Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 1, 1986, 5:50 PM EDT for Harrison County, Marion County, West Virginia. It was in force for 60 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
- Oct 1, 1986, 5:50 PM EDT (21:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 1, 1986, 6:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Harrison County, WV, Marion 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 6:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Marion, WV | |
| Oct 1, 6:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Harrison, 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 611 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 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 012152 SVREKN WVC033-049-012250- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS, WV 550 PM EDT WED OCT 1 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 650 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...HARRISON AND MARION. WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN HARRISON AND SOUTHWEST MARION WEST VIRGINIA MOVING8 EAST AT 30 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA 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. END GILKERSON
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, Oct 1, 3:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 340 PM EDT WED OCT 01 1986 ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN OHIO AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 330 PM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF THEM HEAVY...STRETCHED FROM NEAR ATHENS OHIO SOUTHWEST THROUGH JACKSON AND SCIOTO COUNTIES OF OHIO INTO LEWIS COUNTY OF KENTUCKY. OTHER SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY. THE HEAVIEST OF THESE STORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH THE PORTSMOUTH...WHEELERSBURG AREA. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL BE INTO MEIGS GALLIA AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES OF OHIO AND GREENUP AND CARTER COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY BY 430 PM. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONGo GUSTY WINDS AS THEY PASS. END/JMH
Special weather statement, Oct 1, 4:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, ELKINS WV 412 PM EDT WED OCT 1 1986 WEATHER RADAR AT 405 PM EDT SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS WETZEL AND TYLER COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AROUND 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN AREAS OF MONONGALIA..MARION AND AND HARRISON COUNTIES BETWEEN 430 AND 530 PM EDT. STRONG GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHNTING..HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. PERSONS IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT TO THREATENING WEATHER. TAKE SHELTER IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. END GILKERSON
Special weather statement, Oct 1, 5:08 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, ELKINS WV 510 PM EDT WED OCT 1 1986 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER MONONGALIA COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA... WEATHER RADAR AT 505 PM EDT SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST TO THE WEST OF MORGANTOWN. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AROUND 30 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. LOCALIZED URBAN FLOODING PROBLEMS MAY RESULT IN THE AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN. MOTORIST SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR PONDING WATER ON THE HIGHWAYS. OTHER STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHWEST MARION COUNTY AND BARBOUR COUNTY. PERSONS IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND TAKE SHELTER IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. END GILKERSON
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.