Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1990, 12:43 PM EDT for Marion County, West Virginia. It was in force for 62 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, 12:43 PM EDT (16:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1990, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marion 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, 1:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Marion, 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
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEKN 011643 SVREKN WVC049-011745- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 1243 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKINS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH WEST VIRGINIA ...MARION COUNTY WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WETZEL COUNTY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND SHOULD ENTER MARION COUNTY BEFORE 1:00 PM EDT. 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. NNNN
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 47 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, 5 hours 3 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, 41 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.
| 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, 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, 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.