A warm front lifted through the middle Ohio River Valley overnight from the 27th to the 28th. A potent upper level wave was moving through at the same time, and the combination of these two features led to thunderstorm development.
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A warm front lifted through the middle Ohio River Valley overnight from the 27th to the 28th. A potent upper level wave was moving through at the same time, and the combination of these two features led to thunderstorm development. Abundant low level spin in the atmosphere lead to a couple tornadoes, and also some other wind damage.
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 May 27, 11:57 PM EST, 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION National Weather Service Charleston WV 1257 AM EDT Tue May 28 2019 .SYNOPSIS... Weather disturbance brings storms across the north tonight. Hot for midweek. Next cold front late week. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TODAY/... As of 930 PM Monday... Raised pops across parts of southeast Ohio this evening, particularly Perry, Morgan and Athens counties based on current radar trends, and path estimates of convection hitting northern most Ohio counties in the next few hours...after midnight. Damaging winds are possible tonight across these areas. SPC has added parts of southeast Ohio zones to a slight risk for tonight. As of 615 PM Monday... Current forecast is on track and no updates necessary at this moment. Boundary is starting to move north through the area, but at this time, convection has been largely confined across western Ohio. Will maintain the slight chance pops. Still looking at a complex developing and moving across Ohio generally after midnight as shortwave energy moves across the Great Lakes, with strong damaging winds possible as strong 50-60 kt llj forms across the area. Best chances still look to lie along and north of I-70, sparing much of the CWA, but will monitor. As of 153 PM Monday... Best moisture depth as of early afternoon is located across the southern and western CWA, behind a quasi-hard-to-delineate warm front. Isolated showers and thunderstorms may occur through early evening across the aforementioned area as a weak mid level disturbance advects east, but most areas should remain dry. Overnight, the warm front should shift northeast across the area. At the same time, a rather potent H5 vort max is prog to advect SE with a cluster of convection/MCS moving ESE across N IN and N OH. How far south and east this convection makes it is a little uncertain, but the northern fringe of the CWA may be impacted overnight. As such, I have a gradient of chance POPs across the north to nil POPs farther south. An isolated strong wind gust may occur with the convection tonight, but an overall weakening trend should limit the better strong storm potential. Aforementioned vort max will exit the region around sunrise Tuesday with a period of DNVA and associated subsidence resulting in clearing skies. With rising heights and strengthening low level WAA, afternoon highs should be much warmer than today's values. Have gone a little on the lower side of guidance for max temps Tuesday, given the higher soil moisture across the region. Regardless, it will still feel hot and humid Tuesday afternoon. && .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... As of 225 PM Monday... Lingering evening convection across northern parts of the CWA Tuesday evening will shift north overnight as the baroclinic zone retreats. A mid level wave passes just to the north on Wednesday, but close enough for mainly scattered afternoon convection. This scenario repeats itself Thursday but with a stronger system and frontal passage, as the upper trof lifts into the Northeast. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... As of 253 PM Monday... The trof over the Northeast will linger through the weekend, with a general northwest flow regime across the area. This will make the region susceptible to disturbances traversing the back side of the trof with once such system slated for late Sunday. Otherwise, a somewhat cooler airmass can be expected, though likely slightly above normal. && .AVIATION /06Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... As of 1250 AM Tuesday... A thunderstorm complex will move across central Ohio and northern West Virginia early this morning. Brief IFR conditions and gusty winds can be expected with these storms. The storms are also producing tornados and may continue to do so for a couple of more hours. Outside of the storms, expect VFR conditions. FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 06Z WEDNESDAY... FORECAST CONFIDENCE: Medium at KPKB, KCKB and KEKN. High elsewhere. ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: Convection may have a greater impact on KPKB/KCKB/KEKN than currently 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. DATE TUE 05/28/19 UTC 1HRLY 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 EDT 1HRLY 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 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 M M M M M M M H H H H PKB CONSISTENCY H H H H H M H H H H H H CKB CONSISTENCY H H H H H H M H H H H H AFTER 06Z WEDNESDAY... Brief IFR possible in thunderstorms Thursday/Thursday night. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...None. OH...None. KY...None. VA...None. && SYNOPSIS...RH/30 NEAR TERM...RH/SL SHORT TERM...30 LONG TERM...30 AVIATION...RPY
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Charleston WV 1209 AM EDT Tue May 28 2019 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ083-086-087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>008-013>016-018-020- 024>034-039-040-515>526-290415- Greenup-Carter-Boyd-Lawrence KY-Jackson OH-Gallia-Lawrence OH- Dickenson-Buchanan-Wayne-Cabell-Mason-Jackson WV-Lincoln-Putnam- Kanawha-Roane-Calhoun-Doddridge-Mingo-Logan-Boone-Clay-Braxton- Gilmer-Lewis-Harrison-Taylor-McDowell-Wyoming-Upshur-Barbour- Northwest Raleigh-Southeast Raleigh-Northwest Fayette- Southeast Fayette-Northwest Nicholas-Southeast Nicholas- Northwest Webster-Southeast Webster-Northwest Pocahontas- Southeast Pocahontas-Northwest Randolph-Southeast Randolph- 1209 AM EDT Tue May 28 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky, portions of southeast Ohio, southwest Virginia and much of West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions by calling the toll-free spotter hotline, or by other methods detailed at www.weather.gov/rlx/reports. OHZ066-067-075-076-084-085-WVZ009>011-017-019-290415- Perry-Morgan-Athens-Washington-Vinton-Meigs-Wood-Pleasants-Tyler- Wirt-Ritchie- 1209 AM EDT Tue May 28 2019 ...TORNADO WATCH 269 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southeast Ohio and northern 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. Tornado Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions by calling the toll-free spotter hotline, or by other methods detailed at www.weather.gov/rlx/reports.
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 139 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:16 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees were blown down in Glenford.
A National Weather Service storm survey team found damage consistent with an EF1 tornado with estimated maximum wind speeds of 100 mph. The first damage was found along Township Road 71A, west of Roseville, where trees were blown down, swirls were seen in a hay field, and the roof of a porch was blown off. From there damage continued east southeast crossing State Route 93 into the town of Roseville and eventually Muskingum County. In Roseville, many trees were downed, several power poles were snapped, and an awning was blown off a house, which also sustained siding damage.
Several trees were downed along State Route 56.
Multiple trees were blown down in Burr Oak State Park.
A National Weather Service storm survey team found damage consistent with an EF0 tornado with maximum estimated winds of 80 mph. A small path of trees was found snapped and uprooted along Pumpkin Ridge Road, with debris scattered in a rotational pattern.
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