Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1987, 3:24 PM EDT for Putnam County, West Virginia. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report 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 26, 1987, 3:24 PM EDT (19:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 1987, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Putnam 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 26, 3:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Putnam, 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
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 1133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1128 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 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 KCRW 261925 SVRCRW WVC079-262000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 324 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF WEST CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...PUTNAM AT 320 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR AND ANALYZED BY COMPUTER 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHARLESTON WV. THIS THUNDER STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. EXPECT DAMAGING WINDS... POSSIBLE LARGE HAIL...AN INCH OR TWO OF RAIN WITHIN AN HOUR...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA THREATENED BY THE STORM..GO TO A REINFORECED SHELT ER. LISTEN FOR ANY FUTURE WARNINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS...OR ANY OTHER STORM IN THIS SQUALL LINE. END/PARKE
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 26, 1:23 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 115 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 1987 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTH ACROSS NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 100 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WEST VIRGINIA EXTENDING FROM NEAR KINGWOOD IN PRESTON COUNTY TO JUST NORTH OF CLARKSBURG TO PARKERSBURG AND WEST TO NEAR CHILLICOTHE OHIO. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS CONTAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS... BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL. SOME URBAN FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO HEAVY DOWNPOURS WHICH COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES SHARPLY. PERSONS SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES... HEAD FOR SAFE SHELTER. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NEAR A POINT PLEASANT TO ELKINS TO PETERSBURG LINE BY 300 PM. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS STATION ...FOR ANY FURTHER STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. END/ZINN
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 1:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
^CRWSPSHTS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT 140 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 200 PM TO 900 PM EDT FOR MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA THAT INCLUDES CABELL AND MASON COUNTIES... AT 140 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR PARKERSBURG WEST VIRGINIA TO JACKSON OHIO TO WAVERLY OHIO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY CROSS YOUR AREA. FURTHER...SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH THE HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SHUFF
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 2:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 200 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 1987 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF FAYETTE...GREENBRIER...LOGAN... MCDOWELL...MERCER...MINGO...MONROE...RALEIGH AND SUMMERS UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. AT 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON A LINE OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM MARYLAND THROUGH CLARKSBURG TO PARKERSBURG AND WESTWARD INTO OHIO. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTH AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ADVISES YOU TO LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS AND WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER. MOVE TO A REINFORCED SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. FUNDERBURK
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 2:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
^CRWSPSHTS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT 215 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 200 PM TO 900 PM EDT FOR MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA THAT INCLUDES CABELL AND MASON COUNTIES... AT 215 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM POMEROY OHIO TO JUST NORTH OF PORTSMOUTH OHIO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ON A LINE FROM CROWN CITY OHIO TO GREENUP KENTUCKY AROUND 300 PM EDT...AND MILTON WEST VIRGINIA TO HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA TO CARTER CAVES KENTUCKY BY 400 PM EDT. STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY CROSS YOUR AREA. FURTHER...SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH THE HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SHUFF
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 2:50 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 245 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 1987 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REAMINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 900 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. AT 240 PM EDT A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE OHIO RIVER AT PORTSMOUTH KY EAST THROUGH POINT PLEASANT WV AND ELKINS WV INTO THE EASTERN PANHANDLE. THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS LINE ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH CHARLESTON WV AND HUNTINGTON WV ABOUT 400 PM AND BECKLEY WV JUST AFTER 500 PM. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN SOUTHERN OHIO NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF HUNTINGTON WV. AT THIS TIME...THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WIND...MARBLE SIZED HAIL...RAINFALLS OF AN INCH IN LESS THAN AN HOUR...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS IN YOUR AREA SHOULD ANY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LINE INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE. END/PARKE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Webster | 51 min |
| Jul 26, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Nicholas | 61 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.