Tornado Warning 3, NWS Charleston, WV

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV
520 PM EDT MON AUG 19 1991

....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND ALL OF
WEST VIRGINIA EXCEPT FOR THE EASTERN PANHANDLE UNTIL 9PM EDT...

AT 515 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM NEAR GLENVILLE SOUTHWARD THROUGH WESTERN FAYETTE...SOUTHERN
BOONE...WESTERN WYOMING AND WESTERN MCDOWELL COUNTIES TO NEAR DWIGHT
VIRGINIA.  SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN..STRONG WINDS..HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY
ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT
AND SEEK SAFE INSIDE SHELTER WHEN THESE STORMS APPROCH YOUR AREA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

END/CGF

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
530 PM EDT MON AUG 19 1991

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS REISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
UNTIL 1000PM EDT FOR LEWIS...GREENUP...CARTER...ELLIOT AND BOYD COUNTIES
OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT
FOR WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...MARTIN AND JOHNSON COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY
UNTIL 90 PM EDT.

AT 520 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS
AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR PARKERSBURG THROUGH
CHARLESTON TO BRISTOL TENNESSEE.  A SECOND LINE EXTENDS FROM JUST NORTH
OF CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA TO PAINTSVILLE KENTUCKY THEN WEST TO NEAR
BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY.  A THIRD LINE EXTEND FORM NORTH OF CINCINNATI
SOUTHWEST THROUGH LOUISVILLE.  ALL ARE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IMEDIATELY.
AS THESE STORMS PASS SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN
CAN BE EXPECTED.

END/RCH

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
536 PM EDT MON AUG 19 1991

AT ABOUT 525 PM CHARLESTON WEATHER RADAR DETECTED AN AREA OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS BOUNDED IN AN AREA FROM BRISTOL TENNESSEE, TO 15
MILES WEST OF BECKLEY WEST VIRGINIA, SUTTON, CLARKSBURG, WHEELING, AND
25 MILES WEST OF LEXINGTON KENTUCKY.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OBSERVED IN WEST VIRGINIA OVER SOUTHERN
CALHOUN, EASTERN CLAY, SOUTHWEST BRAXTON, WESTERN HARRISON COUNTY OR
ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF CLARKSBURG, AND CENTRAL DODDRIDGE COUNTY OR
ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF WEST UNION. THE STRONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SUTTON IN BRAXTON COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO OBSERVED ABOUT 25 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF
JACKSON KENTUCKY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY
WINDS, LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY
THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS YOUR AREA.

REMEMBER, THERE IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9PM FOR SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA AND ALL OF WEST VIRGINIA EXCEPT FOR THE EASTERN PANHANDLE.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV
543 PM EDT MON AUG 19 1991

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR GARRETT AND ALLEGANY COUNTIES OF WESTERN MARYLAND AND ALL OF
WEST VIRGINIA EXCEPT THE EXTREME EASTERN PANHANDLE COUNTIES...

AT 540 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND VERY HEAVY
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA SOUTHWEST
INTO WESTERN MONONGALIA COUNTY...WESTERN MARION COUNTY...AND ON
SOUTHWEST INTO CHARLESTON AND SOUTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA INTO THE
SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF VIRGINIA. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARDS
THE EAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR TO BE MOVING INTO
SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON AND NORTHERN LEWIS COUNTIES. THIS STORM
CONTAINS HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS WELL AS GUSTY
WINDS. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SMALL HAIL COULD BE PRODUCED AS WELL.

THIS STORM SHOULD BE MOVING INTO THE MILFORD AND JANE LEW AREAS
WITHIN THE NEXT 30 TO 40 MINUTES.

PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND IF
OBSERVED TAKE SHELTER. IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED NOTIFY LOCAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT ATHORIMTIES AND ASK THAT THEY RELAY INFORMATION TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCASTS FOR
FURTHER STATEMENTS OF POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

END/GAV

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
545 PM EDT MON AUG 19 1991

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN OHIO.

AT 535 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS
AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR PARKERSBURG THROUGH
CHARLESTON TO BRISTOL TENNESSEE.  A BROKEN LINE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORM EXTEND FROM JACKSON KENTUCKY SOUTHWEST NASHVILLE TENNESSEE.
ALL MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH TONIGHT.  IF
YOU ARE OUT AND A STORM APPROACHES SEEK SHgELTER INDOORS.

HATFIELD

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
616 PM EDT MON AUG 19 1991

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #738 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR AREAS WEST OF
THE MOUNTAINS IN WEST VIRGINIA...BUT WILL CONTINUE FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
...THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA AND THE SOUTHWEST COAL FIELDS
OF WEST VIRGINIA.

THIS MEANS THAT PARKERSBURG, HUNTINGTON, AND CHARLESTON ARE NO LONGER
UNDER THE WATCH.

END/ORCHANIAN