Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 1991, 6:22 PM EDT for Calhoun County, Clay County, Roane County, West Virginia. It was in force for 38 min. 4 reports 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
- Apr 9, 1991, 6:22 PM EDT (22:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 1991, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Roane County, WV
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 6:30 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Roane, WV | |
| Apr 9, 6:35 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Clay, WV | |
| Apr 9, 6:50 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Roane, WV | |
| Apr 9, 7:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Calhoun, 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 211 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 764 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Apr 9, 4:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-092200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 435PM EDT TUE APR 09 1991 ...TORNADO WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 10PM EDT FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA..UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO... TORNADO WATCHES HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR ALL OF THE TRI-STATE AREA FOR THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT. AT 430PM..WEATHER RADARS INDICATED A LINE OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM JUST SOUTHEAST OF DAYTON OHIO..THROUGH SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO..INTO EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY NEAR LONDON. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR WHILE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND THE SAME SPEED. THE STORMS WILL BE CROSSING THE TRI-STATE AREA DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. WHILE THERE HAS BEEN NO SEVERE WEATHER REPORTED IN TRI-STATE AREA AS OF 430PM..SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL AS THEY MOVED ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL OHIO AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. THE POTENTIAL FOR THESE STORMS TO HAVE HEAVY DOWNPOURS..STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT AS THEY MOVE ACROSS NORTHEAST KENTUCKY..WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO. REMEMBER..A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND AROUND THE WATCH AREA. FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. END/DG
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 5:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
WVZ006-007-008-012-092300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 515 PM EDT TUE APR 09 1991 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR FAYETTE...LOGAN...MCDOWELL... MINGO...RALEIGH...AND WYOMING COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING... AT 510 PM THIS AFTERNOON WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE ENTERING SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AROUND 6 PM THIS EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL... DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA GO TO A REINFORCED SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/CGF
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 5:35 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-VAZ015-016-092300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 535 PM EDT TUE APR 9 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT WESTERN AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA... ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 535 PM THIS AFTERNOON...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM JUST SOUTH OF CHILLICOTHE IN SOUTHERN OHIO TO JUST EAST OF JACKSON IN KENTUCKY. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS WEST VIRGINIA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. END/RPY
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 5:38 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
WVZ005-009-092245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 538 PM EDT TUE APR 9 1991 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... WEATHER RADAR AT 530 PM INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY INTENSE TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST WEST OF ZANESVILLE OHIO SOUTH TO NEAR HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA BY 730 PM THIS EVENING. KEEP A WATCH ON THE SKY AND MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GILKERSON NNNN
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 6:06 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
WVZ006-007-008-012-100000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 610 PM EDT TUE APR 09 1991 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR FAYETTE...LOGAN...MCDOWELL... MINGO...RALEIGH...AND WYOMING COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING... AT 605 PM THIS AFTERNOON WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...EXTENDING FROM NEAR POINT PLEASANT SOUTH TO HUNTINGTON...WILLIAMSON AND WISE VIRGINIA. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND ENTERING SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL... DEADLY LIGHTNING AND A TORNADO. WHEN THESE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA GO TO A REINFORCED SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. MOBILE HOMES GIVE VERY LITTLE PROTECTION...FIND MORE SECURE SHELTER FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LAT;EST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/CGF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Putnam | 54 min |
| Apr 9, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Kanawha | 61 min |
| Apr 9, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan, Mingo | 59 min |
| Apr 9, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Nicholas | 38 min |
| Apr 9, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh | 67 min |
| Apr 9, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lewis, Upshur | 82 min |
| Apr 9, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Gilmer, Ritchie | 63 min |
| Apr 9, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Webster | 63 min |
| Apr 9, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette | 46 min |
| Apr 9, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 99 min |
| Apr 9, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison | 99 min |
| Apr 9, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Marion, Taylor | 91 min |
| Apr 9, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Tucker | 91 min |
| Apr 9, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Monongalia, Preston | 2 hr |
| Apr 9, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Ross | 65 min |
| Apr 9, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Pickaway | 56 min |
| Apr 9, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Franklin | 61 min |
| Apr 9, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fairfield, Licking | 64 min |
| Apr 9, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Perry | 66 min |
| Apr 9, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Muskingum | 59 min |
| Apr 9, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Hocking, Vinton | 65 min |
| Apr 9, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Morgan | 65 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.