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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Charleston, WV

July 1, 1990Wetzel County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1990, 12:37 PM EDT for Wetzel County, West Virginia. It was in force for 38 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 1990, 12:37 PM EDT (16:37 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 1990, 1:15 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Wetzel 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 101 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1990-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 105 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1990-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
105 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1061 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 011639
SVRCRW
WVC103-011715-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1237 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  115 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN NORTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...WETZEL COUNTY
 
AT 1230 PM THIS AFTERNOON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST ACROSS WETZEL COUNTY AT 40 MILES
AN HOUR.
 
END/BDG
 
 
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.

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, 6:56 AM EDT, 5 hours 41 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, 4 hours 57 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
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 12:02 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
WVZ006>008-011700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV
1200 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 1990

AT 12 NOON TODAY WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OVER SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTY MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD AROUND 30 MPH. THIS
THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN RALEIGH COUNTY DURING THE NEXT FEW
MINUTES.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...
BRIEF STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.

PERSONS SHOULD SEEK SAFE INDOOR SHELTER AS THIS STORM APPROACHES.

OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON ACROSS
SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
END/MONEYPENNY

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, 7:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone35 min
Jul 1, 11:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMonongalia, Preston53 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

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.