Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 1991, 7:39 PM EDT for Marion County, West Virginia. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 1991, 7:39 PM EDT (23:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 1991, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marion County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 1349 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 732 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEKN 302339 SVREKN WVC049-310045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 739 PM EDT THU MAY 30 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKINS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH WEST VIRGINIA ...MARION COUNTY WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER GRANT TOWN OF NORTHERN MARION COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER THE LAST 30 MINUTES. AT 0734 PM EDT A HOUSE IN GRANT TOWN WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND SHOULD BE APPROACHING FAIRMONT WITHIN THE HOUR. PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL ...AND GUSTY WINDS FOR THE NEXT HOUR. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. END/GAV 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
Special weather statement, May 30, 4:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
WVZ005-009-MDZ009-302245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 440 PM EDT THU MAY 30 1991 AT 435 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA FROM JUST EAST OF THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIATO JUST NORTH OF GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. THESE STORMS ARE DROPPING ALONG THE PENNSYLVANIA - WEST VIRGINIA BORDER. PERSONS IN NORTHERN MONONGALIA AND NORTHERN PRESTOfN COUNTY WILL BE RECIEVING SOME SHOWER ACTIVITY OVER THE NEXT HOUR. SOME OF THESE SHOWERS MAY BE HEAVY. ALSO PERSONS IN NORTHERN GARRETT COUNTY OF MARYLAND COULD ALSO SEE SOME OF THESE SHOWERS. END/GAV NNNN
Special weather statement, May 30, 5:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
WVZ005-009-MDZ009-302312- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 512 PM EDT THU MAY 30 1991 AT 510 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA FROM JUST NORTH OF MONONGALIA COUNTY OF WEST VIRGINIA TO JUST NORTH OF GARRETT AND ALLEGANY COUNTIES OF MARYLAND. THESE STORMS CONTAIN HEAVY RAINS... GUSTY WINDS...AND LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN NORTHERN MONONGALIA AND NORTHERN PRESTON COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS TO HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AS WELL AS PERSONS IN NORTHERN GARRETT AND ALLEGANY COUNTIES OF MARYLAND. IF ANY SEVERE WEATHER IS ENCOUNTERED...PLEASE CONTACT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICALS AND ASK THAT THE RELAY INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. END/GAV NNNN
Special weather statement, May 30, 5:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
WVZ005-009-MDZ009-302351- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 552 PM EDT THU MAY 30 1991 AT 550 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MARSHALL COUNTY OF WEST VIRGINIA EAST INTO MONONGALIA AND PRESTON COUNTIES AND INTO WESTERN GARRETT COUNTY OF MARYLAND. THESE STORMS CONTAIN HEAVY RAINS... GUSTY WINDS...AND LIGHTNING. THE STORM CENTER IS LOCATED OVER THE NORTHERN PRESTON - GARRETT COUNTY LINE. THE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. IF ANY SEVERE WEATHER IS ENCOUNTERED...PLNEASE CONTACT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICALS AND ASK THAT THE RELAY INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. END/GAV NNNN
Special weather statement, May 30, 6:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
WVZ005-009-MDZ009-310020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 620 PM EDT THU MAY 30 1991 AT 620 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG SHOWER MOVING FROM WETZEL COUNTY INTO MONONGALIA COUNTY OF WEST VIRGINIA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALSO STRETCHED FROM NORTHERN PRESTON COUNTY OF WEST VIRGINIA INTO CENTRAL GARRETT AND INTO NORTHERN ALLEGANY COUNTY OF MARYLAND. THE CENTER OF THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL GARRETT COUNTY. THE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. IF ANY SEVERE WEATHER uIS ENCOUNTERED...PLEASE CONTACT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICALS AND ASK THAT THE RELAY INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. END/GAV NNNN
Special weather statement, May 30, 7:13 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
WVZ005-009-MDZ009-310110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 710 PM EDT THU MAY 30 1991 AT 608 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM AND SHOWERS EXTENDING FROM WETZEL COUNTY WEST INTO NORTHERN MARION COUNTY AND MONONGALIA COUNTY THROUGH PRESTON AND INTO GARRETT COUNTY OF MARYLAND. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE CENTER OF THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL MONONGALIA AND NORTHERN MARION COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA. PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. IF ANY SEVERE WEATHER IS ENCOUNTERED...PLEASE CONTACT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICALS AND ASK THAT THE RELAY INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. END/GAV NNNN
Special weather statement, May 30, 7:16 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
WVZ005-009-MDZ009-310110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 710 PM EDT THU MAY 30 1991 AT 708 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM AND SHOWERS EXTENDING FROM WETZEL COUNTY WEST INTO NORTHERN MARION COUNTY AND MONONGALIA COUNTY THROUGH PRESTON AND INTO GARRETT COUNTY OF MARYLAND. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE CENTER OF THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL MONONGALIA AND NORTHERN MARION COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA. PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. IF ANY SEVERE WEATHER IS ENCOUNTERED...PLEASE CONTACT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICALS AND ASK THAT THE RELAY INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...CORRECTED TIME IN FIRST LINE... END/GAV NNNN
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.