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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Charleston, WV

July 11, 1992Greenbrier County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 1992, 7:54 PM EDT for Greenbrier County, West Virginia. It was in force for 111 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
Jul 11, 1992, 7:54 PM EDT (23:54 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 1992, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
111 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Greenbrier County, WV

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 11, 7:58 PM EDTHail 0.75Greenbrier, 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 185 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 12:00Z on 1992-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 455 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 12:00Z on 1992-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
455 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
890 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.4

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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, Jul 11, 4:18 PM EDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
OHZ009-112200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
420 PM EDT SAT JUL 11 1992

WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 420 PM EDT INDICATES SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA.

THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE OVER CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY OHIO...PIKE COUNTY
OHIO AND ARE ENTERING NORTHERN CABELL AND MASON COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST NEAR 30 MPH.

THESE STORM ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS
...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL.

IF YOU OBSERVE THESE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
SHUFF
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 4:46 PM EDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
OHZ009-112300-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
445 PM EDT SAT JUL 11 1992

WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 445 PM EDT INDICATES SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA.

THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE OVER  JACKSON  COUNTY OHIO AND GALLIA COUNTY OHIO.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST NEAR 30 MPH.
MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THE STORM OVER GALLIA COUNTY.

THESE STORM ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS
...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL.

IF YOU OBSERVE THESE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FODR LATER STATEMENTS.
SHUFF
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 11:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRoane49 min
Jul 11, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPutnam57 min
Jul 11, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXKanawha64 min
Jul 11, 5:16 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXKanawha44 min
Jul 11, 5:33 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXClay, Nicholas57 min
Jul 11, 6:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXKanawha57 min
Jul 11, 7:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXClay67 min
Jul 11, 7:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGreenbrier61 min
Jul 10, 8:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMuskingum40 min
Jul 10, 8:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRoss38 min
Jul 10, 9:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXAthens40 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.