The combination of a stalled frontal boundary and building heat and humidity resulted in an unsettled weather pattern across the Ohio Valley for the start of June. Each day yielded developing showers and thunderstorms across the Midwest and travelling eastward along the front before dissipating after sunset.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS RLX wrote it up.
The combination of a stalled frontal boundary and building heat and humidity resulted in an unsettled weather pattern across the Ohio Valley for the start of June. Each day yielded developing showers and thunderstorms across the Midwest and travelling eastward along the front before dissipating after sunset. On June 6th, storms remained strong to severe as it dashed across Ohio, and caused scattered tree and power line damage across Perry County from the damaging wind gusts.
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 Jun 6, 8:57 AM EST, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Charleston WV 957 AM EDT Sat Jun 6 2026 .WHAT HAS CHANGED... At 9:55 AM... Updated key messages describing today's severe weather threat and the unsettled pattern for next week. && .KEY MESSAGES... 1) Severe storms will be possible this afternoon and evening across portions of northern West Virginia and southeast Ohio. Damaging winds will be the most likely threat, but hail and a tornado also cannot be ruled out. 2) Unsettled weather will continue into the new week with daily chances of showers and thunderstorms. && .DISCUSSION... KEY MESSAGE 1... A slow-moving cold front over the Great Lakes, a 500-mb shortwave, and building heat and humidity will trigger showers and thunderstorms today. The greatest chances of these storms will be located across southeast Ohio, where the largest amounts of forcing and instability will be located. Models are in fairly strong agreement with a zone of 1,000 J/kg of MLCAPE across southeast Ohio this afternoon with a zone of 70 degree dew points. Thunderstorms will also track eastward into northern West Virginia during the late afternoon and evening. At the time of this writing, a Mesoscale Convective System can be seen tracking eastward across northeast Indiana. It's holding together fairly well as it tracks east, and it is expected to reach portions of southeast Ohio and northern West Virginia late this afternoon (1 PM to 5 PM). The main threats with this will be damaging wind gusts and perhaps some hail. Convective Allowing Models (CAMs) show another round of thunderstorms impacting the same areas this evening, between 7 PM and 10 PM. The Weather Prediction Center currently places northern West Virginia and southeast Ohio in a slight risk of excessive rainfall today. Precipitable Water values range from 1.50 to 1.80 inches today in these areas, and if multiple heavy thunderstorms move over the same locations, flooding will be a concern. KEY MESSAGE 2... An unsettled weather pattern will unfold into the new week with daily chances of showers and thunderstorms. Beginning Sunday, a very juicy airmass is expected areawide with dew points expected to reach the lower 70s. There will also be an approaching shortwave trough from the southwest and a slow-moving cold front from the northwest. The combination of heat, humidity, and ample forcing will trigger additional showers and storms on Sunday. Shortwave energy is expected to linger in the mid-level flow throughout the entire week, which will keep the weather unsettled each day. The air will feel summerlike all week with daytime temperatures reaching the upper 80s and lower 90s. Dew points will reach the upper 60s and lower 70s, keeping the air feeling very humid. This heat and humidity, in combination with energy aloft, will trigger diurnal activity each day. && .AVIATION /13Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... VFR condition remain intact for many sites through the day until thunderstorms and showers arrive. Mid to upper-level clouds between 7,000 and 20,000 feet AGL will filter through during the early morning hours. Ceilings fall between 3,000 and 5,000 feet AGL by late morning and afternoon as SCT to BKN CU fields form. An approaching cold front brings showers and thunderstorms to the area later this afternoon through tonight. Some storms may be strong to severe, particularly across our OH and northern WV counties. Main threats will be damaging winds and hail. Heavy downpours will accompany this activity. Slow-moving showers will continue late tonight into Sunday morning. Winds will pick up out of the SW this morning and will be breezy at times with gusts between 15 and 20 knots. Winds will vary in and around any convective activity. FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 12Z SUNDAY... FORECAST CONFIDENCE: High ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: Timing and intensity of showers and thunderstorms today and tonight could 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 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 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 12Z SUNDAY... IFR conditions possible with scattered showers and storms and low ceilings Sunday morning. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...None. OH...None. KY...None. VA...None. && DISCUSSION...26 AVIATION...LTC
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 131 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:44 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Dozens of homes around Thornville observed power outages from downed trees in the vicinity of County Route 87.
A tree was blown down on Winegardner Road near Somerset.
Outside of Junction City, downed tree limbs were observed on Mainesville Road.
Local power outages occurred near County Route 668, Township Highway 184, and Township Rd 131 due to downed trees in the area.
In the community of Bristol, a tree blew down onto Township Road 128.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2026Every state in 2026This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, June 2026
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1346463, 1346466, 1346468, 1346475, 1346478.