Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1992, 5:27 PM EDT for Gilmer County, West Virginia. It was in force for 63 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
- Jun 24, 1992, 5:27 PM EDT (21:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1992, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gilmer County, WV
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 6:00 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Gilmer, 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 797 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 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
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 3:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes 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
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 5:05 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
WVZ-007-008-242300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 502 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THROUGHOUT WEST VIRGINIA... AT 500 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE MOUNTAIN STATE. LARGE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED DURING THE PAST HOUR FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN PUTNAM AND KANAWHA COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ALONG WITH DEADLY LIGHTNING. PERSONS THROUGHOUT THE MOUNTAIN STATE SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATNING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHRER INFORMATION. END/MONEYPENNY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Putnam | 59 min |
| Jun 24, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 45 min |
| Jun 24, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Monongalia, Preston | 118 min |
| Jun 24, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 51 min |
| Jun 24, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Roane | 44 min |
| Jun 24, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun | 52 min |
| Jun 24, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Nicholas | 26 min |
| Jun 24, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette | 42 min |
| Jun 24, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette | 40 min |
| Jun 24, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Randolph | 59 min |
| Jun 24, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette | 65 min |
| Jun 24, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Ross | 51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.