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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Charleston, WV

June 12, 1989Preston County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1989, 7:29 PM EDT for Preston County, West Virginia. It was in force for 61 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
Jun 12, 1989, 7:29 PM EDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 1989, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Preston 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 12, 8:40 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Preston, 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 274 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 12:00Z on 1989-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 12:00Z on 1989-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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, Jun 12, 4:09 PM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA
400 PM EDT MON JUN 12 1989

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE TRI STATE...

AT 400 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN OHIO FROM ZANESVILLE SOUTH TO NEAR
HUNTINGTON AND IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY FROM JUST SOUTH OF PORTSMOUTH
OHIO WEST TO LEXINGTON.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY
OHIO AND IN LEWIS COUNTY KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING JUST NORTH
OF EAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT IN PORTIONS OF OHIO AND
KENTUCKY SO BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER WITH THE APPROACH OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS|. SOME COULD CONTAIN HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ALONG WITH
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.

HARRISON...
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 5:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV
5:45 PM EDT MON JUN 12 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR A LARGE PART OF WESTERN
WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 11:00 PM THIS EVENING...

AT 5:45 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS A LINE OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR NEW MARTINSVILLE WEST VIRGINIA
SOUTHWEST TO NEAR HUNTINGTON. THE LARGEST STORM WAS 15 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF PARKERSBURG. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 TEN
MILES AN HOUR.

THIS STORM MAY HAVE SOME HAIL..FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTING..STRONG
GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN.

PEOPLE IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ARE URGED TO STAY ALERT AND
LISTEN TO COMMERCIAL RADIO..TV..OR WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS
OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

END/PURDY
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 6:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA
615 PM EDT MON JUN 12 1989

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MASON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA
HAS EXPIRED...
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY SOUTHERN OHIO
AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT MOVED THROUGH MASON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA AND
PRODUCED HAIL STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN IS NOW IS CENTRAL WEST
VIRGINIA AND MOVING EAST.  AS THIS STORM MOVED THROUGH THE COUNTY
NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN OVER ON RT. 62 AND ON JERICHO RD.

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE SCATTERED ACROSS THE REGION AND
THERE REMAINS THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER D EVELOPING AGAIN THIS
EVENING.

HATFIELD
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 7:19 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCalhoun, Jackson, Roane68 min
Jun 12, 6:26 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXRitchie64 min
Jun 12, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXHarrison, Lewis, Upshur55 min
Jun 12, 7:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton, Webster55 min
Jun 12, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMorgan29 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989

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.