Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Charleston, WV

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY, WV
630 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 1989

.....A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT.....

AT 625 PM WEATHER RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER
SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...EASTERN KENTUCKY...AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.
THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS IN WEST VIRGINIA WERE LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF MADISON...AND BETWEEN HINTON AND RAINELLE. MOVEMENT WAS
NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE
SOME FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. DANGEROUS LIGHTING AND SMALL
HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN
WEST VIRGINIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM COULD DEVELOP RAPIDLY IN YOUR AREA WITH
LITTLE OR NO WARNING. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATING CONDITIONS
ARE SIGHTED.
MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO  AND COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TvELEVISION FOR
THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING
TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
645 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 1989

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES REMAIN POSTED FOR ALL OF
WEST VIRGINIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO REMAIN RIPE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS. HOWEVER
THE GREATEST THREAT WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS
CONTINUES TO BE THE THREAT OF VERY HEAVY RAIN.

AT 630 PM CHARLESTON WEATHER RADAR DETECTED SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN WEST VIRGINIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE
JUST EAST OF HINTON IN SUMMERS COUNTY AND ALONG THE RITCHIE..CALHOUN
COUNTY LINE. THESE PARTICULAR STORMS ARE  LIKELY TO PRODUCE BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR.

MORE SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY NEAR
MOREHEAD AND JUST SOUTHEAST OF GRAYSON. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS
WERE PART OF A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM
THE NORTHERN MOST COUNTIES OF THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE TO NEAR CAMBRIDGE
TO JUST WEST OF ATHENS TO JACKSON AND ON TO PORTSMOUTH ALL IN OHIO.

THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..
SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS... THE
MOST LIKELY AREA FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE FROM NEAR THE HUNTINGTON AREA NORTH NORTHEAST ALONG THE OHIO RIVER
THROUGH POINT PLEASANT AND PARKERSBURG TO NEW MARTINSVILLE. ANOTHER
AREA WILL BE NORTH OF A LINE FROM POINT PLEASANT TO ELKINS.

SOME ONE TO TWO INCH RAINFALL IN ONE TO THREE HOURS MAY OCCUR IN THE
HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY POP UP QUITE
QUICKLY AND THE THICK HAZE OVER THE STATE IS PRODUCING VERY POOR
VISIBILITIES AND WILL HINDER SEEING THREATENING CONDITIONS.

END/PCZ

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE-ELKINS, WV
7:05 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 1989

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS EVENING...

AT 7:00 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR PITTSBURGH SOUTHWEST ALONG THE OHIO
RIVER TO NEAR HUNTINGTON. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTH
EAST AT NEARLY 20 MILES AN HOUR.

SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE SOME SMALL HAIL..STRONG GUSTY
WINDS..FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTING AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY CAUSE URBAN
STREET AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

PEOPLE IN NORTHERN  WEST VIRGINIA ARE URGED TO STAY ALERT AND LISTEN
TO COMMERCIAL RADIO..TV..OR WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO YOUR
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

END/PURDY
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA
715 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 1989

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT...

AT 715 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A BROKEN LINE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE
OF WEST VIRGINIA SOUTHWEST THROUGH EASTERN GALLIA AND LAWRENCE
COUNTIES IN OHIO CONTINUING INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST KENTUCKY.

MANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS LINE ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN
WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS AT 715 PM LOCATED IN CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY
OHIO AND SOUTHCENTRAL CARTER COUNTY KENTUCKY.

NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AS OF 715 PM BUT ANY
OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. STAY ALERT TO APPROACHING
WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER WITH THE OCCURENCE OF THESE
STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

HARRISON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE-ELKINS, WV
7:35 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 1989

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS EVENING...

AT 7:30 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR WAYNESBURG IN SOUTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA SOUTHWEST INTO OHIO. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST
SOUTH EAST AT NEARLY 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
MOVING INTO NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR.

SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE SOME SMALL HAIL..STRONG GUSTY
WINDS..FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTING AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY CAUSE URBAN
STREET AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

PEOPLE IN NORTHERN  WEST VIRGINIA ARE URGED TO STAY ALERT AND LISTEN
TO COMMERCIAL RADIO..TV..OR WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO YOUR
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

END/PURDY
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA
715 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 1989

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT...

AT 715 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A BROKEN LINE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE
OF WEST VIRGINIA SOUTHWEST THROUGH EASTERN GALLIA AND LAWRENCE
COUNTIES IN OHIO CONTINUING INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST KENTUCKY.

MANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS LINE ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WITH
THE STRONGEST STORMS AT 715 PM LOCATED IN CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY OHIO
AND SOUTHCENTRAL CARTER COUNTY KENTUCKY. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH.

NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AS OF 715 PM BUT ANY
OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. STAY ALERT TO APPROACHING
WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER WITH THE OCCURENCE OF THESE
STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
HARRISON