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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Charleston, WV

July 1, 1990Boone County, West Virginia

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 1, 8:15 AM EDTHail 1Boone, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 00:00Z on 1990-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 800 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 00:00Z on 1990-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 169 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 8:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWood63 min
Jun 30, 8:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPocahontas62 min
Jun 30, 8:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPreston58 min
Jun 30, 9:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCalhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Ritchie67 min
Jun 30, 9:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLewis55 min
Jun 30, 9:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXHampshire55 min
Jun 30, 9:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMonongalia55 min
Jun 30, 9:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton, Gilmer64 min
Jun 30, 9:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMineral69 min
Jun 30, 11:04 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXRandolph116 min
Jun 30, 11:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXPreston3 hr
Jun 30, 11:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPreston3 hr
Jul 1, 2:05 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMineral55 min
Jul 1, 5:45 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXRandolph60 min
Jul 1, 11:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMonongalia, Preston53 min
Jul 1, 12:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWetzel38 min
Jul 1, 12:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMarion62 min
Jul 1, 1:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBarbour, Harrison, Lewis67 min
Jul 1, 1:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXUpshur63 min
Jul 1, 2:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRandolph57 min
Jul 1, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXNicholas42 min
Jul 1, 5:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRaleigh, Summers69 min

Nearby

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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.