Small thunderstorms formed during the afternoon in a muggy summer environment. A lightning strike did minor damage in Point Pleasant.
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Small thunderstorms formed during the afternoon in a muggy summer environment.
A lightning strike did minor damage in Point Pleasant.
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 Jul 5, 9:18 AM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Charleston WV 1018 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016 .SYNOPSIS... Front dissolves today in weakening wind flow. Muggy air remains. Very warm and humid for balance of the week with disturbances along the southern edge of the upper level westerlies. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... 1015 AM UPDATE... The flash flood watch was allowed to expire, and the forcast remains on track. 6 AM UPDATE... Will increase pops for the showers in Ohio. Otherwise, southern disturbance and associated rain seem on track. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... A less organized weather pattern begins today. A weaker wind flow aloft...and surface dew points around 70 degs in the lowlands signal the summer dog days are trying to bark. This makes pinpointing areas of less organized convection harder...but could still be downpours. The old warm front that had lifted well north on Independence Day...reaching into western Pennsylvania during the afternoon...is now dissolving. There is a weak 925 mb dew point gradient and weak low level trof axis in western Ohio at 08z. This may be helping to trigger a few showers there. Otherwise...the 07z Rap has an elongated 500 mb vort across se Ky into nrn Tn. We held onto higher pops longer this morning across southern counties to account for that support. Will leave the flash flood watch linger a few hours longer there...though cells are still moving fairly quickly. Otherwise low stratus clouds widespread for 12z...keeping thick fog at bay. Have these clouds slowly lifting and dissolving into stratocumulus or cumulus this afternoon. Had to leave some 20 to 40 pops this afternoon...mainly east and south of the Oh Rvr. Another mid level disturbance in the Tennessee Valley tries to drift lazily northeast tonight. In the warm muggy night air...we also had to leave some 20 to 40 pops for convection across southern West Virginia and southwest Virginia...parts of northeast Kentucky. && .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... Life in the bottom of the westerlies means an unsettled pattern with various disturbances to contend with. One such disturbance lift up out of the TN Valley into Wednesday with a renewed shra/tsra threat. This will be followed by a more potent one diving into the region from the Upper MS Valley long about Thursday in the form of a potential complex. With the muggies around and continued high pwats...we will have to continue to be vigilant for localized flooding potential. Upper heights will build in on Friday with temps making a run toward 90 and combined with high dewpoints...heat index values may approach 100 in in S WV/NE Ky. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... Cold front slated for the later weekend time frame will knock temperatures down a bit and bring the PW values back towards normal with some drying aloft. Expect this to be short lived...with the trend and tendencies to rebound back into the unsettled...high moisture content zonal flow in the upper levels. CPC outlooks continue with better than normal chances for above normal temperatures for the extended time frame. && .AVIATION /14Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... Low levels are still saturated making ceilings and vsbys tough... but raised confidence from low to medium. The lower stratus ceilings beginning to lift a bit at 10z. Wave action coming back northeast...into southern West Virginia with peak coverage 11z to 14z....have higher pops mostly se of Crw...so to include Bkw. Some embedded thunderstorm still possible. Further west...hard to figure specific reasons for showers in Ohio...but very weak mid level trof and some gradient in the 925 mb dew points may be helping. Southern disturbance exits to the east after 15z. Have stratus lifting 12z to 16z and becoming mostly a 2 to 3 thsd ft cu or stratocumulus ceilings by 15z. Thinking enough instability and low level moisture for possible disorganized convection forming 18z to 21z...except not in southeast Ohio. Holding chance pops through the warm and muggy summer Tuesday night...but did not carry mention of pcpn in point tafs overnight Tuesday night. In the high dew points will have a lot of 2 to 4 mile vsbys for 06z to 12z Wednesday. FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 12Z WEDNESDAY... FORECAST CONFIDENCE: Medium. ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: Coverage of showers/storms overnight tonight may be more than 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 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 EDT 1HRLY 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 CRW CONSISTENCY M M M M M M M M M M H H HTS CONSISTENCY M M M M M M M M H H H H BKW CONSISTENCY L L L M M M M M M M M M EKN CONSISTENCY M M M M M M M M M M M M PKB CONSISTENCY M M M M M M M M H H H H CKB CONSISTENCY M M M M M M M M M H H M AFTER 12Z WEDNESDAY... Ifr possible in showers/storms Wednesday night and Thursday in rounds of convection. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...None. OH...None. KY...None. VA...None. && SYNOPSIS...KTB/30 NEAR TERM...KTB/TRM SHORT TERM...30 LONG TERM...26/99 AVIATION...KTB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1107 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-061515- 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- 1107 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...AN ISOLATED SLOW MOVING DOWNPOUR MAY BE SEEN IN THE MUGGY SUMMER AIR... THAT COULD CAUSE CREEKS TO RISE RAPIDLY. HOWEVER...THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. STRONG OR HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...THE STRONGEST MOST LIKELY TO BE ON FRIDAY. HOWEVER...THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. TRM
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
851 AM EDT TUE JUL 05 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0715 AM TSTM WND DMG 8 SW CHARLESTON 38.27N 81.73W
06/30/2016 KANAWHA WV NWS EMPLOYEE
HICKORY TREE DOWN.
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EVENT NUMBER RLX1601183
TRMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
951 AM EDT TUE JUL 05 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0715 AM TSTM WND DMG 8 SW CHARLESTON 38.27N 81.73W
06/23/2016 KANAWHA WV NWS EMPLOYEE
HICKORY TREE DOWN.
&&
CORRECTED EVENT DATE
EVENT NUMBER RLX1601183
TRMThe Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:55 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning hit a flag pole, then damaged the siding on a daycare center in Point Pleasant. A car parked nearby had its electrical system damaged.
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