A warm front moved from south to north across the Ohio Valley during the morning of March 23rd, providing rain showers to the area. The cold front, also associated with this system, then moved into the Ohio Valley during the afternoon and evening.
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The episode as NWS RLX wrote it up.
A warm front moved from south to north across the Ohio Valley during the morning of March 23rd, providing rain showers to the area. The cold front, also associated with this system, then moved into the Ohio Valley during the afternoon and evening. Strong thunderstorms developed during this time, which produced large hail. The largest hailstone of 1.5 inches fell in Athens County. Additionally, a few trees were blown down across southeast Ohio.
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 Mar 23, 1:31 PM EST, 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION National Weather Service Charleston WV 231 PM EDT Wed Mar 23 2022 .SYNOPSIS... An occluding low pressure system lifts through today and tonight with strong to severe storms. Cooler by Friday and the weekend, with shower chances lingering. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/... As of 215 PM Wednesday... A weakening cold front exits east of the Appalachians first thing tonight, taking most of the convective precipitation with it. Temperatures will be close to their dewpoints tonight, generally in the mid to upper 40s. Models keep strong winds at H850 all night. These winds will help to prevent dense fog formation, despite of antecedent precipitation. A brief surface ridge keeps dry conditions Thursday morning, but another weakening cold front approaches from the west to keep chance for light precipitation at least along the eastern mountains during the afternoon and evening hours. Thursday will be mostly dry, except for isolated showers across the Middle Ohio Valley during the afternoon and evening. Expect mild afternoon temperatures, generally in the lower 60s lowlands, ranging into the mid 50s highest elevations. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... As of 200 PM Wednesday... The region will be under the influence of a dry slot associated with an elongated area of surface low pressure stretching from Paducah to Detroit Thursday night into Friday morning. As the surface warms through the day Friday, some low topped, isolated to scattered showers appear possible, although any accumulation potential will be rather limited due to a sharp inversion around H700. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... As of 200 PM Wednesday... Broad cyclonic flow associated with a departing area of low pressure remains over the region early Saturday, with a reinforcing northern stream low approaching during the day. This will produce synoptic rain and snow during the day Saturday, before this system too exits to the east. This exiting system will then setup a period of cold, northwesterly flow across the Great Lakes yielding lake enhanced snow and rain showers Saturday afternoon through Sunday, with diurnal enhancement likely as strong late March sun angles warm the surface during the day setting up steep low level lapse rates. Across the lower elevations, flakes can be expected, perhaps heavy at times in squalls, but a combination of surface temperatures marginally above freezing and very warm ground temperatures should keep any accumulations confined to grassy or elevated surfaces. In the mountains, several inches of snow will be possible through Sunday evening, but again, warm ground temperatures look to limit impactful accumulations, especially given the diurnally enhanced aspect (with breaks to sunshine between showers) promoting melting. Should see any lingering upslope showers tapering off to flurries during the day Monday as flow shifts a little more west- northwesterly amid continued unseasonably cool conditions. Heights rise Monday into Tuesday as ridging over the intermountain west begins to shift east in response to a developing Four Corners Low. A warm front associated with this system lifts north across the forecast area Monday night into Tuesday yielding mainly light rain. && .AVIATION /18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... As of 201 PM Wednesday... Bands of showers and thunderstorms, ahead of an advancing cold front, will develop across eastern KY and southern OH and move north northeast to affect our CWA this afternoon and evening. VFR conditions will turn quickly to brief periods of IFR under moderate to heavy rain, followed by MVFR ceilings. The environment is conducive to strong to severe thunderstorms through this evening. SPC has most of the area under a Slight Risk for severe storms. Expect thunderstorms to produce strong to damaging wind gusts, as well as hail, and the possibility of isolated tornadoes. A lesser, Marginal Risk remains along the western slopes and eastern mountains through tonight. The cold front is forecast to cross the area from around 00Z to 06Z tonight from west to east. However, winds aloft are expected to remain strong all night. This could produce LLWS mainly across the higher terrain sites. Coded LLWS at EKN, CKB and BKW roughly from 23Z through 04Z Thursday. FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY... FORECAST CONFIDENCE: Medium to High. ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: Gusty surface winds will fluctuate. Timing of showers and occurrence of thunderstorms this afternoon into this evening 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 L H H H EKN CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H H H H PKB CONSISTENCY H H H H H M M H H M M H CKB CONSISTENCY H H H H H H H H H L H H AFTER 18Z THURSDAY... No widespread IFR conditions are expected at this time. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...None. OH...None. KY...None. VA...None. && SYNOPSIS...ARJ/JP NEAR TERM...ARJ SHORT TERM...JP LONG TERM...JP AVIATION...ARJ
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Charleston WV 243 PM EDT Wed Mar 23 2022 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-013>020-024>027- 029-241845- Greenup-Carter-Boyd-Lawrence KY-Perry-Morgan-Athens-Washington- Jackson OH-Vinton-Meigs-Gallia-Lawrence OH-Wayne-Cabell-Mason- Jackson WV-Wood-Pleasants-Tyler-Lincoln-Putnam-Kanawha-Roane-Wirt- Calhoun-Ritchie-Doddridge-Mingo-Logan-Boone-Clay-Gilmer- 243 PM EDT Wed Mar 23 2022 ...TORNADO WATCH 67 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky, southeast Ohio, and portions of central West Virginia, northern West Virginia, southern West Virginia and western West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and 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...Thursday through Tuesday. 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. VAZ003-004-WVZ028-033-034-241845- Dickenson-Buchanan-Braxton-McDowell-Wyoming- 243 PM EDT Wed Mar 23 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Virginia, and portions of central West Virginia and southern West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Showers and thunderstorms are expected today. A Slight Risk of severe weather exists for locally damaging winds, hail or possibly a tornado this afternoon into this evening. Heavy downpours will also be possible, especially within thunderstorms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. 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. WVZ030-032-039-040-515>526-241845- Lewis-Taylor-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- 243 PM EDT Wed Mar 23 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central West Virginia, northeast West Virginia, northern West Virginia and southeast West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Showers and thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and evening. A Marginal Risk of severe weather exists for locally damaging winds and hail this afternoon into this evening. Heavy downpours will also be possible, especially within thunderstorms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. 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. WVZ031-241845- Harrison- 243 PM EDT Wed Mar 23 2022 ...TORNADO WATCH 67 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northern West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and 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...Thursday through Tuesday. 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 Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:01 UTC.
4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was blown down near the community of New Marshfield.
One tree was blown down near the community of The Plains.
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