Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 1989, 2:42 PM EDT for Mingo County, West Virginia. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 1989, 2:42 PM EDT (18:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 1989, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mingo 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -166 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 899 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 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 KBKW 281844
SVRBKW
WVC059-281945-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV
242 PM EDT FRI APR 28 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BECKLEY WV HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA
...MINGO
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN MARTIN
AND PIKE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO MINGO COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.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, Apr 28, 11:49 AM EDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA 1145 AM EDT FRI APR 28 1989 ...STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA... AT 1140 AM EDT RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE MOVING INTO CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. HOWEVER...A BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHCENTRAL AND EASTERN OHIO. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. SKIES WERE BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY IN SOME AREAS...BUT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE REGION. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS SITUATION AND FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED. BE SURE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. YOUNG
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 12:21 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 12:15 PM EDT FRI APR 28 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO NORTH CENTAL WEST VIRGINIA... WEATHER RADAR SHOWS THE LEADING EDGE OF AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE WESTERN EDGE OF MONONGALIA...MARION...HARRISON... LEWIS..AND UPSHUR COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA AT MIDDAY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT NEAR 40 MILES AN HOUR. THEY MAY BE PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WIND..HEAVY DOWNPOURS..POSSIBLY HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA BY 1 PM, AND MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA BY 1:30 PM. UPON THE APPROACH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...SEEK A PLACE OF SAFETY.. PREFERABLY A STRONG WELL BUILT BUILDING. HEAVY RAINFALLS MAY CAUSE SMALL STREAMS TO RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS..IF YOU LIVE IN A LOW LYING AREA..KEEP A WATCH ON WATER LEVELS.
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 2:01 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
BULLETIN SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY, WV 200 PM EDT FRI APR 28 1989 AT 155 PM BECKLEY RADAR SHOWERD A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MUCH OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EASTWARD AT AROUND 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO MINGO AND MCDOWELL COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA BY 215 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE INDOORS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/CDB
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 2:03 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA 155 PM EDT FRI APR 28 1989 ...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA... AT 150 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING THE OHIO RIVER INTO WEST VIRGINIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE RECORDED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAYNE COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA AS THESE STORMS PASSED THROUGH. THESE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE INDOORS. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ABOUT THESE THUNDERSTORMS. YOUNG
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 2:36 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA 235 PM EDT FRI APR 28 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH MARTIN COUNTY... AT 250 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS NEAR INEZ AND MOREN IN MARTIN COUNTY KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH AND WILL BE CROSSING INTO WEST VIRGINIA BY 245 PM. THESE STORMS CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY HAIL. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE INDOORS. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ABOUT THESE THUNDERSTORMS. YOUNG
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 2:39 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA 237 PM EDT FRI APR 28 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH MARTIN COUNTY... AT 230 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS NEAR INEZ AND MOREN IN MARTIN COUNTY KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH AND WILL BE CROSSING INTO WEST VIRGINIA BY 250 PM. THESE STORMS CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY HAIL. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE INDOORS. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ABOUT THESE THUNDERSTORMS. YOUNG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 4:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Raleigh | 55 min |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.