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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Charleston, WV

June 27, 1989Marion County, Monongalia County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1989, 8:13 PM EDT for Marion County, Monongalia County, West Virginia. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 1989, 8:13 PM EDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1989, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Marion County, WV, Monongalia 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 93 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1989-06-28Temperature 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1989-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -93 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
621 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-9 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 27, 7:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
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
NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 7:23 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
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, Jun 27, 7:27 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
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
NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 7:29 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 7:39 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 8:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXHarrison62 min
Jun 27, 8:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPreston64 min
Jun 27, 9:00 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXPreston60 min
Jun 27, 9:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBarbour, Randolph, Tucker, Upshur56 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.