Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 1990, 6:57 PM EDT for Logan County, West Virginia. It was in force for 63 min. 1 report 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
- Sep 7, 1990, 6:57 PM EDT (22:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 1990, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Logan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 7:15 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Logan, 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 709 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1506 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBKW 072259 SVRBKW WVC045-080000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 657 PM EDT FRI SEP 7 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BECKLEY WV HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA ...LOGAN COUNTY AT 655 PM EDT BECKLEY WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR LOGAN IN LOGAN COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...B PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. CALCATERRA
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, Sep 7, 4:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
WVZ006>008-072200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 425 PM EDT FRI SEP 07 1990 AT 415 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA EXTENDING FROM NEAR UNION IN MONROE COUNTY THROUGH PRINCETON TO NEAR WELCH IN MCDOWELL COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. ANOTHER LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING FROM NEAR ELKINS.. THROUGH WEBSTER SPRINGS TO JUST NORTH OF CHARLESTON AND HUNTINGTON. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHERN KANAWHA AND CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTIES. BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. PERSONS SHOULD SEEK INDOOR SHELTER IF THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAYED TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER *RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/CALCATERRA
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 4:52 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
WVZ004-006-007-072300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 550 PM EDT FRI SEP 7 1990 THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS WEST VIRGINIA THIS AFTERNOON. AT 540 PM A LINE OF THUNDERSORMS REACHED ACROSS CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA FROM NICHOLAS COUNTY ACROSS CLAY AND KANAWAHA COUNTIES INTO NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS... GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. THE STONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER THE KANAWHA/CLAY COUNTY BORDER. ANOTHER LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS REACHED ALONG THE WEST VIRGINIA/VIRGINIA BORDER. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. STAY ALERT FOPR BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. END/WILSON
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 4:57 PM EDT, 2 hours before
WVZ004-006-007-072300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTION FOR TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 450 PM EDT FRI SEP 7 1990 THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS WEST VIRGINIA THIS AFTERNOON. AT 440 PM A LINE OF THUNDERSORMS REACHED ACROSS CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA FROM NICHOLAS COUNTY ACROSS CLAY AND KANAWAHA COUNTIES INTO NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS... GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. THE STONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER THE KANAWHA/CLAY COUNTY BORDER. ANOTHER LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS REACHED ALONG THE WEST VIRGINIA/VIRGINIA BORDER. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MZILES AN HOUR. STAY ALERT FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. END/WILSON
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 5:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 6:16 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
WVZ006>008-072330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 615 PM EDT FRI SEP 07 1990 AT 610 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA EXTENDING FROM NEAR MARLINTON IN SOUTHERN POCAHONTAS COUNTY WEST THROUGH FAYETTE COUNTY AND CONTINUING WEST INTO LOGAN AND MINGO COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE JUST NORTH OF RAINELLE IN WESTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY... NEAR PINEKNOB IN NORTHWEST RALEIGH COUNTY...NEAR BALD KNOB IN SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTY...AND ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF BLAIR IN LOGAN COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHERN MINGO COUNTY AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. PUBLIC REPORTS OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTY. BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA THIS EVENING. PERSONS SHOULD SEEK INDOOR SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAYED TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/WJM
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 6:31 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
WVZ003-KYZ006-OHZ009 080000 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 625 PM EDT FRI SEP 07 1990 RADAR AT 620 PM EDT INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER LAWRENCE COUNTY KENTUCKY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY ALERT TO THE CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IF THESE STORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 11 PM EDT. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN OHIO TONIGHT. END/YOUNG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mingo | 68 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.