCES ARE SOMEWHAT QUESTIONABLE THIS FAR OUT WITH SOME MODEL DISAGREEMENT. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. && .AVIATION /03Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... LOW CONFIDENCE AVIATION FORECAST THIS EVENING. EXPECT SOME AMENDMENTS HERE AND THERE. STRONGER CONVECTION ON THE WANE...BUT AS EXPLAINED IN THE NEAR TERM UPDATE ABOVE...HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR AN INCREASE IN CONVECTION AFTER 00Z WITH ACTIVITY MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTH. WITH THE LOW CONFIDENCE...DO NOT WANT TO LEAVE THE AVIATION COMMUNITY HANGING WITH TSRA ALL OVER THE PLACE...SO AM KIND OF FORCED TO GO WITH THE VCTS AT TIMES WITH SHRA LATER THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT. THE OTHER PROBLEM IS THE FOG POTENTIAL. LOOKING AT FORECAST SOUNDINGS...SEE MORE OF A STRATOCUMULUS DECK IN PLACE WHICH WOULD IDEALLY LIMIT FOG...BUT WITH RAIN TODAY AT ALL TAF SITES OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS...NOT SURE RESTRICTIONS WILL BE NIL. RELYING ON LAMP GUIDANCE FOR THE VISIBILITIES TONIGHT...WHICH SHOW SOME DISCIPLINE AND DO NOT TAKE THE SITES INTO THE DIRT...AND ARE SELECTIVELY GIVING IFR. MUCH HAPPINESS WI HEN THE GUIDANCE CAN GIVE A LITTLE COOPERATION IN OUR NECK OF THE WOODS. EXPECT MORE CONVECTION THURSDAY. FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY... FORECAST CONFIDENCE: LOW TO MEDIUM. ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: CONVECTION MATERIALIZATION AND TIMING COULD VARY. MIST/FOG COULD BE MORE DENSE THAN FORECAST. AMENDMENTS LIKELY. 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. DATE THU 06/12/14 UTC 1HRLY 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 EDT 1HRLY 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 CRW CONSISTENCY H H M M M M H L L L L H HTS CONSISTENCY H H H M M M M H L L H H BKW CONSISTENCY H H H H H H M M H H H H EKN CONSISTENCY H H M M M H H L L L L H PKB CONSISTENCY H H H H H M M M M H H H CKB CONSISTENCY M M M M M M M M M M M M AFTER 00Z FRIDAY... IFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN ROUNDS OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS INTO FRIDAY...WITH POSSIBLE LOCAL FOG 06Z TO 12Z LATE AT NIGHT/EARLY MORNING. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. KY...NONE. VA...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JS/LS NEAR TERM...JS/26 SHORT TERM...LS LONG TERM...LS AVIATION...26
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 757 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-130000- 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- 757 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
707 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0525 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 ENE LOST CREEK 39.19N 80.26W
06/11/2014 HARRISON WV 911 CALL CENTER
MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON ROUTE 57
&&
EVENT NUMBER RLX1401026
ARBSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
714 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014
OHZ086-WVZ007-112330-
GALLIA OH-MASON WV-
714 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR WESTERN MASON AND SOUTHERN GALLIA
COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EDT...
AT 709 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTHEAST
OF PROCTORVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR GALLOPOLIS FERRY AROUND 730 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 3884 8229 3878 8205 3859 8222 3860 8227
3858 8229 3858 8231 3859 8234
25PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
722 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0520 PM HAIL HODGESVILLE 39.07N 80.20W
06/11/2014 E0.88 INCH UPSHUR WV BROADCAST MEDIA
DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED TO MEDIA IN
HODGESVILLE
&&
EVENT NUMBER RLX1401027
ARBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
754 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0515 PM TSTM WND DMG CLARKSBURG 39.28N 80.33W
06/11/2014 HARRISON WV BROADCAST MEDIA
TREE DOWN ON WINDING WAY
&&
EVENT NUMBER RLX1401028
ARBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
756 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0509 PM TSTM WND DMG SALEM 39.28N 80.57W
06/11/2014 HARRISON WV BROADCAST MEDIA
TREE BLOCKING FORD STREET IN SALEM
&&
EVENT NUMBER RLX1401029
ARBSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 823 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014 OHZ075-085-120100- ATHENS OH-MEIGS OH- 823 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NORTHERN MEIGS AND CENTRAL ATHENS COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT... AT 819 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF RUTLAND...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR ALBANY AROUND 830 PM...ATHENS AROUND 850 PM AND THE PLAINS AROUND 900 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 3946 8219 3940 8191 3906 8210 3908 8223 05
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:28 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Feeder streams into Knox Creek, including Laurel Fork, flooded and closed roads. No structures were flooded. Mud and debris slides also occurred in this steep terrain.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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