Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 1990, 7:03 PM EDT for Jackson County, West Virginia. It was in force for 42 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, 7:03 PM EDT (23:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 1990, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jackson 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, 7:15 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Jackson, 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 726 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 975 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 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 KCRW 112307 SVRCRW WVC035-112345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 703 PM EDT WED JUL 11 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN WEST WEST VIRGINIA ...NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY AT 655 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR RAVENSWOOD IN WESTERN JACKSON COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. 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 LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A )SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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 11, 3:53 PM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
WVZ003-KYZ006-OHZ009-112300 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV CORRECTION 345 PM EDT WED JUL 11 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EDT... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO TONIGHT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA TONIGHT... AT 345 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE TRI STATE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHWEST PIKE COUNTY AND CENTRAL MEIGS COUNTY IN OHIO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...STRONG WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. IF THREATENING WEATHER IS APPROACHING SEEK SHELTER INDOORS PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENT AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. S HARRISON
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 4:38 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
WVZ005-008-009-010-MDZ008-009-112130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 440 PM EDT WED JUL 11 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...AND PORTIONS OF THE POTOMAC HIGHLANDS AND EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHERN MOUNTAINS... POTOMAC HIGHLANDS AND EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT ALLEGANY COUNTY OF WESTERN MARYLAND... WEATHER RADAR AT 430 PM EDT INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHNTING SCATTERED ACROSS THE AREA. A STRONG STORM WAS MOVING ACROSS UPSHUR COUNTY INTO RANDOLPH COUNTY. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING ACROSS HARDY COUNTY OF WEST VIRGINIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVED ACROSS TUCKER COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA AROUND 330 PM. TWO TREES WERE UPROOTED NEAR PARSONS. A LARGE TREE LIMB FELL ACROSS POWER LINES IN PARSONS. HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED AT VOLGA IN BARBOUR COUNTY HAS A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED 1.38 INCHES IN 15 MINUTES. 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. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GILKERSON NNNN
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 4:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-VA015-016-112300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON, WV 500 PM EDT WED JUL 11 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER INTO WOOD COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THURSDAY FOR MOST OF WEST VIRGINIA... ...THE NAT EVERYWHERE IN THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS...THE GREATEST THREAT OF EXCESSIVELY HEAVY RAIN...AND SEVERE WEATHER...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT IS IN THE POPULATED CHARLESTON WV AND HUNTINGTON WV AREAS. NUMERICAL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OVER TWO INCHES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY. THE NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL CENTER PREDICTS 24 HOUR RAINFALLS IN EXCESS OF THREE INCHES OVER LARGE AREAS. THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER PREDICTS A THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS FOR EVERY AREA OF THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS. THE CONDITIONS CONTRIBUTING TO THESE MULTIPLE THREATS WILL BE FULLY IN PLACE TODAY...THURSDAY...AND INTO FRIDAY. THE GROUND IS DRY IN MOST AREAS...AND ABLE TO ABSORB QUITE A BIT OF RAIN...SO FAR. THE FORESTS ARE GREEN AND THURSTY...AND THEY WILL DO THEIR PART IN RAPIDLY ABSORBING MOISTURE. FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS SHOULD NOT DEVELOP UNTIL RAINFALLS EXCEED 2 1/2 INCHES IN THREE HOURS OR 4 TO 5 INCHES IN 24 HOURS IN MOST AREAS. HOWEVER...A LONG PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN WOULD SATURATE BOTH SOIL AND VEGITATION AND INCUR THE THREAT OF FLOODING. THIS LONG PERIOD OF RAIN SEEMS LIKELY. LISTEN FOR FURTHER FORECASTS...STATEMENTS...WATCHES...OR WARNINGS DEALING WITH THE THREAT OF BOTH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN. END/PARKE
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 5:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-VA015-016-112300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON, WV 505 PM EDT WED JUL 11 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER INTO WOOD COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THURSDAY FOR MOST OF WEST VIRGINIA... ...THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MOST OF WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 10 PM... AT 455 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN CHARLESTON SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD WOOD COUNTY...IN WEST VIRGINIA. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING...HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AS THEY CONTINUE EASTWARD...BETWEEN RAVENSWOOD AND PARKERSBURG. THE STORMS WERE OCCURRING ALONG A VERY SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT...ORIENTED ACROSS CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. AS THE STORMS MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD ALONG THE FRONT...SOME AREAS COULD SEE REPEAT CELLS MOVING ACROSS THE SAME GENERAL AREA. THIS WILL ADD TO THE FLOODING POTENTIAL AS TIME PASSES. FURTHER TO THE WEST...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING ACROSS SOUTHERN OHIO AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...AND MOVING TOWARD THE MOUNTAIN STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA. LISTEN FOR FURTHER FORECASTS...STATEMENTS...WATCHES...OR WARNINGS DEALING WITH THE THREAT OF BOTH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN. END/JK
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 5:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
WVZ005-008-009-010-MDZ008-009-112240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 540 PM EDT WED JUL 11 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...AND PORTIONS OF THE POTOMAC HIGHLANDS AND EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHERN MOUNTAINS... POTOMAC HIGHLANDS AND EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT ALLEGANY COUNTY OF WESTERN MARYLAND... WEATHER RADAR AT 540 PM EDT INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHNTING SCATTERED ACROSS THE AREA. A STRONG STORM WAS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN DODDRIDGE AND NORTHERN GILMER COUNTY MOVING TOWARD HARRISON AND LEWIS COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY NORTHEAST INTO GRANT COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALSO EXTENDED FROM ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NORTH THROUGH SHENANDOAH INTO FREDERICK COUNTY OF VIRGINIA. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...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. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR +POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GILKERSON NNNN
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 6:16 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
WVZ003-KYZ006-OHZ009-120000 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 610 PM EDT WED JUL 11 1990 AT 610 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A WIDESPREAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MUCH OF SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY. THUNDERSTORM INTENSITIES HAVE DROPPED SOMEWHAT IN THE LAST HOUR BUT REDEVELOPMENT IS PROBABLE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED IN WESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY NEAR THE OHIO RIVER. STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT. REMAIN ALERT TO APPROACHING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. HEAVY RAIN FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD CAUSE LOCAL SMALL STREAM AND URQBAN FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. END/JMH
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, 3:21 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 |
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.