Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 106, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 1992, 1:25 PM EDT for Fayette County, West Virginia. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 31, 1992, 1:25 PM EDT (17:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 1992, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fayette County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 437 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 562 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 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
Local storm report, Jul 31, 9:43 AM EDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 1000AM EDT FRI JUL 31 1992 DATE...JULY 22 TIME...950PM - MIDNIGHT EDT LOCATION...WESTERN CARTER COUNTY KENTUCKY..OLIVE HILL ROUTE 60 AREAS TYPE...FLOODING..NUMEROUS ROADS COVERED WITH WATER, SMALL CREEK OVERFLOW NO INJURIES OR DEATHS SOURCE...COUNTY SHERRIFF DATE...JULY 22 TIME...1000PM - MIDNIGHT EDT LOCATION...SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTY KENTUCKY..EMERSON/ROSE HILL AREAS TYPE...FLOODING..NUMEROUS SIDE ROADS AND SMALL CREEKS NO INJURIES OR DEATHS SOURCE..COUNTY EOC DATE...7/23 TIME...230PM - 430PM EDT LOCATION...EASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY KENTUCKY..WELLS CHURCH/BOONS CAMP AREAS TYPE...FLOODING..NUMEROUS STREETS COVERED WITH WATER, MINOR DAMAGE TO SOME HOME BASEMENTS NO DEATHS OR INJURIES SOURCE...COUNTY EOC DATE...7/24 TIME...0545 - 0730AM EDT LOCATION...NORTHWEST PIKE COUNTY OHIO..CYNTHIANA/SPELLMAN CROSSING/ LAPPERELL AREAS TYPE...FLOODING...NUMEROUS ROADS COVERED WITH WATER..SMALL STREAM OVERFLOW NO DEATHS OR INJURIES SOURCE...COUNTY SHERRIFF DATE...7/26 TIME...145PM - 330PM EDT LOCATION...CARTER COUNTY KENTUCKY..GRAYSON AREA TYPE...FLOODING...NUMEROUS ROADS UNDER WATER NO DEATHS OR INJURIES SOURCE...GRAYSON POLICE DATE...7/26 TIME...145PM -330PM EDT LOCATION...GREENUP COUNTY KENTUCKY..OLDTOWN/ANGLINS/HUNNEWELL AREAS SOUTH OF GREENBO STATE PARK..ROUTE 3306 TYPE...FLOODING..NUMEROUS ROADS COVERED WITH WATER..SMALL STREAMS OUT OF BANKS NO DEATHS OR INJURIES SOURCE...COUNTY EOC DATE...7/26 TIME...200PM - 500PM EDT LOCATION...BOYD COUNTY KENTUCKY..ROUTE 5 COALTON/PRINCESS AREAS TYPE...FLOODING..NUMEROUS SIDE ROADS AND ROUTE 5 COVERED WITH WATER DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOME BASEMENTS..TRAILER MOVED FROM FOUNDATION NO DEATHS OR INJURIES SOURCE...COUNTY EOC DATE...7/26 TIME...700PM - 710PM EDT LOCATION...JACKSON COUNTY OHIO..IN AND EAST OF CITY OF JACKSON TYPE...TORNADO..MINOR DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOMES NO DEATHS OR INJURIES SOURCE...JACKSON CITY POLICE DATE...7/26 TIME...1010PM - 1230AM(7/27) LOCATION...PIKE COUNTY OHIO...CITY OF WAVERLY AND NORTH ALONG BOTH SIDE OF ROUTE 23 TYPE...FLOODING..NUMREOUS ROADS COVERED WITH WATER..SMALL CREEK OVERFLOW NO DEATHS OR INJURIES SOUR4CE..WAVERLY POLICE..COUNTY SHERRIFF END/DG
Special weather statement, Jul 31, 10:25 AM EDT, 3 hours before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-311445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 1020 AM EDT FRI JUL 31 1992 ...FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO... AT 1020 AM EDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN OHIO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO WESTERN ELLIOT AND CARTER COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN, STRONG GUSTY WINDS, DANGEROUS LIGHTING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. SOME STREAMS AND CREEKS AROUND THE AREA CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH. HEAVY DOWNPOURS FROM SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BRING A RAPID RISE IN WATER. PERSONS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AROUND THEM AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUNDS IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. ALSO SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY SHELTER IF STRONG WINDS ARE OBSERVED. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH AND WILL BE PASSING THROUGH THE HUNTINGTON, ASHLAND AND IRONTON VICINITY BETWEEN 1030 AM AND NOON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ANY FURTHER POSSIBLE STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. END/COSTELLO
Special weather statement, Jul 31, 11:28 AM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
WVZ002-003-004-006-311700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1120 AM EDT FRI JUL 31 1992 THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA AND ARE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH WEST CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA INCLUDING THE KANAWHA VALLEY DURING THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. HOWEVER, SINCE THE STORMS ARE MOVING QUICKLY RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD BE AT LEVELS WHICH WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS BUT NOT BRING ABOUT FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS. SOME LOCALIZED PROBLEMS MAY OCCUR IN LOW LYING AREAS ON CREEKS AND STREAFMS AND BRIEF DRAINAGE PROBLEMS MAY BE EXPERIENCED IN TOWN AND CITY DRAINAGE SYSTEMS. END AAR
Special weather statement, Jul 31, 1:08 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
WVZ006-007-008-311800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 105 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 6PM FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6PM FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA... AT 100 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM WESTERN NICHOLAS COUNTY SOUTHWEST THROUGH SOUTHERN KANAWHA COUNTY INTO WESTERN WYOMING COUNTY. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EASTWARD AROUND 35 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA THIS AFTERNOON. PERSONS SHOULD SEEK INDOOR SHELTER WHEN THESE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THESE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS STORMS. END/MONEYPENNY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 12:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Calhoun | 2 hr |
| Jul 31, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Monroe | 29 min |
| Jul 31, 2:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lewis | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 8:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Madison, Union | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 8:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Delaware, Marion | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 10:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Marion | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 1:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Marion | 3 hr |
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.