Showers and storms that arose during the afternoon hours of the 16th and 17th resulted in downed trees across southeast Ohio. On the 16th, a weak cold front approached the area late in the afternoon accompanied by a line of thunderstorms.
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Showers and storms that arose during the afternoon hours of the 16th and 17th resulted in downed trees across southeast Ohio. On the 16th, a weak cold front approached the area late in the afternoon accompanied by a line of thunderstorms. Near the town of Eagle Mills, a man was struck by lightning. Trees were also downed nearby. The next day featured storms transpired by a weak disturbance passing through the Ohio Valley. Storms once again weakened on approach, but did inflict a few trees to be blown down in Neelysville.
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 Aug 16, 1:33 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION National Weather Service Charleston WV 233 PM EDT Sun Aug 16 2020 .SYNOPSIS... Cold front brings a broken line of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Less humid for much of the work week. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/... As of 120 PM Sunday... A broken line of showers and thunderstorms extends along a cold front draped from Dayton to Cleveland at this hour and will approach our western counties over the next couple hours. Loss of surface heating will largely confine thunder chances to west of the Ohio with rain showers continuing to march east overnight. Clearing behind the front will promote a mix of low stratus and fog formation heading into the morning Monday. Monday looks to be quite a pleasant day with highs temperatures a couple degrees above normal for this time of year, but more importantly, afternoon dew points in the low 60s. An upper wave approaches Monday evening and could spark a couple showers near the Ohio River prior to any limited surface based instability waning with loss of surface heating. Otherwise, have a dry forecast coded up. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... As of 232 PM Sunday... Surface high pressure across the Upper Midwest Monday night will gradually drift eastward towards the Great Lakes region through midweek, maintaining a low level northerly flow across our area. The low level northerly flow and the upper troughing in place across the eastern US should keep high temperatures right around normal for Tuesday and Wednesday. Mid level shortwave energy embedded in the upper trough may also provide an opportunity for occasional scattered showers and storms with the greatest coverage expected during the afternoon and evening hours. Precipitation chances are expected to be highest across the southern portions of our area where the better quality moisture and instability will be, but also will include some PoPs in the mountains as orographic lift should also aid in thunderstorm development. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... As of 232 PM Sunday... By late week, models show an upper level trough digging southward into the Gulf of Mexico and an upper level ridge off the southeast US. This will help the flow aloft become more southwesterly by the end of the week, which should allow temperatures to return to above normal values. This will also bring an increase in moisture throughout the area and as a result, the chances of showers and storms will increase Thursday and Friday. Southwesterly flow should continue to start next weekend, which should keep conditions unsettled on Saturday with scattered showers and storms across the area. By Sunday, a northern stream trough is expected to drop into the Ohio Valley and push a cold front towards our area, possibly resulting in additional storms across the region by the end of the long term period. && .AVIATION /18Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... As of 120 PM Sunday... A MVFR stratocumulus field slowly mixes out from west to east over the next couple hours. A surface cold front currently along a line from Dayton to Cleveland producing a broken line of showers and thunderstorms will approach the western terminals by 22Z. Have coded VCTS at PKB and HTS with only SHRA or VCSH at the remaining terminals as instability will decrease sharply as the front plows east. May see a little fog already starting to form near EKN by 04Z prior to arrival of the front with a brief improvement as the front slides by around 06Z. As the front clears the region overnight, more widespread fog/low stratus will form, clearing shortly after daybreak Monday. Winds mainly light and variable ahead of the front this afternoon. Winds turn northwesterly around 5-10KTs immediately behind the front with gusty and erratic winds possible with any stronger showers immediately ahead of it before going calm overnight. FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY... FORECAST CONFIDENCE: Medium. ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: Could see more low stratus than fog tonight. 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 H H H H H H H H H H M HTS CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H M H H BKW CONSISTENCY M M M M H H H H H H H M EKN CONSISTENCY M M M M M H H H H H H H PKB CONSISTENCY M H H H H H H H H H H H CKB CONSISTENCY M H H H H H H H H H H H AFTER 18Z MONDAY... Areas of IFR fog possible late each night and early morning throughout the upcoming work week. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...None. OH...None. KY...None. VA...None. && SYNOPSIS...JP/RG NEAR TERM...JP SHORT TERM...RG LONG TERM...RG AVIATION...JP
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Charleston WV 405 AM EDT Sun Aug 16 2020 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>034-039-040-515>526-171000- 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-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- 405 AM EDT Sun Aug 16 2020 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...Monday through Saturday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:52 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Near the town of Eagle Mills, a man was struck by lightning. He was taken to the hospital in critical condition, but fortunately did recover from his injuries.
Several trees were blown down near the town of Eagle Mills.
In the town of Neelysville, several trees were blown down.
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