Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Charleston, WV
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Putnam | 30 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.