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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Charleston, WV

April 24, 1992Greenbrier County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 1992, 4:29 PM EDT for Greenbrier County, West Virginia. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report 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: Apr 24, 1992, 4:29 PM EDT (20:29 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 1992, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Whole counties

County Greenbrier County, WV

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 24, 5:00 PM EDT	Hail 1	Greenbrier, 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 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

Special weather statement, Apr 24, 3:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

WVZ005-009-010-011-MDZ008-009-242000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV
300 PM EDT FRI APR 24 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7PM EDT THIS EVENING
FOR NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...POTOMAC HIGHLANDS AND MORGAN
AND BERKLEY COUNTIES OF THE EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA... AND
GARRETT AND ALLEGANY COUNTIES OF WESTERN MARYLAND...

WEATHER RADAR AT 255 PM EDT INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM
AROUND CLARKSBURG AND WESTON EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN GARRETT COUNTY
MARYLAND INTO HARDY AND BERKELEY COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. THE STRONGEST
STORMS WERE FOUND OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN GARRETT COUNTY AND NORTHWEST
GRANT COUNTY AND NEAR MARTINSBURG. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST
AROUND 45 MPH.

PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR
THREATENING WEATER. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES MOVE INDOORS AWAY
FROM ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NEAREST NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE.

CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST FOR
FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

END

GILKERSON

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Special weather statement, Apr 24, 3:30 PM EDT, 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 24, 3:33 PM EDT, 56 minutes before

WVZ002>005-008>012-242030
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
325 PM EDT FRI APR 24 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM IN WEST
VIRGINIA NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM CHARLESTON TO LEWISBURG WEST
VIRGINIA...

AT 325 PM WEATHER RADAR IN CHARLESTON SHOWS THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY IN SOUTHERN CABELL, LEWIS AND BARBOUR COUNTIES.  HAIL SEEMS TO
BE THE BIGGEST THREAT AT THE CURRENT TIME WITH REPORTS OF SMALL HAIL
FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY IN CABELL AND BARBOUR COUNTIES.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED IN SOUTHERN JACKSON AND NICHOLAS.

END AAR

Special weather statement, Apr 24, 3:43 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

WVZ003-KYZ006-OHZ009-242000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
325 PM EST FRI APR 24 1992

....SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE TRI-STATE AREA.....

AT 320 PM A THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED QUICKLY OVER HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA.
THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND PRODUCING PEA TO MARBLE SIZE
HAIL.  OFF DUTY WEATHER SERVICE SPECIALIST REPORTED HAIL IN CENTRAL AND
EAST HUNTINGTON.  PERSONS LIVING IN BARBOURSVILLE AND MILTON SHOULD BE
ALERT TO THIS APPROACHING STORM.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE REGION AND
THE POTENTIAL IS THERE FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF
HEAVY RAINS THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA TAKE SHELTER INDOORS.  LISTEN TO YOUR
NOAA WEATHER RADIO LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR LATER STATEMENT.

END/HATFIELD

Special weather statement, Apr 24, 3:55 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 24, 4:11 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 24, 3:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Harrison	64 min
Apr 24, 3:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Randolph	68 min
Apr 24, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Fayette	46 min
Apr 24, 3:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Tucker	56 min
Apr 24, 4:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Grant	65 min
Apr 24, 4:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Clay	47 min
Apr 24, 4:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Roane	53 min
Apr 24, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Fayette	30 min
Apr 24, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Randolph, Upshur	67 min
Apr 24, 5:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Nicholas	36 min
Apr 24, 5:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Summers	47 min
Apr 24, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Fayette	31 min
Apr 24, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Mingo	67 min
Apr 24, 5:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Logan	73 min
Apr 24, 6:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wyoming	58 min
Apr 24, 6:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Raleigh	48 min
Apr 24, 6:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Summers	53 min
Apr 24, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Allegany, Garrett	62 min

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.