Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Charleston, WV

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV
714 AM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...

AT 705 AM EDT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN
OHIO FROM JUST WEST OF RAVENSWOOD WEST VIRGINIA NORTHWARD TO JUST WEST
OF THE EXTREME NORTHERN TIER OF THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE. MOVEMENT WAS
EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THIS LINE WAS EMBEDDED IN A VERY LARGE AREA
OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS WHICH COVERED MUCH OF WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA..THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA AND THE EASTERN
HALF OF OHIO.

THIS LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWESTERN WEST
VIRGINIA WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR AND INTO THE NORTH CENTRAL COUNTIES
WITHIN THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS.

PERSONS LIVING IN OR TRAVELING THROUGH NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA..SHOULD
BE ON THE ALERT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS..PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN..
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND POSSIBLE HAIL IN AND NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. IF
SEVERE WEATHER AND/OR FLOODING IS OBSERVED..RELAY THE REPORT TO THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SER]VICE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCASTS FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

END/FERRELL

WVZ002-005-081200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
750 AM EDT FRI MAY 08 1990

A LINE OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA.  THE LINE EXTENDED FROM NEAR WHEELING IN THE NORTHERN
PANHANDLE SOUTHWARD INTO WETZEL AND TYLER COUNTIES.  THE LINE
WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR... AND WILL MOVE INTO
PORTIONS OF MONONGALIA..MARION AND DODDRIDGE COUNTIES WITHIN THE HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE AREA OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ALERT TO HEAVY
RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BREIF GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY HAIL.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES..SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

BDG