Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Charleston, WV

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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

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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.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV
605 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM FOR NORTHERN
FAYETTE COUNTY...

AT 600 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY NEAR ANSTED. 3/4 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED
AT ANSTED AT 555 PM AS THIS THUNDERSTORM MOVED THROUGH.

NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OBSERVED OVER SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA SOUTH
OF THE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY AT 600 PM...
HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS NOW IN EASTERN KENTUCKY...NORTHWEST OF
WILLIAMSON WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

PERSONS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATNING WEATHER VCONDITIONS
AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH OR A
WARNING IS ISSUED.
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