Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1990, 5:30 PM EDT for Putnam County, West Virginia. It was in force for 30 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
- May 28, 1990, 5:30 PM EDT (21:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 1990, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Putnam 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 5:45 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Putnam, 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
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 251 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 282130 SVRCRW WVC079-282200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 530 PM EDT MON MAY 28 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN WEST CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...PUTNAM COUNTY THE CHARLESTON RADAR INDICATES A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTOM OVER WESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY. LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. 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 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, 2 hours 20 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, 1 hour 11 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
Special weather statement, May 28, 5:17 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-290000 SPECIALWEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 515 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 AND STRONG LIGHTNING AND PEA SIZE HAIL ON A LINE FRON CROWN CITY OHIO TO EAST HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA TO LOUISA KENTUCKY MOVING EAST NEAR 20 MPH. SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING IS OCCURING IN SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY OHIO...AND EAST HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND WESTERN WEST VURGINIA FOR THE NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A SMALL STREAM OR CREEK...WATCH FOR RISING WATER AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. SHUFF
Special weather statement, May 28, 5:29 PM EDT, 1 minute before
WVZ006>007-282200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 525 PM EDT MON MAY 28 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR SOUTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA THROUGH TONIGHT... AT 520 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MCDOWELL...WYOMING...AND LOGAN COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO BOONE...RALEIGH...AND MERCER COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN..AND DEADLY LIGHTING MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH THE HEAVER RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEREOUS WEATHER SITUATION. CALCATERRA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Putnam | 52 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.