Showers along a cold front caused a localized stronger gust in Belington of Taylor County during the early evening.
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Showers along a cold front caused a localized stronger gust in Belington of Taylor County during the early evening.
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 Apr 25, 1:58 PM EST, 3 hours 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 258 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014 .SYNOPSIS... SHOWERS END TONIGHT...WEAK COLD FRONT NORTH SATURDAY. LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES MONDAY AND CROSSES MIDWEEK...FOLLOWED BY MUCH COOLER WEATHER FOR THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/... SURFACE COLD FRONT HAS BEGUN TO MOVE THROUGH WEST VIRGINIA ALONG WITH THE ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL TROUGH...WEAK TSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COAL FIELDS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS WITH MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS ACROSS THE EASTERN MTNS ALSO MOVING EAST OUT OF THE CWA BY LATE AFTERNOON...SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS ALONG THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE WV LOWLANDS THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY THIS EVENING...NOT EXPECTING TSTORMS ALONG THE FRONT DUE TO LACK OF THERMAL INSTABILITY...LOWERED WINDS/WIND GUSTS SLIGHTLY FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST GIVEN OBS ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT DIDNT EXHIBIT MUCH OF AN INCREASE. GRADUAL STABILIZATION BEHIND THE EXITING SYSTEM WILL MAKE FOR A PLEASANT AND DRY EVENING WITH CLOUDS CLEARING OUT LATER TONIGHT...WINDS WEAKEN OVERNIGHT PROVIDING A SHORT WINDOW OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN VALLEY FOG BETWEEN 06Z-09Z...WESTERLY WINDS PICK UP AFTER SUNRISE SATURDAY AS UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE QUICKLY MOVES THROUGH THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA...CONTINUED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON/EARLY EVE...HIGHS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE LOW/MID 70'S FOR MOST OF US...SLIGHTLY COOLER IN THE EATERN MTN COUNTIES. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... WEAK COOL FRONT STILL PROGGED BY THE MODELS TO DROP SOUTH THRU OUR AREA SATURDAY NIGHT AND WEAKEN...AS RIDGING ALOFT BUILDS HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE OHIO VALLEY. ANY LEFT OVER WIDELY SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS WITH THE FRONT WILL END QUICKLY SATURDAY EVENING WITH DEPARTURE OF AN ATTENDING UPPER DISTURBANCE. LOOK FOR DRIER AIR AND COOLER TEMPERATURES SATURDAY NIGHT WITHIN THE HIGH PRESSURE...WITH DECREASING CLOUDS. SUNDAY WILL BE THE BEST DAY OVER THE WEEKEND...AS HIGH PRESSURE WITH SUNSHINE DOMINATES...AND ALLOWS TEMPERATURES TO RISE BACK UP INTO THE 70S. NEXT MAJOR LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM THE WEST APPROACHES MONDAY...PULLING THE MOISTURE AND FRONT BACK NORTH. MODEL AGREE ON ENOUGH ISENTROPIC LIFT AND MOISTURE RETURN FOR A BAND OF WARM FRONTAL OVERRUNNING LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. WILL GO WITH HIGH CHANCE SOUTH AND LIKELY POPS NORTH...MAINLY MONDAY MORNING. DURING THE AFTERNOON...THE PRECIP SHIELD WILL BE LIFTING NORTH WITH THE FRONT...SO WILL BE DECREASING POPS FROM SOUTH TO NORTH MONDAY AFTERNOON. WILL STILL LEAVE A CHANCE OF CONVECTION MONDAY AFTERNOON EVERYWHERE...GIVEN THE INCREASINGLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR. LOOK FOR TEMPERATURES AGAIN BACK INTO THE 70S MONDAY. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... UNSETTLED WEATHER IN THE LONG TERM PERIOD. WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY NORTH OF THE CWA ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO/NORTHERN IN AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD. WARM MOIST AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE CWA...COURTESY OF STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW/40+KT LLJ. THIS WILL USHER IN MOISTURE LADEN AIR...WITH PW VALUES TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY RISING UP TO AROUND 1.4 TO 1.5 INCHES...OR WELL ABOVE NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. EXPECTING ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY IN THE MOIST...HUMID...UNSTABLE AIRMASS. COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH AND MOVE THROUGH THE REGION WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION MAY BE ENHANCED AT TIMES AS WAVES MOVE ALONG THE FRONT THROUGH THE REGION. COOLER WEATHER BEHIND THE FRONT...BUT CONTINUED UNSETTLED AS UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO LINGER ACROSS THE MIDWEST. && .AVIATION /19Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... A COLD FRONT CURRENTLY POSITIONED ACROSS SE OHIO EXTENDING SOUTH INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY IS PROGRESSING EAST TOWARD WV...LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT WILL BRING VIS/CIGS INTO MVFR TO BORDERLINE IFR IN STRONGEST SHOWERS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BEHIND THE FRONT CIGS WILL REMAIN IN THE MVFR/IFR CATEGORY WHILE VISIBILITIES IMPROVE BACK TO VFR...BROUGHT WINDS DOWN SLIGHTLY FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST GIVEN OBS AS THE FRONT APPROACHED THROUGH THE MORNING. COLD FRONT WILL EXIT THE EASTERN MTN EARLY TONIGHT WITH CIGS REMAINING MVFR/IFR FOR A COUPLE HOURS BEHIND THE FRONT BEFORE CLEARING OUT AND WINDS DYING DOWN OVERNIGHT...GIVEN WEAKENING WINDS AND SCT/CLR SKIES BROUGHT VIS'S DOWN SLIGHTLY LATE TONIGHT...POTENTIALLY DROPPING TO IFR IN EKN DURING OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH ALL STATION SCATTERING OUT AFTER SUNRISE...CONDITIONS STEADILY IMPROVE AFTER SUNSET SATURDAY WITH MODERATE WESTERLY WINDS AND VFR AT ALL LOCATIONS THROUGH THE DAY. FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY... FORECAST CONFIDENCE: HIGH. ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: TIMING OF FLIGHT CAT CHANGES WITH SHOWERS MAY VARY...AS MAY THE GUSTY WINDS FRI. SOME POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR MVFR VIS AT EKN MAINLY BTWN 09Z-12Z SAT. 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 H HTS CONSISTENCY H H M M H H H H H H H H BKW CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H M L L H H EKN CONSISTENCY H H H H H M M M M H H M PKB CONSISTENCY M H H H H H H H H H H H CKB CONSISTENCY M H H H H H H M M M H H AFTER 18Z SATURDAY... NO WIDESPREAD IFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. KY...NONE. VA...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JMV/SL/JM NEAR TERM...JM SHORT TERM...JMV LONG TERM...SL AVIATION...JM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 420 AM EDT FRI APR 25 2014 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-260830- 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- 420 AM EDT FRI APR 25 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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 169 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:46 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Wind gusts estimated around 45 mph caused some tall evergreen trees to be uprooted in a small section of Belington. One of those trees damaged a roof. Also, the roof to a pavilion at the elementary school was blown down.
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