Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Charleston, WV

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV
1113 AM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MONONGALIA AND MARION COUNTIES
IN WEST VIRGINIA EXPIRED AT 915 AM EDT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING FOR PRESTON AND TAYLOR COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA EXPIRED AT
1015 AM EDT.

AS OF 1105 AM EDT THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THAT PROMPTED THE
ISSUANCE OF THE WARNINGS HAS MOVED INTO NORTHERN AND NORTHWESTERN
VIRGINIA..EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA AND INTO EASTERN ALLEGANY COUNTY AND
THE NORTH CENTRAL COUNTIES OF MARYLAND. MOVEMENT WAS EAST TO
SOUTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.

SINCE THE EARLIER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY DECREASED IN INTENSITY..THE
THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER DIMINISHED AND THE WARNINGS WERE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE. NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN RECEIVED AS OF THIS
TIME..HOWEVER PEA SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THE WADESTOWN AND
BLACKSVILLE AREAS OF WESTERN MONONGALIA COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA.
SOME HIGH WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES ALSO ACCOMPANIED THE
THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVED THROUGH NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED FOR THE TIME
BEING..ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER
MUCH OF OHIO IN VERY UNSTABLE AIR LEFT BEHIND FROM PREVIOUS
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. THESE STORMS COULD POSE THE THREAT OF SEVERE
WEATHER ACROSS THE AREA FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.

PERSONS LIVING IN OR TRAVELING THROUGH NORTHERN AND EASTERN WEST
VIRGINIA..WESTERN MARYLAND AND NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA FROM EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT..SHOULD REMAIN 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 MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY
IMMEDIATELY. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER AND/OR FLOODING TO THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATxHER
SERVICE.

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

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1155 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 THIS AFTERNOON  AND TONIGHT.

THE AIR MASS OVER THE REGION TODAY IS VERY MOIST AND THE AMPLE SUNSHINE
THAT MUCH OF THE AREA IS RECEIVING IS HELPING TO MAKE THE ATMOSPHERE
MORE UNSTABLE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND SOME COUND REACH SEVERE LIMITS.

IN ADDITION...THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE SOME LOCALIZED VERY
HEAVY RAIN. THE WEATHER SERVICE IS MONITORING THIS WEATHER SITUATION
CLOSELY AND WILL ISSUE ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
120 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990

DURING THE LAST HALF HOUR A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED OVER EASTERN
KANAWHA COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE BRIEF VERY HEAVY
RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE
EAST AT AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE THROUGH CLAY COUNTY
BEFORE 200 PM.

ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED IN EASTERN OHIO IN SOUTHERN
ATHENS COUNTY AND SHOULD MOVE INTO SOUTHERN WOOD COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA
BEFORE 200 PM.  LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTLY SURFACE
WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTD TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON ACROSS
THE REGION AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
200 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN CHARLESTON HAS RECEIVED SEVERAL
CALLS FROM SCHOOL OFFICIALS AROUND WEST VIRGINIA CONCERNING EXPECTED
WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING WHEN OUTDOOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION
CEREMONIES ARE PLANNED.

A VERY WARM AND STICKY AIR MASS CURRENTLY COVERS WEST VIRGINIA.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON AND THE CHANCE
OF A THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH THE TIME OF
THE PLANNED CEREMONIES. THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EVENING
HOURS RANGES FROM 30 PERCENT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE TO
50 PERCENT IN THE NORTHERN PORTION.

ALTHOUGH THE LIKELIHOOD OF ANY ONE LOCATION RECEIVING A THUNDERSTORM
DURING THE EVENING HOURS IS NOT GREAT...THE AIR IS VERY MOIST AND THOSE
AREAS THAT DO GET RAIN CAN EXPECT LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS.  THOSE SCHOOL
OFFICIALS THAT FACE THE DECISION OF OUTDOOR/INDOOR LOCATION FOR
GRADUATION CEREMONIES THIS EVENING MAY WISH TO CONTACT THE NEAREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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