Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1990, 8:27 PM EDT for Wood County, West Virginia. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 1990, 8:27 PM EDT (00:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1990, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wood 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
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 800 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -153 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1102 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 9.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 010028 SVRCRW WVC107-010130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 827 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN NORTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA ...WOOD COUNTY AT ABOUT 825 PM CHARLESTON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WASHINGTON COUNTY OHIO MOVING INTO WOOD COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY 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/ORCHANIAN
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 30, 5:08 PM EDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
WVZ005-009-010-011-MDZ008-009-302200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 505 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 1990 WEATHER RADAR AT 500 PM EDT INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN AND NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN MARYLAND. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST GARRETT COUNTY OF WESTERN MARYLAND. ANOTHER STORM WAS OVER NORTHEAST HAMPSHIRE COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA NEAR CAPON BRIDGE. A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM TUCKER COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH EASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY OF WEST VIRGINIA. THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AROUND 35 MPH. THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER INDICATES THAT NORTHERN AND NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN MARYLAND ARE IN A RISK AREA FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. KEEP WATCH ON THE SKY AND IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. GILKERSON NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 5:29 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-VA015-016-010200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND THE LATE AFTERNOON WEATHER STORY FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN SLOPES OF WEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 530 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 10 PM... THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF HUNTINGTON..POINT PLEASANT..LOGAN..AND WILLIAMSON. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CITY OF CHARLESTON BUT PUTNAM COUNTY IS IN THE WATCH. AT 525 PM CHARLESTON WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER RITCHIE..GILMER..WIRT..NORTHERN CALHOUN..AND LINCOLN COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..GUSTY WINDS..HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLY HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE AIR MASS OVER OUR AREA IS MOIST AND UNSTABLE. THE AFTERNOON HEATING HAS TRIGGERED SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MEANWHILE A COLD FRONT WAS PUSHING THROUGH THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND THE THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS FRONT WILL BE THROUGH OUR AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND BRING COOLER TEMPERATURES AND LOWER HUMIDITY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD BEHIND THE FRONT OVER MICHIGAN ON MONDAY AND BRING TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 70S TO LOWER 80S ALONG WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE. THE HEAT WILL RETURN ON INDEPENDENCE DAY AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE 90S. END/ORCHANIAN
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 5:54 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 6:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
WVZ005-009-010-011-MDZ008-009-010000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 645 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TIL 11 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN AND NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...WESTERN MARYLAND AND NORTHWEST VIRGINIA.. WEATHER RADAR AT 640 PM EDT INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. 1/4 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED AT BEVERLY WITH THIS STORM. A VERY STRONG STORM WAS OVER SOUTHERN SOMERSET COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA MOVING INTO NORTHWEST ALLEGANY COUNTY OF WESTERN MARYLAND NEAR MT. SAVAGE. OTHER STORMS EXTEND NORTH INTO NORTHERN SOMERSET COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER EXTREME EASTERN OHIO BETWEEN PARKSERBURG AND WHEELING. REPEATED THUNDERSTORM RAINS CAN CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. VERY HEAVY RAINS COULD CAUSE SMALL STREAM FLOODING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AROUND 35 MPH. KEEP WATCH ON THE SKY AND IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE PWARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. GILKERSON NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 7:31 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-VA015-016-010200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 730 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A LARGE PORTION OF WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 11 PM... AT 725 PM CHARLESTON WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WASHINGTON COUNTY OHIO. THESE THUNDERSTORM WILL CROSS THE OHIO RIVER BY 745 PM AND MOVE ACROSS TYLER AND PLEASANTS COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..GUSTY WINDS.. HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLY HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. END/ORCHANIAN
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 7:46 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
WVZ005-009-010-011-MDZ008-009-010100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 745 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TIL 11 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN AND NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...WESTERN MARYLAND AND NORTHWEST VIRGINIA.. WEATHER RADAR AT 745 PM EDT INDICATED VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WASHINGTON COUNTY OHIO ALONG THE OHIO RIVER BETWEEN PARKESBURG AND SISTERSVILLE. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA DURING THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. WEATHER RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER INTENSE STORM OVER FAYETTE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA. THIS STORM MAY AFFECT GARRETT COUNTY OF WESTERN MARYLAND DURING THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE COUNTIES OF MONONGALIA...HARRISON MARION AND LEWIS DURING THE NEXT HOUR. REPEATED THUNDERSTORM RAINS CAN CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. VERY HEAVY RAINS COULD CAUSE SMALL STREAM FLOODING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AROUND 35 MPH. KEEP WATCH ON THE SKY AND IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. GILKERSON NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 8:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 62 min |
| Jun 30, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Preston | 58 min |
| Jun 30, 9:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Ritchie | 67 min |
| Jun 30, 9:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lewis | 55 min |
| Jun 30, 9:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Hampshire | 55 min |
| Jun 30, 9:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Monongalia | 55 min |
| Jun 30, 9:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Gilmer | 64 min |
| Jun 30, 9:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mineral | 69 min |
| Jun 30, 11:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Randolph | 116 min |
| Jun 30, 11:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Preston | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 11:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Preston | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 2:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mineral | 55 min |
| Jul 1, 5:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Randolph | 60 min |
| Jul 1, 7:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone | 35 min |
| Jul 1, 11:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Monongalia, Preston | 53 min |
| Jul 1, 12:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wetzel | 38 min |
| Jul 1, 12:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Marion | 62 min |
| Jul 1, 1:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Lewis | 67 min |
| Jul 1, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Upshur | 63 min |
| Jul 1, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Randolph | 57 min |
| Jul 1, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Nicholas | 42 min |
| Jul 1, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh, Summers | 69 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.