Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 1986, 3:30 PM EDT for Preston County, West Virginia. It was in force for 45 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 17, 1986, 3:30 PM EDT (19:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 1986, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Preston County, WV
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 3:45 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Preston, WV | |
| Jul 17, 3:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Preston, WV |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 111 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1743 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 597 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 1:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
^CRWSPSEKN SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - ELKINS, WV 145 PM EDT THU JUL 17 1986 WEATHER RADAR AT 140 PM EDT SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHEAST MONONGALIA WEST VIRGINIA JUST TO THE EAST AND NORTH OF MORGANTOWN. THIS STORM WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHWEST PRESTON COUNTY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS..HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE SMHELTER..DON'T BE CAUGHT OUTSIDE IN A THUNDERSTORM. END GILKERSON
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 2:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
^CRWSPSEKN SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - ELKINS, WV 228 PM EDT THU JUL 17 1986 WEATHER RADAR AT 224 PM EDT CONTINUED TO SHOW A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHWEST PRESTON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MASONTOWN AND MORGANTOWN. STRONG GUSTY WINDS..HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. LOCALIZED FLOODING TO POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVY RAIN. IF THREATENING WlEATHER APPROACHES TAKE SHELTER..DON'T BE CAUGHT OUTSIDE IN A THUNDERSTORM. END GILKERSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Preston | 45 min |
| Jul 17, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Grant, Tucker | 70 min |
| Jul 17, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Monongalia, Preston | 60 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.