Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Charleston, WV
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 6:39 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Pleasants, 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.
- 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
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. z END/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE/WILSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Wood | 30 min |
| Sep 13, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Monongalia | 44 min |
| Sep 13, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants | 60 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.