Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Charleston, WV

Issued

Jun 24, 1992, 4:46 PM EDT (20:46 UTC)

Expired

Jun 24, 1992, 5:30 PM EDT

In force

44 min

Issued by

NWS Charleston, WV

Area

Whole counties

County Roane County, 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.

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TTAA00 KCRW 242051
SVRCRW
WVC087-242130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
446 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN WEST CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...ROANE COUNTY
 
THE WEATHER RADAR IN CHARLESTON SHOWS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING
FROM JACKSON COUNTY INTO ROANE COUNTY. STRONG WINDS AND LAREGE HAIL
CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
 
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.

In the hours before

WVZ002>009-012-250000-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
330 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1992

VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER OHIO ARE INTENSIFYING AS THEY APPROACH
WEST VIRGINIA.

CHARLESTON WEATHER RADAR AND SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOW THUNDERSTORMS
MERGING INTO THREE LINES AS THEY APPROACH THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS.
THE NORTHERN LINE EXTENDS ALONG THE SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA BORDER...
SOUTHWESTWARD ALONG THE OHIO RIVER TO THE PARKERSBURG WV AREA...THEN
WESTWARD THROUGH CHILLICOTHE OH TO CINCINNATI OH.  ANOTHER LINE IS
DEVELOPING FROM NORTH OF HUNTINGTON WV WEST ALONG THE OHIO RIVER
TO JUST NORTH OF LEXINGTON KY.  THE SOUTHERNMOST LINE...IN SOUTH
CENTRAL KY...IS EXTENDING ITSELF EASTWARD TO THE WILLIAMSON WV AREA.

THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY RAPIDLY AS THEY ENTER
WEST VIRGINIA.  A MOIST LOW LEVEL FLOW IS FROM THE WEST AND NORTHWEST.
SUCH A FLOW AVOIDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGH PLATEAUS THAT USUALLY PROTECT
WEST VIRGINIA FROM LARGE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS.  THUNDERSTORMS IN A
WESTERLY LOW-LEVEL FLOW ARE USUALLY INTENSIFIED FURTHER...RATHER
THAN WEAKENED AS THEY APPROACH THE FOOTHILLS...THEN THE HIGH RIDGES
OF WEST VIRGINIA.

EXPECT ABRUPT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEFLY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...AND
INTENSE ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY AS THE STORMS MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL
APPALACHIANS THIS AFTERNOON.  LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS
DISCUSSING THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

EOM

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992

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.