Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 10, 1992, 3:38 PM EDT for Fayette County, Raleigh County, West Virginia. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 10, 1992, 3:38 PM EDT (19:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 10, 1992, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fayette County, WV, Raleigh County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 758 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 790 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBKW 101940 SVRBKW WVC019-081-102045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 338 PM EDT THU SEP 10 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BECKLEY WV HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN SOUTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...FAYETTE COUNTY...RALEIGH COUNTY AT 335 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN RALEIGH AND FAYETTE COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. A REPORT OF NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC JUST NORTHWEST OF GLEN DANIEL IN RALEIGH COUNTY. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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, Sep 10, 2:40 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
WVZ006-007-008-012-102000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 235 PM EDT THU SEP 10 1992 ...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 230 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER NORTHERN MINGO...NORTHERN BOONE AND NICHOLAS COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA AND PIKE COUNTY KENTUCKY. A LINE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR CLARKSBURG SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE CHARLESTON AREA TO WILLIAMSON AND HAZARD KENTUCKY. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS... STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY HAIL. MOTORISTS SHOULD WATCH FOR PONDING OF WATER IN ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER SAYS THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. STAY T*UNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/CGF
Special weather statement, Sep 10, 3:05 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
WVZ006-007-008-012-102000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 235 PM EDT THU SEP 10 1992 ...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 305 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER LOGAN...NORTHWEST RALEIGH...NORTHERN BOONE...KANAWHA...CLAY...ABD WEBSTER COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA AND GRAYSON COUNTY VIRGINIA. A LINE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR ELKINS SOUTHWEST THROUGH NICHOLAS...KANAWHA... FAYETTE...BOONE...NORTHWEST RALEIGH...LOGAN...WESTERN WYOMING AND MINGO COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA TO PIKEVILLE KENTUCKY. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS... STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. MOTORISTS SHOULD WATCH FOR PONDING OF WATER IN ROADWAYS ANRD IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH GO TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS...TELEPHONES AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/CGF
Special weather statement, Sep 10, 3:06 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
WVZ006-007-008-012-102000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 310 PM EDT THU SEP 10 1992 ...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 305 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER LOGAN...NORTHWEST RALEIGH...NORTHERN BOONE...KANAWHA...CLAY...ABD WEBSTER COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA AND GRAYSON COUNTY VIRGINIA. A LINE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR ELKINS SOUTHWEST THROUGH NICHOLAS...KANAWHA... FAYETTE...BOONE...NORTHWEST RALEIGH...LOGAN...WESTERN WYOMING AND MINGO COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA TO PIKEVILLE KENTUCKY. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS... STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. MOTORISTS SHOULD WATCH FOR PONDING OF WATER IN ROADWAYS ANXD IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH GO TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS...TELEPHONES AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/CGF
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.