Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1990, 1:57 PM EDT for Upshur County, West Virginia. It was in force for 63 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, 1:57 PM EDT (17:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1990, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Upshur 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, 2:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Upshur, 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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 011757 SVREKN WVC097-011900- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 157 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKINS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH WEST VIRGINIA ...UPSHUR COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN HARRISON COUNTY IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS UPSHUR COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. 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. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS INW 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, 12:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 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
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 1:01 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
WVZ006>008-011800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 100 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 7PM THIS EVENING FOR GREENBRIER COUNTY... AT 1PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN AND WESTERN RALEIGH COUNTY MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEASTWARD AROUND 30 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... BRIEF STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. PERSONS SHOULD SEEK SAFE INDOOR SHELTER IF THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES. THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING 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, 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, 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.