Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1987, 1:30 PM EDT for Kanawha County, Putnam County, West Virginia. It was in force for 15 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 1987, 1:30 PM EDT (17:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1987, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kanawha County, WV, Putnam 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
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 605 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 816 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 011731 SVRCRW WVC079-039-011745- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 130 PM EDT MON JUN 1 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF WEST CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...PUTNAM AND KANAWHA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS SIGHTED BY RADAR AT 125 PM EDT IN CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING INTO KANAWHA COUNTY BY 135PM. STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH HAIL ALSO POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA THREATENED BY THE STORM..GO TO A REINFORECED SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING. END/AAR
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, Jun 1, 12:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV
1155 AM EDT MON JUN 1 1987
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM EDT
THIS EVENING. COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH IN SOUTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA...FAYETTE...LOGAN...MINGO...WYOMING AND RALEIGH.
LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS
ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS THIS AFTERNOON.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN
THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATNING WEATHER CONDITIONS
AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
END/MONEYPENNYSpecial weather statement, Jun 1, 12:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
TTAA0S KHTS 011611 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV. 1215 PM EDT MON JUNE 1 1987 AT 1210 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE TRI STATE AREA. THE LINE STRETCHED FROM JACKSON COUNTY OHIO SOUTHWEST TO LEWIS COUNTY KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE JUST SOUTHWEST OF GREENUP AND NEAR EMERSON BOTH IN KENTUCKY. OTHER VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THIS LINE AND WERE LOCATED NEAR ARABIA IN LAWRENCE COUNTY OHIO AND JUST NORTH OF THE HUNTINGTON...ASHLAND AREA. THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY RAINS WILL OCCUR WITH THE PASSAGE OF ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PLEASE REMAIN AWARE OF THE CONDITION OF RISING STREAMS IN YOUR AREA IF HEAVY RAIN DOES OCCUR. THE CHANCE OF ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THESE STORMS. HENES...
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 1:00 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
TTAA0S KHTS 011700 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV. 100 PM EDT MON JUNE 1 1987 AT 100 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE TRI STATE AREA. THE LINE STRETCHED FROM MASON COUNTY W.V. SOUTHWEST TO LAWRENCE COUNTY KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS BETWEEN LESAGE AND MILTON IN CABELL COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. OTHER HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR LOUISA IN LAWRENCE COUNTY KENTUCKY AND 10 MILES SOUTH OF THE TRI STATE AIRPORT IN WAYNE COUNTY. THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY RAINS WILL OCCUR WITH THE PASSAGE OF ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PLEASE REMAIN AWARE OF THE CONDITION OF RISING STREAMS IN YOUR AREA IF HEAVY RAIN DOES OCCUR. THE CHANCE OF ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THESE STORMS. HENES...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Upshur | 60 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 1987Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1987
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.