Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1990, 11:10 PM EDT for Pleasants County, Wood County, West Virginia. It was in force for 50 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 10, 1990, 11:10 PM EDT (03:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 1990, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Pleasants County, WV, Wood 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 10, 11:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Wood, 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 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 110319 SVRCRW WVC073-107-110400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1110 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN NORTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA ...PLEASANTS COUNTY...NORTHERN WOOD COUNTY AT 1110 PM...CHARLESTON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTHWEST OF PARKERSBURG. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PASS BETWEEN MARIETTA AND PARKERSBURG BEFORE MOVING INTO PLEASANTS COUNTY. 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.
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 10, 6:04 PM EDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
WVZ006-102300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 600 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 1990 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. AT 552 PM WEATHER RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED THE HEAVIST OF THE PRECIPITATION IN SOUTHERN LOGAN COUNTY NEAR LOGAN..NORTH OF LEWISBURG IN GREENBRIER COUNTY ..OVER NORTHEAST MERCER COUNTY NEAR THE SUMMERS COUNTY LINE AND OVER MONROE COUNTY EAST OF UNION. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN FORMING AND DISSIPATING RAPIDLY AS THEY MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES..SEEK SAFE INDOOR SHELTER IMMEDIATELY STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/BRAMBLE
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 6:58 PM EDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
WVZ006-110000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 658 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 1990 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. AT 552 PM WEATHER RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM EASTERN PIKE COUNTY OF KENTUCKY EAST THROUGH MINGO..MCDOWELL ..WYOMING..SOUTHERN RALEIGH..NORTHERN MERCER THEN TO SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN FORMING AND DISSIPATING RAPIDLY AS THEY MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES..SEEK SAFE INDOOR SHELTER IMMEDIATELY STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/BRAMBLE
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 6:59 PM EDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
WVZ006-110000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 658 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 1990 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. AT 652 PM WEATHER RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM EASTERN PIKE COUNTY OF KENTUCKY EAST THROUGH MINGO..MCDOWELL ..WYOMING..SOUTHERN RALEIGH..NORTHERN MERCER THEN TO SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN FORMING AND DISSIPATING RAPIDLY AS THEY MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH. IF THREATENING W EATHER APPROACHES..SEEK SAFE INDOOR SHELTER IMMEDIATELY STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/BRAMBLE
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 7:17 PM EDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
WVZ003-KYZ006-OHZ009-110000 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 715 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 1990 AT 700 PM EDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTHERN OHIO EASTERN KENTUCKY AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA AND OVER ELLIOTT COUNTY KENTUCKY NEAR THE TOWN OF SANDY HOOK. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AND HOUR. ALTHOUGH NONE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SEVERE...THEY STILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. IF YOU SEE A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING ...TAKE SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND REMAIN INSI0DE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. HATIELD
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 7:18 PM EDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
WVZ003-KYZ006-OHZ009-110000 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV CORRECTION 715 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 1990 AT 700 PM EDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTHERN OHIO EASTERN KENTUCKY AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA AND OVER ELLIOTT COUNTY KENTUCKY NEAR THE TOWN OF SANDY HOOK. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AND HOUR. ALTHOUGH NONE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SEVERE...THEY STILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. IF YOU SEE A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING ...TAKE SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS AN1D REMAIN INSIDE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. HATIELD
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 10:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-VA015-016-110000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 10 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH MASON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 945 PM...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR ZANESVILLE OHIO...SOUTHWARD TO EASTERN KENTUCKY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NOTED IN MASON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA...NORTH OF PLINY...AND MOVING EAST AROUND 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH MASON COUNTY IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HAIL AS IT MOVES EASWARD TOWARD RIPLEY. ANYONE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...BETWEEN PLINY AND RIPLEY...SHOULD BE READY FOR DETERIORATING WEATHER. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. END/JK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 2:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Preston | 65 min |
| Jul 11, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Tucker | 54 min |
| Jul 11, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Grant | 45 min |
| Jul 11, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Wirt, Wood | 59 min |
| Jul 11, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 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.