Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1990, 7:05 AM EDT for Kanawha County, Roane County, West Virginia. It was in force for 55 min. 3 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
- Jun 8, 1990, 7:05 AM EDT (11:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1990, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kanawha 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:06 AM EDT | Hail 0.8 | Roane, WV | |
| Jun 8, 7:15 AM EDT | Hail 1 | Kanawha, WV | |
| Jun 8, 8:10 AM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Kanawha, 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 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 201 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1026 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 081109 SVRCRW WVC039-087-081200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 705 AM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...NORTHERN KANAWHA COUNTY...SOUTHERN ROANE COUNTY AT 700 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN CHARLESTON INDICATED A SERVERE THUNDERSTORM IN KANAWHA AND NORTHEAST PUTNAM COUNTY. THIS DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...APND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. END/LAPLANTE
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 8, 5:27 AM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-VA015-016-021800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 530 AM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990 THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORM FORECAST CENTER INDICATES THAT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA TODAY AND TONIGHT. END
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 6:08 AM EDT, 57 minutes before
WVZ006>008-081100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 605 AM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 600 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY INDICATED THAT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD RAPIDLY DEVELOPED ALONG THE MINGO-LOGAN COUNTY BORDER ABOUT 10 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF LOGAN. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM AND RADAR ALSO INDICATES THAT SMALL HAIL IS ALSO LIKELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORM. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE ACROSS LOGAN COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/PLATE
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 6:53 AM EDT, 12 minutes before
WVZ002-005-081200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 645 AM EDT FRI MAY 08 1990 A BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS WITH HEAVY EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING WEST VIRGINIA. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM AROUND CAMBRIDGE TO ATHENS OHIO. THE SHOWERS WILL BE CROSSING THE OHIO RIVER INTO WEST VIRGINIA AROUND PARKERSBURG AND NORTHWARD DURING THE HOUR. AS THE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH... STRONG GUSTY WINDS..LIGHTNING AND POSS.IBLY HAIL COULD ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER AS THESE STORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. END
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 7:04 AM EDT, 1 minute before
WVZ006>008-081200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 700 AM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING OVER SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 650 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY TWO LINES OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER WEST VIRGINIA. THE FIRST LINE EXTENDED FROM NEAR CLAY IN CLAY COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO NEAR MADISON IN BOONE COUNTY AND THEN ON SOUTH TO NEAR IAEGER IN NORTHERN MCDOWELL COUNTY. THE SECOND LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM FROM ABOUT 40 MILES NORTH OF PARKERSBURG SOUTHWEST TO NEAR RIPLEY IN JACKSON COUNTY AND THEN ON SOUTHWEST THROUGH WILLIAMSON IN MINGO COUNTY TO NEAR WHITESBURG IN LETCHER COUNTY KENTUCKY. THIS SECOND LINE OF STORMS WAS THE STRONGEST. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS JUST NORTH OF NITRO ALONG THE PUTNAM-KANAWHA COUNTY LINE. LARGE HAIL WAS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PUTNAM COUNTY UNTIL 745 AM. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE IN NORTHEAST PUTNAM COUNTY ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF RIPLEY...IN SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF MADISON... IN WESTERN LOGAN COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF LOGAN...AND IN SOUTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTY KENTUCKY NEAR WEEKSBURY. ALL OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMEDNT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/PLATE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 6:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Putnam | 65 min |
| Jun 8, 7:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Nicholas | 64 min |
| Jun 8, 7:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette | 63 min |
| Jun 8, 8:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Marion, Monongalia | 61 min |
| Jun 8, 8:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Greenbrier | 67 min |
| Jun 8, 8:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Preston, Taylor | 93 min |
| Jun 8, 9:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Summers | 41 min |
| Jun 8, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie | 42 min |
| Jun 8, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge | 62 min |
| Jun 8, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Harrison | 67 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990
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.