Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1990, 5:19 PM EDT for Lewis County, West Virginia. It was in force for 116 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 9, 1990, 5:19 PM EDT (21:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1990, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lewis 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 9, 6:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Lewis, 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 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 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, Jun 9, 1:50 PM EDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
WVZ006>008-091900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 150 PM EDT SAT JUN 9 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 145 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA COUNTIES OF WYOMING...SUMMERS AND GREENBRIER. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVIEST RAINFALL WERE IN SUMMERS COUNTY...JUST SOUTH OF HINTON AND ON THE GREENBRIER...POCAHONTAS COUNTY BORDER MIDWAY BETWEEN LEWISBURG AND MARLINTON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EASTWARD AROUND 20 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING THROUGHOUT THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. PERSONS SHOULD SEEK SAFE INDOOR SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS LARGE HAIL...DAzMAGING WINDS OR FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/MONEYPENNY
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:39 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
WVZ003>005-012-092100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 235 PM EDT SAT JUN 09 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR WESTERN AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 400 PM... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING DURING THE LAST HOUR OVER SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER JACKSON COUNTY JUST NORTHEAST OF RIPLEY AND IN CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THIS AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON . THESE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND HAIL. END/PCZ
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 4:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
WVZ006>008-092200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 415 PM EDT SAT JUN 9 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...A PORTION OF SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY... PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN VIRGINIA...AND PARTS OF NORTHERN MARYLAND UNTIL 11 PM THIS EVENING...THIS INCLUDES ALL OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 410 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL SECTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA...SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY AND WESTERN VIRGINIA. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMSh WERE MOVING EASTWARD AROUND 20 MPH. IF THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA GO TO A SAFE REINFORCED SHELTER. END/FUNDERBURK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 3:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 67 min |
| Jun 9, 6:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Roane | 50 min |
| Jun 9, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Gilmer | 66 min |
| Jun 9, 3:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Ritchie | 58 min |
| Jun 9, 4:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Clay | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 5:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Webster | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 5:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Harrison, Lewis | 116 min |
| Jun 9, 5:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Grant, Preston, Taylor | 116 min |
| Jun 9, 5:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Marion | 116 min |
| Jun 9, 5:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mineral | 116 min |
| Jun 9, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Grant, Mineral, Preston | 116 min |
| Jun 9, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Harrison, Marion, Taylor | 116 min |
| Jun 9, 5:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Nicholas | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 6:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Grant, Tucker | 57 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.