Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 1992, 5:13 PM EDT for Summers County, West Virginia. It was in force for 47 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, 5:13 PM EDT (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 1992, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Summers County, WV
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 5:21 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Summers, 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
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2129 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBKW 242114 SVRBKW WVC089-242200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 513 PM EDT FRI APR 24 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BECKLEY WV HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...SUMMERS COUNTY AT 512 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN SUMMERS COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF JUMPING BRANCH MOVING EASTWARD AROUND 40 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. END/MONEYPENNY
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, 2 hours 12 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 3:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
WVZ003-KYZ006-OHZ009-242000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT 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 REPORTD 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 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, 3:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 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, 1 hour 30 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, 1 hour 18 minutes before
WVZ002>005-008>012-242030 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 350 PM EDT FRI APR 24 1992 WEATHER RADAR IN CHARLESTON SHOWS A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHERN LINCOLN AND SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTIES. SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM AS IT MOVES EAST INTO KANAWHA COUNTY. END AAR
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 4:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
WVZ002>005-008>012-242030 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 405 PM EDT FRI APR 24 1992 WEATHER RADAR IN CHARLESTON SHOWS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN RALEIGH COUNTY, SOUTHERN JACKSON, SOUTHERN ROANE AND CLAY COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE ALL MOVING EASTWARD AT 40 MPH AND CAN BE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. THE MOST THREATENING OF THESE STORMS IS IN NORTHERN RALEIGH AND CLAY COUNTIES. WARNINGS MAY] BE NECESSARY WITH THESE STORMS. END AAR
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, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Greenbrier | 61 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, 5:29 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 |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.