Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1990, 5:06 PM EDT for Raleigh County, Summers County, West Virginia. It was in force for 69 min. 2 reports 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, 5:06 PM EDT (21:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1990, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Raleigh County, WV, Summers 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, 5:30 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Summers, WV | |
| Jul 1, 6:10 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Raleigh, 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 KBKW 012107
SVRBKW
WVC081-089-012215-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV
506 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BECKLEY WV HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
...EASTERN RALEIGH...SUMMERS
AT 500PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED IN RALEIGH COUNTY JUST NORTH OF THE TOWN
OF HINTON. THIS THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SUMMERS COUNTY DURING THE NEXT FEW MINUTES.
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.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, 5 hours 4 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, 4 hours 5 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, 3 hours 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, 1 hour 58 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
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 4:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
WVZ006>008-012100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 400 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 7PM THIS EVENING FOR GREENBRIER COUNTY... AT 4PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM GAULEY BRIDGE IN NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY EASTWARD TO NEAR RICHWOOD IN NICHOLAS COUNTY MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEASTWARD AROUND 35 MPH. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS IN SOUTHERN MINGO COUNTY NORTH OF IAEGER. 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 WEAT_HER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/MONEYPENNY
Local storm report, Jul 1, 4:24 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - ELKINS, WV
4:25 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 1990
DAMAGE REPORTS FOR NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA JULY 1, 1990
MONONGALIA COUNTY - 1154 AM EDT - MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN CITY OF
MORGANTOWN, WV.
1215 PM EDT - TREES DOWN SEVERAL AREAS IN CITY
MORGANTOWN, WV.
PRESTON COUNTY - 1215 PM EDT - 16 PERSONS INJURED, 8 SERIOUS, 1
CRITICAL 1 MILE OFF ROUTE 7 NEAR
MONONGALIA/PRESTON COUNTY LINE.
INDIVIDUALS ATTENDING ARCHERY MEET
SOUGHT SHELTER UNDER PAVILION.
PAVILION STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
1220 PM EDT - TREES DOWN ONTO POWER LINES AT
AUTHORDALE, WV
1220 PM EDT - TREES DOWN ONTO POWER LINES...
AND HOUSE TRAILER AT TUNNELTON,
WV.
1225 PM EDT - TREES DOWN OVER ROUTE 72 ONTO
POWER LINES NORTH AND SOUTH OF
ROWLESBURG, WV
MARION COUNTY 1330 PM EDT - TREES DOWN...POWER OUTAGES IN
AREA OF MANNINGTON, WV.
HARRISON COUNTY 1340 PM EDT - GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT ANMOORE, WV
1340 PM EDT - LARGE HAIL REPORTED IN CITY OF
CLARKSBURG, WV.
1345 PM EDT - DIME SIZE HAIL 10 MILES EAST OF
BRIDGEPORT, WV.
LEWIS COUNTY 1413 PM EDT - DIME SIZE HAIL AT JANE LEW, WV.
BARBOUR COUNTY 1400 PM EDT - DIME SIZE HAIL, 0.68 INCH RAIN IN
15 MINUTES AT VOLGA, WV.
UPSHUR COUNTY 1445 PM EDT - TREES/LARGE LIMBS DOWN BLOCKING
ROUTE 20 AT HINKLEVILLE, WV SOUTH
OF BUCKHANNON.
RANDOLPH COUNTY 1435 PM EDT - DIME SIZE HAIL AT BEVERLY, WV
1447 PM EDT - TWO REPORTS OF DIME SIZE HAIL AT
~ DAILEY, WV
END/HILLThe 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, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Nicholas | 42 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.