Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 1990, 3:21 PM EDT for Tucker County, West Virginia. It was in force for 54 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 11, 1990, 3:21 PM EDT (19:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 1990, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Tucker 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 11, 3:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Tucker, 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 600 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 383 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEKN 111921 SVREKN WVC093-112015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 321 PM EDT WED JUL 11 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKINS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH WEST VIRGINIA ...TUCKER COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING THROUGH TUCKER COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA NEAR PARSONS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. 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
Local storm report, Jul 11, 11:48 AM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
1145AM EDT WED JUL 11 1990
DATE...7/10/90
TIME...4-430PM EDT
LOCATION...AROUND TOWN OF WINCHESTER IN NORTHWEST ADAMS COUNTY OHIO
TYPE...WIND DAMAGE AT A&M POULTRY FARM..HEN HOUSE BLOWN DOWN AND
PORTION OF ROOF ON HOUSE TORN OFF. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL ALSO
REPORTED IN LOCUS GROVE AREA NORTH OF WINCHESTER AROUND THE
SAME TIME..TREES BLOWN DOWN NORTH THROUGH EAST OF WINCHESTER
INJURIES...NONE REPORTED
FATALITIES...UNKNOWN NUMBER OF CHICKENS..DOLLAR AMOUNT NOT KNOWN YET
SOURCE...WREC RADIO CALLED AT 10AM THIS MORNING AFTER LOOKING OVER AREA
CALLED CVG THIS MORNING..THEY HAD VIP 4 ON RADAR YDA AROUND THIS TIME
BUT RADAR FAILED JUST SHORTLY AFTER 430PM. LAST FIX OF STORM HAD TOP
TO 54,000 FEET AROUND 425PM. STORM MOST LIKELY COLLAPSED JUST AFTER
THIS TIME FRAME WHILE OVER THIS AREA.
END/DGSpecial weather statement, Jul 11, 1:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
WVZ006-007-111800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 100 PM EDT WED JUL 11 1990 AT 1255 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED A CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN MCDOWELL AND WESTERN MERCER COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR BRAMWELL AND 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLUEFIELD. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR THROUGH MERCER COUNTY BETWEEN NOW AND 200 PM. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOURF REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/PLATE
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 2:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
WVZ005-008-009-010-MDZ008-009-111915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 218 PM EDT WED JUL 11 1990 WEATHER RADAR AT 210 PM EDT INDICATED SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ACROSS NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN MARYLAND. AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHERN HARRISON COUNTY SOUTHWEST INTO LEWIS COUNTY OF WEST VIRGINIA. ANOTHER SMALL AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM SOUTHERN GRANT COUNTY INTO EASTERN PENDLETON COUNTY OF WEST VIRGINIA. A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER WESTERN ALLEGANY COUNTY MARYLAND NEAR CUMBERLAND. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AROUND 20 TO 25 MPH. GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS COULD ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THE AIR ACROSS NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN MARYLAND IS QUITE MOIST AND UNSTABLE. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL CONTINUE IN THIS TYPE OF ATOMSPHERE. KEEP A WATCH ON THE SKY AND IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK A SAFE SHELTER. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN MARYLAND. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GILKERSON NNN1N
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 2:26 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
WVZ005-008-009-010-MDZ008-009-111915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 218 PM EDT WED JUL 11 1990 WEATHER RADAR AT 210 PM EDT INDICATED SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ACROSS NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN MARYLAND. AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHERN HARRISON COUNTY SOUTHWEST INTO LEWIS COUNTY OF WEST VIRGINIA. ANOTHER SMALL AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM SOUTHERN GRANT COUNTY INTO EASTERN PENDLETON COUNTY OF WEST VIRGINIA. A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER WESTERN ALLEGANY COUNTY MARYLAND NEAR CUMBERLAND. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AROUND 20 TO 25 MPH. GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS COULD ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THE AIR ACROSS NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN MARYLAND IS QUITE MOIST AND UNSTABLE. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL CONTINUE IN THIS TYPE OF ATOMSPHERE. KEEP A WATCH ON THE SKY AND IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK A SAFE SHELTER. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN MARYLAND. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GILKERSON NNGNN
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 3:11 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
WVZ005-008-009-010-MDZ008-009-112015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 308 PM EDT WED JUL 11 1990 WEATHER RADAR AT 305 PM EDT INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ACROSS NORTHERN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER BARBOUR AND EASTERN UPSHUR COUNTIES MOVING INTO TUCKER AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN RANDOLPH...MUCH OF TUCKER INTO SOUTHERN PRESTON COUNTIES. GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS COULD ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THE AIR ACROSS NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN MARYLAND IS QUITE MOIST AND UNSTABLE. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL CONTINUE IN THIS TYPE OF ATOMSPHERE. KEEP A WATCH ON THE SKY AND IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK A SAFE SHELTER. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN MARYLAND. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GILKERSON NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 11:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Wood | 50 min |
| Jul 11, 2:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Preston | 65 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.