A mid level disturbance movng up the Ohio River Valley combined with a humid air mass to trigger clusters of showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening.
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The episode as NWS RLX wrote it up.
A mid level disturbance movng up the Ohio River Valley combined with a humid air mass to trigger clusters of showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon and 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 Jun 24, 6:13 PM EST, 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 713 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014 .SYNOPSIS... MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR REMAIN OVER THE REGION WITH AN UPPER AIR FEATURE AND COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS ON WEDNESDAY. DRIER/MORE MORE STABLE AIR THURSDAY. MOISTURE/INSTABILITY INCREASE ON FRIDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 7 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/... UPDATED THE FORECAST TO BETTER TIME THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION AND LOWERED POPS ELSEWHERE. ALSO LOWERED CLOUD COVER OVERNIGHT IN THE EASTERN COUNTIES BASED ON CURRENT SATELLITE TRENDS. && .SHORT TERM /7 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY/... THE BOARD AND WEAKENING MID LEVEL TROF STILL SWINGING THRU AT 00Z THURSDAY. BASED ON FORECAST SOUNDINGS...PICTURING A LOT OF LOW CLOUDS AND SHOWERS LINGERING ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN COUNTIES AT 00Z...BUT NOT A LOT OF LIGHTNING. THE 925 TO 850 MB LOW LEVEL FLOW ALREADY TURNING NICELY TO NORTHWEST BY 00Z THURSDAY...BUT SURFACE FLOW WEAKENS 00Z TO 06Z THURSDAY. SO WILL LEAVE HIGHER SURFACE DEW POINTS WEDNESDAY NIGHT ESPECIALLY IN WV AND SW VA. WILL MENTION SOME FOG OVER HIGH TERRAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL ALSO HAVE US FORECASTING MINIMUM TEMPERATURES A BIT HIGHER THAN MOS GUIDANCE...EVEN THOUGH SOME SITES ALREADY BEING RAIN COOLED AT SUNSET. KEEPING THURSDAY DRY FOR MOST OF OUR CWA WITH MORNING CLOUDS IN THE SOUTH BREAKING UP. WILL TRY TO HOLD TEMPERATURES DOWN A BIT THURSDAY BASED ON THE MORNING CLOUDS IN THE SOUTH. DO STILL HAVE 20 POPS LATE THURSDAY IN SW VA AND PORTION OF NE KY. OLD FRONT AND DEW POINT GRADIENT...LINGERS DOWN THE OHIO RIVER ON FRIDAY. WILL NOT JUMP ON THE CMC SOLUTION OF STRONGER MID LEVEL DISTURBANCE SWINGING THRU BY 12Z FRIDAY. IN CONTRAST...12Z GFS AND ECWMF MUCH DRIER. LIKE THE IDEA OF LEAVING OUR POPS IN THE CHANCE RANGE FOR FRIDAY...LIFTING SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DURING THE DAY. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... GENERALLY WENT WITH HPC THINKING WITH SOME TWEAKS. REGION SHOULD BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF BUILDING 500 MB HEIGHTS THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD. HOWEVER...MODELS INDICATE RIDGE WILL BREAK DOWN LATE IN THE PERIOD. WILL BE SEVERAL MID-LEVEL TROFS THAT COULD INFLUENCE THE WEATHER ACROSS THE AREA...BUT TIMING WILL BE TOUGH. SO...HAVE TAILORED POPS TO INDICATE MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS/STORMS. WPC TEMPS LOOK GOOD AND WERE GENERALLY FOLLOWED. && .AVIATION /00Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE OVER THE REGION...THUNDERSTORMS COULD FORM AT ANYTIME AND ANY LOCATION OVERNIGHT. OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS...EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS. AN UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE AND COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY...PROVIDING AN INCREASED CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY... FORECAST CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM. ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: TIMING OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD 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. DATE WED 06/25/14 UTC 1HRLY 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 EDT 1HRLY 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 CRW CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H HTS CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H 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 L L L L L PKB CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H CKB CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H AFTER 00Z THURSDAY... STRATUS/FOG EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING FOR SITES RECEIVING RAIN. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. KY...NONE. VA...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JSH/KTB/MZ NEAR TERM...RPY SHORT TERM...KTB LONG TERM...JSH AVIATION...RPY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 236 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ083-086-087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>007-013>015-024>026- 033>036-251845- GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-JACKSON OH-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH- DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-MINGO- LOGAN-BOONE-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE- 236 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. WVZ008>011-016>020-027>032-037>040-046-047-251845- JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE- CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR- BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- 236 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY...WITH HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. IF REPETITIVE SHOWERS HIT THE SAME SMALL STREAM BASINS...FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR. IF THAT THREAT INCREASES...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WOULD BE POSTED FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE COUNTIES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. OHZ066-067-075-076-084-085-251845- PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-VINTON-MEIGS- 236 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT...SOME OF THEM MAY CONTAIN HEAVY RAINFALL. IF REPETITIVE SHOWERS HIT THE SAME SMALL STREAM BASINS...FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY...WITH HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. IF REPETITIVE SHOWERS HIT THE SAME SMALL STREAM BASINS...FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR. IF THAT THREAT INCREASES...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WOULD BE POSTED FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE COUNTIES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
336 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014
WVZ040-047-242030-
BARBOUR WV-RANDOLPH WV-
336 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHEASTERN BARBOUR AND NORTHERN
RANDOLPH COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM EDT...
AT 332 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE FROM 9 MILES EAST OF PHILIPPI TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
AUDRA STATE PARK TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF AUDRA STATE PARK...MOVING NORTH
AT 10 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS...AND WILL CAUSE
WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL
STREAMS.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR JUNIOR AROUND 345 PM AND BELINGTON
AROUND 400 PM.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
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 3887 8001 3889 8011 3917 7994 3916 7982
3913 7983 3910 7980
30The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:01 UTC.
2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning caused a power surge in the air condition units to a church. A small fire started in the utility room. Luckily, there were parishioners inside the church. They smelled smoke and called the fire department.
Lightning killed 9 beef cattle and injured one. The lightning struck a tree on Red House Hill. The cattle had gathered under a tree. Two of the animals were thrown about 25 feet.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in West Virginia in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, June 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: 514058, 514194.