Alert archive / West Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Jul 11, 1992, 5:33 PM EDT for Clay County, Nicholas County, West Virginia. It was in force for 57 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, 5:33 PM EDT (21:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 1992, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clay County, WV, Nicholas County, WV
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 6:00 PM EDT | Hail 1.25 | Clay, 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 112133 TORCRW WVC067-015-112230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 533 PM EDT SAT JUL 11 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN SOUTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...NICHOLAS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...CLAY COUNTY CHARLESTON RADAR AT 530 PM INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO. TORNADOES WERE OBSERVED OVER KANAWHA COUNTY WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. END/ORCHANIAN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 3:23 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
OHZ009-112100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 325 PM EDT SAT JUL 11 1992 WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 325 PM EDT INDICATES SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTH EAST KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE OVER CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY OHIO AND NEAR PORTSMOUTH OHIO MOVING EAST NEAR 30 MPH. THESE STORM ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS ...DANGEROUS LI>GHTNING 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, 3:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
OHZ009-112200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 400 PM EDT SAT JUL 11 1992 WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 400 PM EDT INDICATES SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTH EAST KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE OVER CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY OHIO AND OVER PIKE COUNTY OHIO 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, 4:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 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, 47 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 11:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Roane | 49 min |
| Jul 11, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Putnam | 57 min |
| Jul 11, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 64 min |
| Jul 11, 5:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 44 min |
| Jul 11, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 57 min |
| Jul 11, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay | 67 min |
| Jul 11, 7:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Greenbrier | 111 min |
| Jul 11, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Greenbrier | 61 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in West Virginia, 1992Every tornado warning in 1992Tornadoes 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.