Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1990, 10:10 PM EDT for Hardy County, West Virginia. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 1990, 10:10 PM EDT (02:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1990, 11:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hardy County, WV
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 1849 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1456 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEKN 100210 SVREKN WVC031-100315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 1010 PM EDT MON JUL 9 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKINS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST WEST VIRGINIA ...HARDY COUNTY WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHWEST HARDY COUNTY NEAR MOOREFIELD. THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. 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. GILKERSON 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 9, 6:11 PM EDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-VA015-016-100000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 615 PM EDT MON JUL 9 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 606 IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA INCLUDING THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE UNTIL 900 PM... AT 600 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO EXTREME NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR PARKERSBURG TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF MOUNDSVILLE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN SOUTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY AND NORTHWESTERN WETZEL COUNTY. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. THESE STROMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL... FREQUENT AND INTENSE LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. PERSONS IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND FLASH FLOODING AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. REMEMBER LIGHTNING KILLS MORE PEOPLE ON THE AVERAGE EACH YEAR THAN HURRICANES OR TORNADOES. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS WEST VIRGINIA FOR THE REST OF THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATIONS OR TO THE NEAREST NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLASH FLOODING CALL YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY THE INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. DGH
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 8:04 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
WVZ006-100100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 805 PM EDT MON JUL 9 1990 AT 800 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE MINGO...LOGAN COUNTY BORDER 5 MILES WEST OF LOGAN. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING EAST 25 MILES AN HOUR. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM AS IT MOVES THROUGH LOGAN COUNTY BETWEEN NOW AND 90}0 PM. IF YOU ARE IN LOGAN COUNTY YOU SHOULD SEEK SAFE INDOOR SHELTER IF THIS THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES AND REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL IT HAS PASSED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/PLATE
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 8:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-VA015-016-100000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 850 PM EDT MON JUL 9 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 606 IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA AND THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE...WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM... AT 845 PM THE WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN CHARLESTON SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN OHIO. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...BETWEEN PARKERSBURG AND MORGANTOWN...WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN HUNTINGTON AND CHARLESTON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN A VERY HUMID AIRMASS AHEAD OF A WEAK COLD FRONT...SAGGING SLOWLY SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY. THE STORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY...BUT ARE STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ALONG WITH FREQUENT AND INTENSE LIGHTNING. EARLIER...A THUNDERSTORM GUST FRONT MOVED THROUGH PARKERSBURG AT 545...WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 55 MPH. AT 645...NICKEL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR BRANDONVILLE...IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. BETWEEN 730 AND 8 PM...TREES WERE DOWNED BY STRONG WINDS NEAR LUMBERPORT...IN NORTHERN HARRISON COUNTY OF WEST VIRGINIA. REMEMBER LIGHTNING KILLS MORE PEOPLE EACH YEAR THAN HURRICANES OR TORNADOES. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS WEST VIRGINIA OVERNIGHT...BUT STORM SEVERITY SHOULD DECREASE WITHOUT DAYTIME HEATING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP ON TUESDAY...AS THE FRONTAL SYSTEM DRAWS CLOSER. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATIONS OR TO THE NEAREST NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLASH FLOODING CALL YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY THE INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. JK
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 9:14 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-VA015-016-100000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND STATE WEATHER STORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV...CORRECTION 850 PM EDT MON JUL 9 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 606 IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA AND THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE...WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM... AT 845 PM THE WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN CHARLESTON SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN OHIO. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...BETWEEN PARKERSBURG AND MORGANTOWN...WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN HUNTINGTON AND CHARLESTON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN A VERY HUMID AIRMASS AHEAD OF A WEAK COLD FRONT...SAGGING SLOWLY SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY. THE STORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY...BUT ARE STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ALONG WITH FREQUENT AND INTENSE LIGHTNING. EARLIER...A THUNDERSTORM GUST FRONT MOVED THROUGH PARKERSBURG AT 545...WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 55 MPH. AT 645...NICKEL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR BRANDONVILLE...IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. BETWEEN 730 AND 8 PM...TREES WERE DOWNED BY STRONG WINDS NEAR LUMBERPORT...IN NORTHERN HARRISON COUNTY OF WEST VIRGINIA. REMEMBER LIGHTNING KILLS MORE PEOPLE EACH YEAR THAN HURRICANES OR TORNADOES. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS WEST VIRGINIA OVERNIGHT...BUT STORM SEVERITY SHOULD DECREASE WITHOUT DAYTIME HEATING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP ON TUESDAY...AS THE FRONTAL SYSTEM DRAWS CLOSER. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATIONS OR TO THE NEAREST NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLASH FLOODING CALL YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY THE INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...CORRECTION TO ADD STATE WEATHER STORY... JK
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 9:15 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
WVZ006-100200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 915 PM EDT MON JUL 9 1990 AT 910 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHWESTERN WYOMING COUNTY 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF MULLENS. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM AS IT MOVES THROUGH NORTHERN AND EASTERN WYOMING COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF MULLENS...BETWEEN NOW AND 1000 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM YOU SHOULD SEEK SAFE INDOOR SHELTER AND REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL IT THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/PLATE
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 10:03 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
WVZ006-100300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 1000 PM EDT MON JUL 9 1990 AT 1000 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS OVER WYOMING COUNTY HAD DISSIPATED. NO PRECIPITATION WAS DETECTED OVER SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AT 1000 PM. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP DURING THE NIGHT. WARM HUMID UNSTABLE AIR COVERS THE AREA SOUTH OF A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA TO NORTHERN ILLINOIS. ANY THUNDERSTORM WHICH DOES DEVELOP MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL... SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEAyTHER INFORMATION. END/PLATE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 9:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Randolph | 56 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.