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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 1988, 10:30 PM EDT for Garrett County, Maryland. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 1988, 10:30 PM EDT (02:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 1988, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Garrett County, MD
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
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, May 23, 4:58 PM EDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 500 PM EDT MON MAY 23 1988 THE WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 455 PM SHOWED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST AND WESTERN COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA. HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR WILLIAMSON IN MINGO COUNTY...OVER NORTHERN LOGAN COUNTY AND NEAR GRUNDY AND DWIGHT VIRGINIA IN BUCHANAN COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...CAUSING SOME SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING. ALSO HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. PERSONS SHOULD SEEK SAFE INDOOR SHELTER AS THIS THUNDERSTORM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. END/FUNDERBURK
Special weather statement, May 23, 5:04 PM EDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 500 PM EDT MON MAY 23 1988 THE WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 455 PM SHOWED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST AND WESTERN COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA. HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR WILLIAMSON IN MINGO COUNTY...OVER NORTHERN LOGAN COUNTY AND NEAR GRUNDY AND DWIGHT VIRGINIA IN BUCHANAN COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...CAUSING SOME SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING. ALSO HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. PERSONS SHOULD SEEK SAFE INDOOR SHELTER AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. END/FUNDERBURK
Special weather statement, May 23, 5:40 PM EDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 540 PM EDT MON MAY 23 1988 A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTROMS IS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEAST OHIO AND IS MOVING EASTWARD. DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CROSS INTO WESTERN COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA AROUND 6PM. THEY WILL BE CROSSING CABLE...MASON...JACKSON...AND WOOD COUNTIES BETWEEN 6 AND 8 PM. ELSEWHERE THE WEATHER RADAR SHOWS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER LINCOLN AND BOONE COUNTIES. END AAR
Special weather statement, May 23, 6:49 PM EDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
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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.