Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1990, 7:55 AM EDT for Boone County, West Virginia. It was in force for 35 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
- Jul 1, 1990, 7:55 AM EDT (11:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1990, 8:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Boone 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 8:15 AM EDT | Hail 1 | Boone, 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
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 79 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 011158 SVRCRW WVC005-011230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 755 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA ...SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED BY WEATHER RADAR JUST SOUTH OF MADISON IN BOONE COUNTY AT 7:50 AM. THIS STORM WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AND WILL PASS THROUGH SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTY BY 8;30 AM. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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, Jul 1, 3:18 AM EDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before
WVZ008-009-010-MDZ008-009-010815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 318 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 1990 THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR GARRETT COUNTY OF WESTERN MARYLAND AND MINERAL COUNTY OF WEST VIRGINIA EXPIRED AT 3 AM EDT. SOME MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES IN GARRETT COUNTY. THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE PUSHED EAST AND SOUTH OF THESE COUNTIES REDUCING ANY FURTHER FLOODING THREAT. WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS HAMPSHIRE...HARDY...PENDLETON...SOUTHERN RANDOLPH AND NORTHERN POCAHONTAS COUNTIES. THE MAIN CONCERN AT THIS TIME APPEARS TO BE SOUTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA WERE HEAVY RAINS OCCURRED DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THIS SITUATION WILL BE WATCH CLOSELY. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GILKERSON NNNN
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 4:37 AM EDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
WVZ006-007-008-VAZ015-016-011600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 430 AM EDT SAT JUL 1 1990 A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS IN EXTREME SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA TODAY. THIS IS GENERALLY FROM THE WILLIAMSON...BECKLEY...AND LEWISBURG REGION ON SOUTH INTO SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEFINES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AS ONE CONTAINING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OR LARGE HAIL.g THUNDERSTORMS COULD EVEN OCCUR THIS MORNING IN THIS REGION. YET...STORMY CONDITIONS WILL BE BRIEF AT ANY ONE LOCATION. NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA WILL SEE A WELCOME BREAK FROM THUNDERSTORMS. END/BATTY
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 5:27 AM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
KYZ006-OHZ009-WVZ003-011030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 525 AM EDT SUN JUL 01 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY... AT 520 AM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM WESTERN SCIOTO COUNTY OHIO SOUTH THROUGH LEWIS COUNTY KENTUCKY TO ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF JACKSON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS GREENUP...CARTER AND ELLIOTT COUNTIES THROUGH 615 AM EDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. BE ALERT TO THE CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND REMAIN INDOORS IF THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS...THE TELEPHONE AND OTHER ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. END/DCY
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 6:56 AM EDT, 59 minutes before
WVC083-011200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 656 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 1990 THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED AS OF 6:45 AM EDT. STATE PLOICE HAS REPORTED THAT THE WATER IS RECEEDING AT VALLEY HEAD AND THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS. THE FLOODING WAS A RESULT OF DEBRE BLOCKING WINDY CREEK AT THE HIGHWAY BRIDGE AND INDIAN CREEK ALSO OVERFLOWING FROM EXCESSIVE RAINS OVER THE LAST TWELVE HOURS. THE TYGART RIVER HAS BEEN RISING BUT DOES NOT THREATEN TO OVERFLOW IT'S BANKS. RAINFALL OF AROUND 2 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER SOUTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY SINCE MIDNIGHT. WEATHER RADAR IS SHOWING ONLY A FEW SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS OVER THE AREA AT 6:45 MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH INTO BATH AND ALLEGAHANY COUNTIES OF VIRGINIA. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 7:40 AM EDT, 15 minutes before
WVZ003-004-006-007-011300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 730 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 1990 A THUNDERSTORM WITH A DOWNPOUR OF RAIN WAS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY AT 7:30 THIS MORNING. IT WAS NEAR THE SMALL COMMUNITIES OF RANGER AND HART. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR AND WILL MOVE ACROSS ROUTE 119 BETWEEN MADISON AND LOGAN BETWEEN 8 AND 8:15 ...THEN INTO ALONG THE POND AND SPRUCE FORK BASINS OF EASTERN LOGAN AND SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTIES BY 9 AM. THE STORM COULD DROP ABOUT A HALF INCH OF RAIN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES AS IT MOVES FROM SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY THROUGH BOONE AND LOGAN COUNTIES. HOWEVER...THIS PARTICULAR STORM IS MOVING FAST ENOUGH ...AND OVER GROUND NOT SATURATED BY PREVIOUS RAIN...THAT SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. END/BATTY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 8:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wood | 63 min |
| 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, 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.