| |Small local downpours were the main result. However, most areas needed the rain after a dry month of August.
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The episode as NWS RLX wrote it up.
In a weak flow, diurnal heating, moisture, and instability lead to isolated to scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening.| |Small local downpours were the main result. However, most areas needed the rain after a dry month of August.
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 Sep 2, 2:39 PM EST, 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 339 PM EDT WED SEP 2 2015 .SYNOPSIS... WEAK HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL THIS WEEK. DIURNAL HEATING COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS OR STORMS THROUGH THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA. THESE STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN RESPONSE TO A MID- LEVEL SHORTWAVE WHICH IS CURRENTLY PUSHING SOUTHEAST. THIS FEATURE SHOULD CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTHEAST AND SHOULD EXIT THE AREA BY 00Z. IN RESPONSE...EXPECT ANY REMAINING CONVECTION SHOULD WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE BY LATE THIS EVENING. WITH LIGHT WINDS AND LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE IN PLACE...EXPECT RIVER VALLEY TO FORM AGAIN OVERNIGHT. ANY FOG/LOW CLOUDS THAT FORMS SHOULD QUICKLY DISSIPATE AFTER SUNRISE. MODELS SUGGEST ANOTHER SHORTWAVE WILL PUSH SOUTHEAST AGAIN ON THURSDAY...WITH SHOWERS AND STORMS DEVELOPING BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. LATEST MET/MAV NUMBERS WERE SIMILAR AND WERE CLOSE TO CURRENT NUMBERS...SO ONLY MADE SOME TWEAKS. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... A VERY WEAK SUMMER LIKE FLOW PATTERN ALOFT CONTINUES THIS PERIOD. WHILE THERE MAY BE HARD TO FIND WEAK DISTURBANCES JUST DRIFTING AROUND...THE DETERMINING FACTOR FOR ANY SHOWER ACTIVITY IN THE MOIST ATMOSPHERE IN PLACE WILL BE DIURNAL HEATING. WITH NO LOW LEVEL BOUNDARIES TO FOCUS ANY CONVECTION...WILL KEEP POPS IN THE SLIGHT TO CHANCE CATEGORY EACH AFTERNOON...RAPIDLY DISSIPATING WITH LOSS OF HEATING. THE BEST CHANCE WILL BE IN THE MOUNTAINS WHERE THE ELEVATED HEAT SOURCE WILL AID CONVECTION. TEMPERATURES WILL BE AROUND 90 DEGREES WITH A BIT OF HUMIDITY TO DEAL WITH. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... 12Z GFS SOLUTION WAS FASTER THAN THE 12Z ECMWF WITH A SHORT WAVE AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE FRONT TRYING TO DENT THE RIDGE BY DAY 7/TUESDAY. AT THIS DISTANCE IN TIME...WILL NOT JUMP ON THE FASTER SOLUTION BUT STILL HAVE CHANCE POPS IN SE OHIO AND NORTHERN WV TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TRIED TO HOLD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE DOWN A BIT FOR DAY 4/SATURDAY IN THE SOUTHEAST UPSLOPE AREAS...OTHERWISE NO MAJOR CHANGES. && .AVIATION /20Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... SCATTERED SHOWS AND STORMS WITH MVFR...PSBL IFR...CONDITIONS...HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE REGION. OUTSIDE OF THE STORMS...VFR CONDITIONS WERE THE RULE. EXPECT THESE STORMS AND MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 02Z. CLEARING SKIES AND WARM RIVER WATERS WILL ONCE AGAIN RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF DENSE RIVER VALLEY FOG AFT 09Z. EXPECT RIVER VALLEY SITES TO DETERIORATE FROM MVFR TO IFR/LIFR DURING THE 09-12Z PERIOD. ANY FOG WILL QUICKLY DISSIPATE BY 12-13Z FOR WIDESPREAD VFR CONDITIONS ON WEDNESDAY. DIURNAL HEATING AND A MID-LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL ONCE AGAIN RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED STORMS WITH MVFR...PSBL IFR... CONDITIONS...AFT 15Z THURSDAY. FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY... FORECAST CONFIDENCE: HIGH. ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: TIMING AND DEPTH OF FOG TONIGHT MAY 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 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 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 H H H H H 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 18Z THURSDAY... IFR POSSIBLE IN DENSE RIVER VALLEY FOG DURING EARLY MORNINGS. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. KY...NONE. VA...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JSH/JMV NEAR TERM...JSH SHORT TERM...JMV LONG TERM...FB/KTB AVIATION...JSH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 550 AM EDT WED SEP 2 2015 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-031000- 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- 550 AM EDT WED SEP 2 2015 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...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
150 PM EDT WED SEP 02 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0148 PM HAIL 4 ENE BEVERLY 38.86N 79.80W
09/02/2015 E0.25 INCH RANDOLPH WV TRAINED SPOTTER
TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS ONGOING HAIL.
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EVENT NUMBER RLX1501805
COOPERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 257 PM EDT WED SEP 2 2015 WVZ039-047-021930- RANDOLPH-UPSHUR- 257 PM EDT WED SEP 2 2015 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN RANDOLPH AND CENTRAL UPSHUR COUNTIES... AT 255 PM EDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS EXTENDING FROM NEAR BUCKHANNON TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MILL CREEK... AND MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. SHOULD THESE STORMS TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREA FOR A PROLONGED TIME...MORE SERIOUS FLOODING MAY OCCUR. FORTUNATELY...THE GROUND IS VERY DRY RIGHT NOW SO CAN HANDLE A GOOD DOSE OF WATER. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BUCKHANNON...HUTTONSVILLE...MONTERVILLE...FRENCH CREEK...ALTON... HELVETIA...TALLMANSVILLE...VALLEY HEAD AND ALEXANDER. LAT...LON 3851 8012 3861 7988 3899 8022 3892 8033 TIME...MOT...LOC 1855Z 339DEG 23KT 3892 8027 3863 8006 16
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:19 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A section of a large tree fell onto a covered patio.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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