Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1990, 2:24 PM EDT for Marion County, Monongalia County, West Virginia. It was in force for 66 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 5, 1990, 2:24 PM EDT (18:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1990, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Marion County, WV, Monongalia 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 5, 2:37 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Monongalia, 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 2521 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 821 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEKN 051824 SVREKN WVC049-061-051930- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 224 PM EDT THU JUL 5 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKINS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH WEST VIRGINIA ...NORTHERN MARION COUNTY...WESTERN MONONGALIA COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHWESTERN MONONGALIA COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA MOVING TOWARD THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNIGNG. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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 5, 11:03 AM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
KYZ006-OHZ009-WVZ003-051600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 1100 AM EDT THU JUL 05 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY... AT 1105 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTHWEST MEIGS COUNTY OHIO SOUTHWEST INTO LEWIS COUNTY KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST NORTH OF JACKSON IN JACKSON COUNTY OHIO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY DOWNPOURS...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN OHIO AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY. KEEP AN EYE ON THE CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER INDOORS IF THESE STORMS APPROACH. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DO NOT USE THE TELEPHONE UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO CAUSE PONDING OF WATER 8ON ROADS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. END/DCY
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 12:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
KYZ006-OHZ009-WVZ003-051800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 1210 AM EDT THU JUL 05 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN OHIO AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. THE WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING AND INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: IN OHIO... GALLIA...JACKSON...LAWRENCE AND MEIGS IN WEST VIRGINIA... CABELL...MASON AND WAYNE AT 1205 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PIKE...JACKSON AND SCIOTO COUNTIES IN SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO. NONE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR SEVERE LIMITS AT THIS TIME. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING NORTHWARD TOWARD ZANESVILLE OHIO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY DOWNPOURS...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. KEEP AN EYE ON THE CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER INDOORS IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DO NOT USE THE TELEPHONE UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. HEAVY RAINFA"LL WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. END/DCY
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 12:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
KYZ006-OHZ009-WVZ003-051800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV...CORRECTED 1210 PM EDT THU JUL 05 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN OHIO AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. THE WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING AND INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: IN OHIO... GALLIA...JACKSON...LAWRENCE AND MEIGS IN WEST VIRGINIA... CABELL...MASON AND WAYNE AT 1205 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PIKE...JACKSON AND SCIOTO COUNTIES IN SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO. NONE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR SEVERE LIMITS AT THIS TIME. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING NORTHWARD TOWARD ZANESVILLE OHIO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY DOWNPOURS...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. KEEP AN EYE ON THE CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER INDOORS IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DO NOT USE THE TELEPHONE UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ...CORRECTION TO TIME... YOUNG... /
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 1:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
KYZ006-OHZ009-WVZ003-051900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 105 PM EDT THU JUL 05 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN OHIO AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 100 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE OHIO RIVER IN SOUTHERN ADAMS AND SCIOTO COUNTIES IN OHIO AND NORTHERN LEWIS COUNTY KENTUCKY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A LINE EXTENDING FROM JUST NORTHEAST OF ZANESVILLE OHIO TO JUST NORTH OF CHILLICOTHE. ALL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. IF PRESENT TENDENCIES CONTINUE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AFFECTING SOUTHEAST OHIO AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA BEFORE 6 PM THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES AND EXTREMELY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. STAY ALERT TO THE CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DO NOT USE THE TELEPHONE UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. YOUNG...
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 1:51 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
WVZ002-005-051945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 150 PM EDT THU JUL 5 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTROM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6PM FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT ABOUT 145 PM CHARLESTON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS..GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING OVER RITCHIE COUNTY..AND ALSO ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WA ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER NORTH OF PARKERSBURG INT O NORTHERN WOOD COUNTY AND INTO PLEASANTS COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. END/ORCHANIAN
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 1:58 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
WVZ002-005-051945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT. . . .CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 150 PM EDT THU JUL 5 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTROM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6PM FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT ABOUT 145 PM CHARLESTON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS..GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING OVER RITCHIE COUNTY..AND ALSO ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER NORTH OF PARKERSBURG INTO NORTHERN WOOD COUNTY AND INTO PLEASANTS COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. END/ORCHANIAN STATEMENT CORRECTED IN 3RD AND 4TH LINE.
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.