Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 123, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 16, 1990, 2:27 PM EDT for Wood County, West Virginia. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 16, 1990, 2:27 PM EDT (18:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 1990, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wood County, WV
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 973 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 16, 1:54 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
WVZ005-009-MDZ008-009-162000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 154 PM EDT SUN SEP 16 1990 ...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN MARYLAND... AT 145 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM EAST CENTRAL OHIO EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA NORTH OF A LINE FROM PARKERSBURG SOUTHEAST TO GLENVILLE THEN NORTHEAST TO TERRA ALTA. THE ACTIVITY ALSO EXTENDED NORTHWARD ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND EASTWARD ACROSS WETERN MARYLAND. MOVEMENT WAS GENERALLY EAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS LIVING IN OR TRAVELING THROUGH NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN MARYLAND..SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS.. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STIKES AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PERSONS LIVING ALONG SMALL STREAMS..CREEKS OR IN AN AREA SUBJECT TO RAPID FLOODING..SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO WATER LEVELS IN THEIR AREA. IF HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS AND FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING ISSUED ..MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT DRIVE VEHICLES THROUGH WATER FLOWING ACROSS ROADWAYS. REPORTS A=NY SEVERE WEATHER AND/OR FLOODING TO OUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCASTS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNING. END/FERRELL
Special weather statement, Sep 16, 1:57 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
WVZ002>005-162000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 155 PM EDT SUN SEP 16 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA... WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AT 145 PM INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FORMING ACROSS SOUTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA. THE STORMS WERE FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF ATHENS OHIO TO JUST NORTH OF PARKERSBURG WEST VIRGINIA. STROMG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OBSERVED ALONG THE TYLER-PLESANTS COUNTY BORDER AND THE TYLER-WETZEL COUNTY BORDER. MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS OBSERVED AT MARIETTA OHIO. PARKERSBURG WEST VIRGINIA IS IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM. THESE STRONG THUNDESTORMS WILL CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY >HEAVY RAINS..AND HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. END/ORCHANIAN
Special weather statement, Sep 16, 2:10 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
WVZ005-009-MDZ008-009-162000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 154 PM EDT SUN SEP 16 1990 ...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN MARYLAND... AT 145 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM EAST CENTRAL OHIO EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA NORTH OF A LINE FROM PARKERSBURG SOUTHEAST TO GLENVILLE THEN NORTHEAST TO TERRA ALTA. THE ACTIVITY ALSO EXTENDED NORTHWARD ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND EASTWARD ACROSS WESTERN MARYLAND. MOVEMENT WAS GENERALLY EAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS LIVING IN OR TRAVELING THROUGH NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN MARYLAND..SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS.. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PERSONS LIVING ALONG SMALL STREAMS..CREEKS OR IN AN AREA SUBJECT TO RAPID FLOODING..SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO WATER LEVELS IN THEIR AREA. IF HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS AND FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING ISSUED ..MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT DRIVE VEHICLES THROUGH WATER FLOWING ACROSS ROADWAYS. G REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER AND/OR FLOODING TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCASTS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. END/FERRELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Ritchie | 60 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.