Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1990, 7:57 AM EDT for Fayette 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
- Jun 8, 1990, 7:57 AM EDT (11:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1990, 9:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fayette 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, 8:01 AM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Fayette, 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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 KBKW 081200
SVRBKW
WVC019-081300-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV
757 AM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BECKLEY WV HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
...FAYETTE
AT 750AM EDT BECKLEY WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
INTO NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THEY ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER ANSTED AND GAULEY
BRIDGE DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND 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.
PLATEThe 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, 7:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Roane | 55 min |
| Jun 8, 7:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Nicholas | 64 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
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.