Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 1989, 4:04 PM EDT for Calhoun County, Roane County, West Virginia. It was in force for 56 min. 2 reports 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
- Apr 25, 1989, 4:04 PM EDT (20:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 1989, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Calhoun County, WV, Roane 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 4:23 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Roane, WV | |
| Apr 25, 4:30 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Calhoun, 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -294 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1286 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KCRW 252008
SVRCRW
WVC013-087-252100-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
404 PM EDT TUE APR 25 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF WEST VIRGINIA
CALHOUN...
IN THE WEST CENTRAL PART OF WEST VIRGINIA
ROANE...
AT 400 PM EDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH
THROUGH WIRT AND WOOD COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA. THERE HAVE BEEN
MANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...INTENSE ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY...AND
ONE INCH RAINFALLS WITH THIS STORM. THE RAPID MOVEMENT OF THIS
STORM SUGGESTS THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION
...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR
BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADWAYS QUICKLY...AVOID DRIVING INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS ROADS.
LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS RELATED TO THIS STORM.
END/PARKEWhat 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 25, 1:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 115 PM EDT TUE APR 25 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA FROM 115 PM UNTIL 600 PM... COUNTIES IN THIS AREA INCLUDE...FAYETTE...GREENBRIER...MONROE..RALEIGH ...SUMMERS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN AND AROUND THIS AREA. PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE ON THEI LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR FURTHUR STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 2:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 200 PM EDT TUE APR 25 1989 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 600 PM EDT. A WATCH MEANS THAT A POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SEVERE WEATHER. WEST VIRGINIA COUNTIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE... BRAXTON...CALHOUN...CLAY...FAYETTE...GILMER...GRANT...GREENBRIER... JACKSON...KANAWHA...LEWIS...MONROE...NICHOLAS...PENDLETON... POCAHONTAS...RALEIGH...RANDOLPH...ROANE...SUMMERS...UPSHUR...WEBSTER. AT THIS TIME...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM NORTHWEST OF LEWISBURG WV NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH ELKINS WV INTO THE WESTERN MARYLAND PANHANDLE. AT THE SOUTHWESTERN TIP OF THE LINE...NEAR RAINELLE WV... RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. MUCH OF THE LINE IS WEAKENING. WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THE LINE INCLUDED NUMEROUS REPORTS OF HAIL... GUSTY WIND...AND BRIEFLY HEAVY RAIN WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ABOUT AN INCH. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN OHIO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD EXTREME NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. THE WEATHER SERVICE IS KEEPING CLOSE WATCH ON THIS AREA. LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. END/PARKE
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 2:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
BULLETIN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY, WV 235 PM EDT TUE APR 25 1989 AT 130 PM BECKLEY RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER LEWISBURG IN GREENBRIER COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED 3/4 INCH HAIL AND HIGH WINDS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WAS PART OF A LARGER AREA OF STORMS EXTENDING EAST OF A LINE FROM ELKINS TO ROANOKE VIRGINIA. THE AREA WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
Local storm report, Apr 25, 2:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
245 PM TUE APR 25 1988
SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS DURING EARLY AFTERNOON OF APRIL 25 1989...
A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND BRIEFLY
HEAVY RAIN AS IT SWEPT THROUGH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. HERE IS A
LIST OF OFFICIAL REPORTS RECEIVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
1220 PM......WOOD COUNTY...SMALL HAIL AND 1.13 INCH RAIN.
1240 PM......RITCHIE COUNTY...LARGE LIMBS DOWN FROM THUNDERSTORM.
POWER OUTAGES RESULTED.
1245 PM......CALHOUN COUNTY...DIME SIZED HAIL.
110 PM.......BRAXTON COUNTY...ONE INCH HAIL IN FRAMETOWN.
END/PARKESpecial weather statement, Apr 25, 3:33 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 3:22 PM EST TUE APR 25 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA..AND RANDOLPH COUNTY IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS UNTIL 6 PM EDT... AT 2:22 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR PARKERSBURG EAST TO NEAR CLARKSBURG WEST VIRGINIA.THIS LINE IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT NEARLY 45 MPH. A LARGE STORM WAS OVER DODDRIDGE COUNTY THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.IT WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN HARRISON COUNTY NEAR SALEM AND BRISTOL IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE STRONG GUSTY WINDS..POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL F^REQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTING 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, Apr 25, 3:41 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
BULLETIN SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY, WV 340 PM EDT TUE APR 25 1989 AT 330 PM BECKLEY RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE PARKERSBURG AREA. THIS STORM LIKELY HAS LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS... HEAVY RAINFALL...AND INTENSE LIGHTINING. THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTH- SOUTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM IS PART OF A LARGER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTEND EAST TO CLARKSBURG AND NORTH INlTO PENNSYLVANIA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood | 66 min |
| Apr 25, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Clay | 69 min |
| Apr 25, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gilmer, Ritchie | 61 min |
| Apr 25, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Greenbrier | 48 min |
| Apr 25, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton | 64 min |
| Apr 25, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Webster | 65 min |
| Apr 25, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 69 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.