Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Charleston, WV
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.
- 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
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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Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 8:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Harrison | 62 min |
| Jun 27, 8:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Preston | 64 min |
| Jun 27, 9:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Preston | 60 min |
| Jun 27, 9:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Randolph, Tucker, Upshur | 56 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.