Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1990, 3:18 PM EDT for Nicholas County, West Virginia. It was in force for 42 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, 3:18 PM EDT (19:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1990, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Nicholas 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, 3:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Nicholas, 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 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 1621 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 624 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 011919 SVRCRW WVC067-012000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 318 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...NORTHERN AND EASTERN NICHOLAS COUNTY AT 315 PM THIS AFTERNOON.. WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING FROM NORTHERN NICHOLAS COUNTY INTO EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. 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. END/BDG
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, 3 hours 16 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, 2 hours 17 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
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 2:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
WVZ006>008-011900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 200 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 7PM THIS EVENING FOR GREENBRIER COUNTY... AT 2PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. STORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAI WERE ON THE RALEIGH...MERCER COUNTY BORDER JUST NORTH OF THE TOWN OF MATOAKA AND OVER MCDOWELL COUNTY SOUTHEAST OF IAEGER. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEASTWARD AROUND 35 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH`ERN WEST VIRGINIA. PERSONS SHOULD SEEK SAFE INDOOR SHELTER IF THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/MONEYPENNY
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 3:08 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
WVZ006>008-012000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 305 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 7PM THIS EVENING FOR GREENBRIER COUNTY... AT 3PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEASTERN MINGO COUNTY EXTENDIN EASTWARD INTO LOGAN COUNTY OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEASTWARD AROUND 35 MPH. VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTH OF CHARLESTON EASTWARD TO NEAR WEBSTER SPRINGS WERE DRIFTING SOUTH. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. PERSONS SHOULD SEEK SAFE INDOOR SHELTER IF THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES. 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, 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, 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.