Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Charleston, WV

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV
211 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT FOR THE NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA...

WEATHER RADAR AT 205 PM EDT INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS
MONONGALIA...MARION AND PRESTON COUNTIES OF NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

THE STRONGEST STORM WAS JUST SOUTH OF MORGANTOWN. THESE STORMS ARE
MOVING EAST AROUND 45 MPH.

PERSONS ACROSS THE ABOVE MENTIONED COUNTIES PLUS ALL OF NORTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA SHOULD BE ALERT TO THREATENING WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES MOVE INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS
AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANC:ES.

THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS
LIGHNTING...HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL.

STAY ALERT AND MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR
WARNINGS.

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GILKERSON

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LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV
225 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 1992

...LOCAL REPORT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #579 & #585 07/09/92

          *** ALL REPORT TIMES ARE GMT ***

07/09/92 2250 W109 R.D. BAILEY LAKE
STORM HAD JUST STARTED UP WHEN CALL MADE

07/09/92 2345 W047 DAVY
BEAN-SIZE HAIL REPORTED

07/09/92 2345 W047 CAPELS
"HAIL WAS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A DIME"
HAILSTORM WAS QUITE BRIEF

07/09/92 2357 W047 BIG SANDY
A LITTLE WIND AND RAIN BUT NO DAMAGE REPORTED

07/10/92    5 W025 QUINWOOD
SEVERAL TREES DOWN; WINDOWS BLOWN OUT OF 1 HOUSE;
SPRING DOOR RIPPED OFF A HOME; CAR DAMAGED; BEDLINER RIPPED OUT OF A
TRUCK.

07/10/92   15 W025 QUINWOOD
MODERATELY LARGE PINE TREES HAD TOP 30 FEET CHOPPED OFF
FUNNEL CLOUD MAY HAVE TOUCHED DOWN AND CAUSED ABOVE DAMAGE
APPLE TREES ALSO DAMAGED

AFTER PERSONAL INVESTIGATION AND INTERROGATION OF POSSIBLE WITNESSES,
IT IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT A TORNADO WAS INVOLVED. DAMAGE WAS SPOTTY AT
BEST. THERE WERE MANY TREES WHICH HAD SUFFERED THE CHOP-OFF PHENOMENON;
THEY ALL FELL IN THE SAME DIRECTION. ACCORDING TO ONE WITNESS, THE ONLY
WAY A TORNADO COULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WAS "IF IT HAD FORMED OjN THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE HILL NEAR MARFRANCE; A TORNADO DID NOT AFFECT
QUINWOOD." IT WAS A SIGHT TO SEE, HOWEVER. ONE UPROOTED TREE HAD A ROOT
SYSTEM WHICH STOOD MORE THAN 6 FEET HIGH!

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
445 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 O'CLOCK THIS
   EVENING FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...

AT 433 THIS AFTERNOON...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN CHARLESTON
INDICATED A DEVELOPING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM
PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA TO WHEELING...TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF
PARKERSBURG WEST VIRGINIA. THE LINE THEN EXTENDED FURTHER WEST INTO
CHILLICOTHE OHIO.

IN ADDITION... AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ALONG THE LINE IN
THE VICINITY OF SOUTHERN NOBLE COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST OHIO...NEAR
CALDWELL. THIS STORM WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO WETZEL COUNTY IN NORTHERN
WEST VIRGINIA...AND PASS JUST SOUTH OF NEW MARTINSVILLE. THE
THUNDERSTORM LINE WAS SINKING SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR.

AS THIS STORM PASSES...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 57 MILES AND
LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK
SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

MEDLIN

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
612 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 O'CLOCK
   THIS EVENING FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...

AT 600 THIS AFTERNOON...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN CHARLESTON
INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTH OF
MORGANTOWN...WEST TO PARKERSBURG AND THEN FURTHER WEST TO CHILLICOTHE
OHIO. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS SLOWLY MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MILES AN
HOUR.

AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER WESTERN
PLEASANTS COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN TYLER AND NORTHERN
DODDRIDGE COUNTIES BY 7 PM.

ANOTHER STORM WAS LOCATED IN NORTHERN TYLER COUNTY.  THIS STORM WILL
MOVE EAST INTO WESTERN MARION COUNTY BY 7 PM.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...ALTHOUGH ONLY REPORTS
OF HEAVY RAIN HAVE BEEN REPORTED THUS FAR. AS THESE STORMS PASS...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 57 MILES AN HOUR AS WELL AS LARGE HAIL IS
POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM... SEEK SHELTER UNTIL
THE STORM PASSES.

MEDLIN

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
655 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 O'CLOCK THIS
   EVENING FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...

AT 645 THIS AFTERNOON...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT
EXTENDED FROM TERRA ALTA TO CLARKSBURG TO PARKERSBURG WEST VIRGINIA
...AND THEN FURTHER WEST TO CHILLICOTHE OHIO. THIS LINE OF STORMS
WAS SLOWLY MOVING SOUTH AT LESS THAN 10 MILES AN HOUR. THE INDIVIDUAL
CELLS RACING EAST AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR.

THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE LINE WERE LOCATED ABOUT 10
MILES EAST OF CLARKSBURG. ANOTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED
20 MILES WEST OF TERRA ALTA. THESE STORMS WILL CROSS EASTERN MARION...
EASTERN TAYLOR AND MOST OF CENTRAL PRESTON COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 57 MILES AN HOUR DURING THE PAST HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH
OF THIS STORM... SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

MEDLIN