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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Charleston, WV

September 14, 1990Preston County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 14, 1990, 10:12 PM EDT for Preston County, West Virginia. It was in force for 63 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
Sep 14, 1990, 10:12 PM EDT (02:12 UTC)
Expired
Sep 14, 1990, 11:15 PM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Preston 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 14, 10:35 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Preston, WV
Sep 14, 10:35 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Preston, 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 111 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1990-09-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 737 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1990-09-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 224 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
737 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
846 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
224 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
268 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
4.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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, Sep 14, 8:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-150200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
805 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 1990

...TORNADO WATCH FOR ADAMS AND PIKE COUNTIES CANCELLED...
THE TORNADO WATCH THAT INCLUDED ADAMS AND PIKE COUNTIES OF OHIO WHICH
WAS TO EXPIRE AT 10 PM HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ANOTHER TORNADO WATCH REMAINS
IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND
WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

AT 805 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS FROM MASON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA SOUTHWEST THROUGH GALLIA
AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES OF OHIO AND INTO GREENUP AND BOYD COUNTIES OF
KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHERN GALLIA COUNTY NEAR
CROWN CITY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

IF YOU SEE THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHING SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR ROOM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
PRODUCE TORNADOS...DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. LISTEN TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

END/JMH
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 8:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
WVZ006>008-150200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV
840 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 1990

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
INCLUDING MINGO AND LOGAN COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

AT 830 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED A SCATTERED
LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM PARKERSBURG TO HUNTINGTON
TO 20 MILES NORTH OF JACKSON KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN A
NARROW BAND EXTENDING FROM JUST NORTH OF HUNTINGTON EAST TO JUST NORTH OF
WINFIELD.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND
SHOULD ENTER MINGO COUNTY NEAR WILLIAMSON AROUND 930 PM.

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTCY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN
BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SMALL HAIL AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

END/PLATE
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 9:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
WVZ005-009-150400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV
905 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 1990

...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST AND
NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER WETZEL COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA SOUTH
TO NEAR CHARLESTON AT 9 PM EDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING
TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS PRODUCED STRONG DAMAGING WIND, AND
REPORTS OF TORNADOES AS IT CROSSED OHIO DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING HOURS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF
MONONGALIA, MARION, HARRISON, AND LEWIS COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA
PRIOR TO 9:30 PM EDT. THEN ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTHERN
WEST VIRGINIA PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND MAY PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WIND,
LARGE HAIL, DEADLY LIGHTNING, TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS, AND TORNADOES.
UPON THE APPROACH OF A THUNDERSTORM SEEK STURDY..SAFE SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY.

HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE OCCURRING WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH
WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITY, AND MAY CAUSE SMALL STREAMS OR CREEKS
TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. IF YOU ARE DRIVING KEEP A WATCHFUL E]YE ON
WATER LEVELS. DON'T DRIVE THROUGH WATER STANDING OR FLOWING ON OR
ACROSS THE HIGHWAY. ALSO, WATCH FOR TREES OR LIMBS WHICH MAY BE BLOWN
DOWN ONTO THE HIGHWAY.

HILL/FERRELL

NNNN
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 9:13 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-150200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
910 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 1990

       ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR WESTERN
          AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR JACKSON..
WOOD..WIRT..RITCHIE..PLEASANTS..TYLER AND WETZEL COUNTIES EXPIRED
AT 900 PM. GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND LOTS OF CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING WAS REPORTED IN THESE COUNTIES. SOME PEA SIZE
HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED IN NORTHERN WOOD COUNTY SHORTLY AFTER 800 PM.
HOWEVER NO SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.

AT 900 PM A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH WESTERN
COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA. THIS LINE MOVED ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER
AROUND 800PM AND NOW STRETCHED FROM EXTREME EASTERN WETZEL COUNTY SOUTH
THROUGH HARRISVILLE..TO CHARLESTON AND ON TO LOGAN COUNTY. THIS LINE OF
STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR.

THE LINE OF STORMS WILL MOVE THROU THE MORGANTOWN..FAIRMONT..CLARKSBURG
AREAS AND THE WESTON..SUTTON..MONTGOMERY..MADISON AND LOGAN AREAS BY
1000 PM. THE LINE HAS WEAKENED SOMEWHAT DURING THE PAST HOUR BUT STILL
CONTAINS SOME VERY STRONG STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS..
HAIL..VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

PONDING OF WATER IS LIKELY IN LOW LYING AREAS DURING THE HEAVIER RAIN
ALONG WITH VERY LOW VISIBILITIES. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO BE ALERT FOR
STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS.

IF TjHREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA
MOVE TO SHELTERED AREA IMMIDIATELY.

END/PCZ
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 9:19 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-150300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
910 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 1990

THE TORNADO WATCH WHICH WAS TO EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT HAS BEEN CANCELLED
FOR SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KENTUCKY. COUNTIES
REMAINING IN THE WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT ARE LAWRENCE...JOHNSON AND MARTIN
COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY AND MASON...CABELL AND WAYNE COUNTIES IN WESTERN
WEST VIRGINIA.

AT 910 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED LINGERING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN CABELL COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA AND IN JOHNSON AND MARTIN
COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY. THE STRONGES STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THE BORDER OF
JOHNSON AND MARTIN COUNTIES. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MvOVING
EAST AT ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THERE IS LITTLE TO NO SHOWER ACTIVITY TO
THE WEST OF THE TRI STATE AND THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS RAPIDLY
DIMINISHING. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ANY LATER
STATEMENTS.

END/JMH
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 10:09 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 14, 9:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXHarrison, Marion, Monongalia, Taylor65 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.