Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Charleston, WV

July 23, 1991Tucker County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 1991, 5:33 PM EDT for Tucker County, West Virginia. It was in force for 57 min. 3 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
Jul 23, 1991, 5:33 PM EDT (21:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 1991, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Tucker County, WV

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 23, 5:44 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Tucker, WV
Jul 23, 5:44 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Tucker, WV
Jul 23, 5:50 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Tucker, 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 1991-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1248 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1991-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 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
1248 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1003 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWood43 min
Jul 23, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLincoln, Putnam31 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.