Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1986, 6:05 PM EDT for Randolph County, West Virginia. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 1986, 6:05 PM EDT (22:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 1986, 7:05 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Randolph County, WV
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 523 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1031 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEKN 192205 SVREKN WVC083-192305- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE ELKINS WV 605 PM EDT SAT JUL 19 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 705PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...RANDOLPH. WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING OVER NORTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY NEAR MONTROSE. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED pAREA GET TO A REINFORCED SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH..LARGE HAIL 3/4 INCH OR LARGER IN DIAMETER..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
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 19, 1:20 PM EDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
^CRWSPSEKN SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - ELKINS, WV 120 PM EDT SAT JUL 19 1986 WEATHER RADAR AT 115 PM EDT SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO GARRETT COUNTY OF WESTERN MARYALND. ONE STORM WAS MOVING TOWARD FRIENDSVILLE AND ANOTHER WAS OVER GRANTSVILLE IN NORTHERN GARRETT COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF VERY STRONG TO INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTEND NORTH TO NEAR LATROBE PENNSYLVANIA. THEY WILL AFFECT THE COUNTIES OF GARRETT AND ALLEGANY OF WESTERN MARYLAND DURING THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THE PASSAGE OF THE THUNDERS.TORMS. STAY ALERT AND IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE SHELTER. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. END GILKERSON
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 2:00 PM EDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
^CRWSPSEKN SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - ELKINS, WV 200 PM EDT SAT JUL 19 1986 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER WESTERN MARYLAND AND THE POTOMAC HIGHLANDS OF WEST VIRGINIA... WEATHER RADAR AT 155 PM EDT SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN AND EASTERN GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND AND OVER SOUTHWEST HAMPSHIRE COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. PEOPLE IN GARRETT AND ALLEGANY CODUNTIES OF WESTERN MARYLAND AND THE POTOMAC HIGHLAND COUNTIES OF HAMPSHIRE..HARDY AND MINERAL IN WEST VIRGINIA SHOULD BE ALERT TO THREATENING WEATHER AND TAIKE SHELTER IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES OR WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. END GILKERSON
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 2:57 PM EDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
^CRWSPSEKN SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - ELKINS, WV 257 PM EDT SAT JUL 19 1986 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE POTOMAC HIGHLANDS OF WEST VIRGINIA... AT 255 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER HAMPSHIRE AND NORTHERN HARDY COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS BETWEEN AUGUSTA AND CAPON BRIDGE IN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE SHELTER...DON'T BE CAUGHT OUTSIDE IN A THUNDERSTORM. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. END GILKERSON
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
^CRWSPSEKN SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - ELKINS, WV 330 PM EDT SAT JUL 19 1986 WEATHER RADAR AT 325 PM EDT SHOWED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHERN PRESTON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHWEST GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL. FLOODING TO POOR DRAINAGE AREAS MAY RESULT IN AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN. ST AY ALERT AND TAKE SHELTER IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCAIL BROADCAST FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
^CRWSPSEKN SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - ELKINS, WV 350 PM EDT SAT JUL 19 1986 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS APPROACHING NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME WESTERN MARYLAND... WEATHER RADAR AT 345 PM EDT SHOWED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS MOVING INTO NORTHERN PRESTON AND NORTHERN MONONGALIA COUNTIES WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL. FLOODING TO SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS AS WELL AS POOR DRAINAGE AREAS COULD RESULT IN AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN. STAY ALERT AND TAKE SHELTER IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCAIL BROADCAST FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. END GILKERSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Monongalia, Preston | 50 min |
| Jul 19, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Marion | 50 min |
| Jul 19, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Taylor | 60 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.