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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Charleston, WV

May 28, 1990Lincoln County, Putnam County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1990, 4:38 PM EDT for Lincoln County, Putnam County, West Virginia. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 1990, 4:38 PM EDT (20:38 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 1990, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lincoln County, WV, Putnam 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

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 258 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1990-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1990-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1443 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 282039
SVRCRW
WVC043-079-282130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
438 PM EDT MON MAY 28 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN WEST WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...PUTNAM COUNTY
 
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS BEEN DETECTED BY RADAR IN NORTHEASTERN WAYNE
CONUTY AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST. HAIL AND HEAVY
RAIN HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEFADLY 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.
 
END REZEK

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, May 28, 3:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-290000

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
310 PM EDT MON MAY 28 1990

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN EASTERN KENTUCKY AND WESTERN
WEST VIRGINIA...

AT 310 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH
VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND WESTERN WEST
VIRGINIA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY
WEST VIRGINIA AND IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. A LINE OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS APPROACHING THE TRI STATE FROM FARTHER WEST
AND WILL SOON BE AFFECTING THE AREA.
THIS IS A POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. IF YOU SEE
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHING SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY
PREFERABLY IN A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE
TORNADOES AND HAIL AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY
HEAVY RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THE SITUATION.
HAHRRISON
Special weather statement, May 28, 4:19 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-290000

SPECIALWEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
415 PM EDT MON MAY 28 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...

AT 415 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE HUNTINGTON ASHLAND IRONTON AREA...WITH THE STRONGEST
STORMS OVER CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY OF WEST VIRGINIA AND ACROSS CENTRAL
GREENUP...CENTRAL CARTER...AND CENTRAL ELLIOTT COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY
MOVING NORTHEAST.

THIS IS A POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. IF YOU SEE
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHING SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY
PREFERABLY IN A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR  ROOM. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE
TORNADOES AND HAIL AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY
HEAVY RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THE SITUATION.
SHUFF

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 5:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPutnam30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990

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.