After some morning rain showers, scattered thunderstorms formed in eastern and southern Ohio during the mid afternoon hours on the 3rd, ahead of a cold front. The storms moved southeast into West Virginia during the evening hours.
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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.
The episode as NWS RLX wrote it up.
After some morning rain showers, scattered thunderstorms formed in eastern and southern Ohio during the mid afternoon hours on the 3rd, ahead of a cold front. The storms moved southeast into West Virginia during the evening hours.
The front sagged south to near the Interstate 64 corridor, near Huntington and Charleston, by dawn on the 4th. A strong low pressure for early June moved east through the Midwest, along the frontal boundary, during the day on the 4th. Dew points were in the upper 60s and lower 70s near and south of the front. The disturbance passed to the east by early on the 5th. Several rounds of showers and thunderstorms passed through West Virginia during the afternoon and evening hours on the 4th. The last of the showers and thunderstorms exited McDowell County during the predawn hours.
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, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.
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 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
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
14SPECIAL 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
14SPECIAL 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
14SPECIAL 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
14PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
508 PM EDT TUE JUN 03 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0447 PM HAIL 3 E BUCHTEL 39.46N 82.13W
06/03/2014 E1.00 INCH ATHENS OH COCORAHS
REPORTED NEAR MODOC OH
&&
EVENT NUMBER RLX1400955
ARBSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
531 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2014
WVZ010-011-019-020-030-031-032230-
DODDRIDGE WV-HARRISON WV-LEWIS WV-PLEASANTS WV-RITCHIE WV-TYLER WV-
531 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2014
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NORTHERN RITCHIE...TYLER...
DODDRIDGE...HARRISON...NORTHERN LEWIS AND PLEASANTS COUNTIES UNTIL
630 PM EDT...
AT 527 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS NORTHERN
WEST VIRGINIA....AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND WILL
CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND
SMALL STREAMS.
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 3958 8083 3948 8071 3947 8065 3945 8061
3944 8053 3947 8050 3947 8047 3941 8020
3938 8020 3897 8041 3926 8122 3952 8107
3960 8097 3961 8094
14The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:54 UTC.
6 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down along Cunningham Run Road and Bunnell Run Road.
Several large branches were blown down.
Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. A few tree branches were blown down.
A pole and lines were down at mile marker 106 on Interstate 77. This closed the north bound exit ramp at the Edens Fork exit.
Estimated rain totals of 2.5 to 3.5 inches fell north of the Interstate 64 corridor. Several streams overflowed and flooded roads, including Sevenmile Creek. A car was damaged from flood waters of Lower Creek.
Trees were blown down in scattered locations in the Beckley vicinity.
Estimated rains of 1.5 to 2 inches caused small streams to flood roads. This included such streams as the Middle Fork, Porter Fork, and Straight Fork. There was a water rescue from a vehicle.
An EF1 tornado started on a hilltop near the intersection of Howell's Mill Road and Rush Hollow Road. The tornado descended a valley containing the headwaters of Big Cabell Creek. The path ended on the opposite hilltop, resulting in a length around a half mile.
The maximum wind speed was estimated around 100 mph. The maximum width was around 400 yards.
One house sustained substantial damage, when a large tree fell on it. There was extensive tree damage, both snapped and uprooted. Some of the trees were 30 inches in diameter.
During a heavy shower, runoff and debris off a cut away and walled hillside, near the State Capitol, flooded a small portion of Interstate 64/77. The hillside drains were clogged, allowing for the water to pond. The west bound portion of the interstate had to be closed for a few hours, causing travel delays.
Estimated rain amounts of 2 to 3.5 inches in less than 3 hours over a small portion of the county along the Virginia border. A gauge south of the heavy axis at Jackson Flats measured around 2.2 inches.
Flash flooding occurred along the deep narrow valleys comprising both forks of Bull Creek. At the headwaters of the Left Fork of Bull Creek, the Mud Fork and the Road Fork also flooded. The feeder streams into Panther Creek called Greenbrier Fork and Trap Fork also flooded. The terrain varies about 800 feet between the ridge tops and hollows. One sleeping resident was warned by a phone call. A neighbor told her, your car is floating in your driveway. Another resident said, I've been here 25 years, and this is about the worst we've ever had.
Preliminary damage assessment had 1 house destroyed. Two other houses had minor damage and 49 others were affected. Two restaurants had minor damage. Fifty small private bridges and 20 vehicles were damaged. Personnel from the West Virginia National Guard were used to gain access to remote areas. The adjacent roads to these streams had sections washed out or undermined.
Localized flash flooding also occurred across the state border in Buchanan County, Virginia.
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 historyThe tornado archive for West Virginia, 2014Warnings 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: 509970, 509969, 509966, 510207, 509971, 510361, 510362, 510360, 510364, 510366, 510365, 510358, 510363, 510483, 510638, 510349.