Ahead of a slow moving mid level trough in the Missouri, warm and humid air returned to northeast Kentucky on the 10th. Sunshine helped temperatures reach into the mid 80s during the afternoon.
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Ahead of a slow moving mid level trough in the Missouri, warm and humid air returned to northeast Kentucky on the 10th. Sunshine helped temperatures reach into the mid 80s during the afternoon. An arch of thunderstorms moved northeast out of Tennessee during the late afternoon, through eastern Kentucky and into West Virginia near sunset. A well defined shelf cloud was observed on the leading edge of the squall line. Wind gusts of 45 to 50 mph were widespread. For example, the Tri State Airport near Huntington had a gust to 51 mph at 1909E, a spotter near Leon had a 45 mph gust around 1955E, and Charleston had a 46 mph gust near 2030E. A few spots received slightly stronger wind gusts. Electrical power outages occurred. Cabell County and the Huntington vicinity had about 16,000 customers without electricity.
After an overnight and morning lull, more rounds of convection developed during midday on the 11th in southwest Virginia and southern West Virginia. Those showers and thunderstorms moved northeast through portions of West Virginia during the afternoon.
Additional clusters of showers and thunderstorms moved northeast through West Virginia during the overnight hours of the 11th into the 12th. Some of these showers were elongated along their movement. Local rains of 1.5 to 2 inches over wet terrain managed to caused minor flash flooding.
The final round of showers and thunderstorms came during the afternoon and early evening of the 13th, as the surface cold front was moving through. Some minor urban and poor drainage 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 10, 5:48 PM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 648 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 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. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... DID AN EARLIER UPDATE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON...TO BRING LIKELY POPS INTO OUR SW COUNTIES THIS EVENING. THINKING OVERALL THERE SHOULD BE A WEAKENING TREND ON THE CONVECTION FROM 00Z TO 03Z. LEADING CELLS MAY PULSE UP UNTIL THEN. OF COURSE...ANY SHOWER COULD CONTAIN A DOWNPOUR IN THE SOUTH AND WEST. ALSO LEFT CHANCE POPS FOR THE LATE NIGHT/OVERNIGHT HOURS MAINLY OVER THE WESTERN COUNTIES...IN THE DEEPER MOISTURE PLUME. && .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... UNSETTLED PATTERN FOR THE PERIOD WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDER CONTINUING. PW VALUES HOVERING AROUND 1.6 MEANS WE SHOULD EXPECT SOME FAIRLY HIGH RAIN AMOUNTS...PARTICULARLY IN THE MOUNTAINOUS COUNTIES THURSDAY AFTERNOON. FLOW WILL ALSO BE LIGHT....SO HYDRO MAY BECOME A PROBLEM THURSDAY. COLD FRONT ON FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...HOWEVER NOT EXPECTING TOO MUCH IN THE WAY OF WATER ISSUES SINCE PW VALUES WILL BE DROPPING. BEHIND THE FRONT...WE WILL START TO CLEAR OUT AND WARM UP. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... CLEARING SKIES BEHIND THE FRONT ON FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL INCREASE THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD UNDER HIGH PRESSURE. DECENT MOISTURE WILL ALLOW FOR SOME DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. && .AVIATION /00Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... HAVE CONVECTION MOVING NNE INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND THROUGH SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA THIS EVENING AS IT WEAKENS 00Z TO 03Z. RAIN INDUCED VALLEY FOG OR SCUD CLOUDS MAY FORM IN THE WAKE OF THE CONVECTION OVER SOUTHERN COUNTIES. WITH LAYERED CLOUDS AND POSSIBLE LINGERING SHOWERS OVERNIGHT IN THE OHIO VALLEY COUNTIES...WAS NOT QUITE AS THICK ON THE PREDAWN FOG AS PREVIOUSLY FORECAST. TIMING THE CONVECTION ON WEDNESDAY TOUGH...TRIED TO INCREASE 15Z TO 18Z IN THE WEST...THEN 18Z TO 21Z IN THE CKB TO EN CORRIDOR. FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY... FORECAST CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM. ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: IN THE WAKE OF THE EVENING CONVECTION...RAIN INDUCED FOG COULD FORM...WITH VSBY LOWER THAN FORECAST. TIMING ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPMENT ON WEDNESDAY COULD VARY FROM FORECAST. 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 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 EDT 1HRLY 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 CRW CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H M M M H H HTS CONSISTENCY M M M M M M H M M M H H BKW CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H EKN CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H M M M H H PKB CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H M M M H H CKB CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H M M M H H AFTER 00Z THURSDAY... IFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN ROUNDS OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY NIGHT 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...KTB SHORT TERM...LS LONG TERM...LS AVIATION...KTB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 720 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>009- 013>017-024>026-033>035-112330- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON- JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE- CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-MINGO- LOGAN-BOONE-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH- 720 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 278 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS...AREAS THAT DO GET HIT WILL BECOME VULNERABLE TO FLOODING. BY WEDNESDAY...AREAS THAT GET HIT WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS MULTIPLE TIMES COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING. THE THREAT CONTINUES THURSDAY...ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL BE MOST LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS BY THEN. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY DOWNPOURS DECREASES FRIDAY...BUT SOME AREAS MAY BE VULNERABLE TO EVEN MODEST DOWNPOURS BY THEN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. WVZ010-011-018>020-027>032-036>040-046-047-112330- PLEASANTS-TYLER-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS- HARRISON-TAYLOR-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS- RANDOLPH- 720 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS...AREAS THAT DO GET HIT WILL BECOME VULNERABLE TO FLOODING. BY WEDNESDAY...AREAS THAT GET HIT WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS MULTIPLE TIMES COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING. THE THREAT CONTINUES THURSDAY...ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL BE MOST LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS BY THEN. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY DOWNPOURS DECREASES FRIDAY...BUT SOME AREAS MAY BE VULNERABLE TO EVEN MODEST DOWNPOURS BY THEN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. KTB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 546 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014 KYZ101>103-105-102300- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLATWOODS...GREENUP...GRAYSON... OLIVE HILL...ASHLAND...LOUISA 546 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... THUNDERSTORMS COULD ROLE INTO NORTHEAST KENTUCKY BETWEEN 7 AND 9 O'CLOCK THIS EVENING. HEIGHTEN YOUR WEATHER AWARENESS NOW. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOOR THIS EVENING. MONITOR THE SKY TO THE SOUTH AND WEST FOR APPROACHING THREATENING WEATHER...AND BE READY TO MOVE INDOORS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. ALSO...ANY SHOWER OR STORM OVERNIGHT TONIGHT COULD EASILY CONTAIN A DOWNPOUR. KTB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 550 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014 VAZ003-004-102300- DICKENSON-BUCHANAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTWOOD...GRUNDY...VANSANT 550 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... THUNDERSTORMS COULD ROLE INTO DICKENSON AND BUCHANAN COUNTIES VIRGINIA BETWEEN 7 AND 9 O'CLOCK THIS EVENING. HEIGHTEN YOUR WEATHER AWARENESS NOW. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOOR THIS EVENING. MONITOR THE SKY TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FOR APPROACHING THREATENING WEATHER...AND BE READY TO MOVE INDOORS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. ALSO...ANY SHOWER OR STORM OVERNIGHT TONIGHT COULD EASILY CONTAIN A DOWNPOUR.
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:08 UTC.
12 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 4 flash flood, 1 lightning, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down along Walker Branch Road.
Scattered locations about the city had trees blown down. Officials reported a total of 42 roads were blocked temporarily. Two commercial signs were blown down. One restaurant had a glass window broken.
A few trees were blown down along Jennie Creek Road, causing power outages.
The local fire department responded to trees that had blown onto roads.
A large tree was struck by lightning. The tree came down onto a porch of a mobile home. Three men standing on the porch were trapped beneath the fallen tree. The local fire department freed the trapped men. One man suffered a broken collar bone and 5 broken ribs.
Several trees were blown down.
Several trees were blown down in the Gassaway to Sutton vicinity.
Trees were blown down onto power lines.
A tree fell onto a mobile home.
Quarter size hail fell at the intersection of Cox Fork and Mt Lebanon Roads.
A large pine tree was uprooted and fell on a garage and damaged vehicles. Other smaller trees and large branches were blown down.
Trees fell along Route 41, blocking the road.
Trees were blown down.
Trees were blown down along Route 57.
Roads were flooded by small streams. One example was Route 23 around Sedalia. A spotter reported 3 to 4 feet of water over 1 road. No structures were flooded.
Streams in the eastern portion of the county flooded roads. One example, was the headwaters of Yellow Creek flooded County Route 6 called Tanner Road.
Small streams flooded roads. One example was Bonds Creek north of Pennsboro. The headwaters of the North Fork of the Hughes River flooded Route 74 around Mountain.
Streams in the northwestern and western portion of the county overflowed and blocked roads. This included the headwaters of Little Ten Mile Creek around Wallace, and the headwaters of Bingamon Creek near Oakdale.
One prefrontal round of showers and storms hit around 1300E, followed by a local downpour around 1600E. The airport measured around .9 inches of rain in about 40 minutes. Rain of 1 to 1.5 inches likely fell in about an hour over wet terrain between downtown and the airport.
Standing water collected along streets, underpasses, and other poor drainage areas around Charleston. This included Interstate 64 near Fort Hill and Route 114 toward Capital High School. Underground culverts along Wertz Ave overflowed onto the street, causing some debris in yards. The professional baseball park had standing water collect throughout the outfield.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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