Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Charleston, WV

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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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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
545 PM EDT FRI JUN 08 1990

...TORNADO WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 10 PM
EDT...

DO NOT USE AFTER 7PM...

AT 535 PM THE CHARLESTON WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN
OHIO FROM COLUMBUS TO ZANESVILLE TO JUST WEST OF WHEELING WEST
VIRGINIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OBSERVED OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN SLOPES
OF WEST VIRGINIA AT THE PRESENT TIME. HOWEVER..THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM
DURING THE FEW HOURS IN THE WATCH AREA. WHEN THESE THUNDERSTORMS
FORM...THEY WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING STRONG DAMAGING
WINDS AND HAIL.

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LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
550 PM EDT FRI JUN 08 1990

STORM REPORT FOR EVENT FRIDAY MORNING JUNE 8, 1990

640..SVR TSTM WARNING FOR PUTNAM TIL 745
645..PEA SIZE HAIL KANAWHA CO - ST ALBANS
645..DIME SIZE HAIL PUTNAM CO - POCA
650..PEA SIZE HAIL PUTNAM CO - WINFIELD
705..SVR TSTM WARNING FOR KANAWHA AND ROANE TIL 800
705..PEA SIZE HAIL KANAWHA CO - FRAME
706..DIME SIZE HAIL RAONE CO - GANDEEVILLE
715..DIME SIZE HAIL KANAWHA CO - KANAWHA CITY
715..QUARTER SIZE HAIL KANAHWA CO - KANAWHA CITY
723..PEA SIZE HAIL KANAWHA CO - BLUE CREEK
745..PEA SIZE HAIL RITCHIE CO - HARRISVILLE
750..DIME SIZE HAIL CLAY CO - BICKMORE
756..SVR TSTM WARNING FOR NICHOLAS CO TIL 900
757..SVR TSTM WARNING FOR FAYETTE CO TIL 900
800..MARBLE SIZE HAIL NICHOLAS CO - MT LOOKOUT
810..DIME SIZE HAIL KANAWHA CO - SISSONVILLE
814..SEVERE TSTM WARNING FOR MONONGALIA AND MARIAN TIL 915
815..PEA SIZE HAIL MONONGALIA CO - BLACKSVILLE
815..PEA SIZE NICHOLAS CO - CARL
815..BLUEBERRY SIZE MONONGALIA CO - WADESVILLE
815..MARBLE SIZE MARION CO - WHITE HALL
820..PEA SIZE NICHOLAS CO - MUDDLETY
823..SVR TSTM WARNING GREENBRIER TIL 930
830..PEA SIZE HAIL MONONGALIA CO - WADESVILLE
830..MOTHBALL SIZE MONONGALIA CO - ARNETTSVILLE
830..MARBLE SIZE HAIL MARION CO - MEADOWDALE
842..SVR TSTM WARNING PRESTON AND TAYLOR TIL 1015
845..PEA SIZE HAIL NICHOLAS CO - RICHWOOD
900..NICKEL SIZE HAIL PRESTON CO - KINGWOOD
904..SVR TSTM WARNIN2G SUMMERS TIL 945

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
720 PM EDT FRI JUN 08 1990

...TORNADO WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 10 PM
EDT...

A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF
WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 10 PM. DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN RUMBLING ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN OHIO FROM
WEST TO EAST. SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN ACCOMPANYING MANY OF THESE
STORMS...INCLUDING SEVERAL TORNADOES. THE STORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING
TO THE EAST AT AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR.

NO THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED IN WEST VIRGINIA FOR THE PAST
SEVERAL HOURS...EXCEPT IN THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE. SATELLITE PICTURES
AND RADAR REPORTS INDICATE THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHERN
HALF OF OHIO AND ALONG THE OHIO RIVER FROM NEAR LOUISVILLE TO THE WEST
AND SOUTHWEST THROUGH EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY.

MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH WESTSERN PORTIONS OF
PENNSYLVANIA.

AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT THE ONLY AREA OF WEST VIRGINIA THAT
MAY SEE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS IS IN THE
NORTHERN PANHANDLE AND THOSE COUNTIES BORDERING THE PENNSYLVANIA
BORDER.

THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM FURTHER SOUTH IN WEST VIRGINIA
WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. ANY STORMS THAT FORM WILL HAVE
THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY
RAIN.

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