Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Charleston, WV

September 13, 1991Pleasants County, Tyler County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 13, 1991, 6:01 PM EDT for Pleasants County, Tyler County, West Virginia. It was in force for 44 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
Sep 13, 1991, 6:01 PM EDT (22:01 UTC)
Expired
Sep 13, 1991, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Pleasants County, WV, Tyler County, WV

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 13, 6:39 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Pleasants, 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 136 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1991-09-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1991-09-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1243 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 132205
SVRCRW
WVC073-095-132245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
601 PM EDT FRI SEP 13 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN NORTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...PLEASANTS COUNTY...TYLER COUNTY
 
AT 600 PM EDT THIS EVENING ...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED
A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING EAST TOWARD THE WEST VIRGINIA
AND OHIO BORDER. THE STORM WAS LOCATED OVER WASHINGTON COUNTY OHIO.
BEFORE 620 PM THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO TYLER AND PLEASNATS COUNITES ONORTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AHOUR.
 
 
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.
 
END/JMM

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, Sep 13, 5:35 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-131500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
530 PM EDT FRI SEP 13 1991

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHCENTRAL...

AT 515 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH
HEAVY RAINS OVER THE SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO COUNTIES OF JACKSON...WESTERN GALIA
AND WESTERN MEIGS. ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST TO NORTHEAST AT ABOUT
15 MPH.

PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT AND IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES
MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER. REPORT AND SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OCCURRENCES TO YOUR
LOCAL LAW ENFORCMENT OFFICE FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SEhRVICE.

END/SAS
Special weather statement, Sep 13, 5:40 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-131500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
530 PM EDT FRI SEP 13 1991

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO...

AT 515 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH
HEAVY RAINS OVER THE SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO COUNTIES OF JACKSON...WESTERN GALIA
AND WESTERN MEIGS. ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST TO NORTHEAST AT ABOUT
15 MPH.

PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT AND IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES
MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER. REPORT AND SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OCCURRENCES TO YOUR
LOCAL LAW ENFORCMENT OFFICE FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

END/SAS
Special weather statement, Sep 13, 5:51 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
WVZ004-006-007-132350-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
550 PM EDT FRI SEP 13 1991

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING INTO NORTHWESTERN
WEST VIRGINIA AT 545 PM.  THESE STORMS WERE BETWEEN NEW MARTINSVILLE
AND ST MARYS AND WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS WETZEL, TYLER,
AND PLEASANTS COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM. OTHERS STORM OVER SOUTHEASTERN
OHIO WILL CROSS THE OHIO RIVER INTO WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN PARKERSBURG
AND HUNTINGTON BY 615 PM.

MANY OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS.
MOTORIST SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROAD SURFACES AND
POOR VISIBILITIES.

ALL STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
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END/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE/WILSON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 13, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPleasants, Wood30 min
Sep 13, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMonongalia44 min
Sep 13, 7:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPleasants60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991

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.