Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 21, 1993, 6:02 PM EST for Kanawha County, Lincoln County, West Virginia. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 21, 1993, 6:02 PM EST (23:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 21, 1993, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV
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, Feb 21, 3:48 PM EST, 2 hours 14 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Feb 21, 4:33 PM EST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
WVZ006-007-008-212300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 430 PM EST SUN FEB 21 1993 AT 425 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED A FEW WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO ALMOST AN INCH OF RAIN AND FALLING IN SOME SECTIONS OF WYOMING COUNTY IN THE LAST SIX HOURS. A SEVERE WEATHER STORM SPOTTER AT CYCLONE IN WYOMING COUNTY REPORTED STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE ABOUT THREE QUARTER BANKFUL. HOWEVER WATER HAS WASHED ACROSS THE ROAD DOWN IN A HOLLOW WHERE A PIPE UNDER THE ROAD WAS NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO CONTAIN THE FLOW. NO HOMES ARE THREATENED AT THE PRESENT TIME. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT FOR SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. IF HEAVY RAIN MOVES INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING FLOODING MAY BECOME A PROBLEM. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A STREAM OR CREEK OR IN A NORMAL FLOOD PRONE AREA WATCH FOR RISING WATER LEVELS AND MOVE TO4 HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING APPEARS LIKELY OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/CGF
Special weather statement, Feb 21, 5:32 PM EST, 30 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-212330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 530 PM EST SAT FEB 20 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTI 7PM PARTS OF NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN OHIO.. ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTI 10 PM FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY, SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 530 PM A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS. THE STORMS WERE ALSO PRODUCING VERY DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 45 TO 50 MPH AND WILL PASSING THROUGH THE ASHLAND, IRONTON AND HUNTINGTON AREA BETWEEN 530PM AND 700PM PERSONS SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND PREPARE TO SEEK SHELTER INDOORS WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. PERSONS SHOULD ALSO BE AWARE OF POSSIBLE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS CREEKS AND LOW LYING AREAS IF HEAVY RAIN OCCURS. END/COSTELLO
Special weather statement, Feb 21, 5:33 PM EST, 29 minutes before
WVZ002-003-004-006-220000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN SLOPES OF WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 333 PM EST SUN FEB 21 1993 AT 5:25 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS REACHED FROM PORTSMOUTH OHIO THROUGH GREENUP KENTUCKY TO SANDY HOOK KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS OVER ELLIOTT COUNTY KENTUCKY NEAR SANDY HOOK. THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE RACING EAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH. BRIEF THUNDERSTORMS COULD ENTER WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA AROUND 6 PM. THIS WOULD BE ALONG THE OHIO AND KENTUCKY BORDER REGION FROM PARKERSBURG TO POINT PLEASANT...HUNTINGTON AND WAYNE. BY 7 PM...BRIEF THUNDERSTORMS COULD REACH AS FAR EAST AS CHARLESTON. WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE. HOWEVER... ANY HEAVY RAIN IN THE SHOWERS SHOULD BE SHORT IN DURATION. END / LCW / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
Special weather statement, Feb 21, 5:34 PM EST, 28 minutes before
WVZ002-003-004-006-220000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN SLOPES OF WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 535 PM EST SUN FEB 21 1993 AT 5:25 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS REACHED FROM PORTSMOUTH OHIO THROUGH GREENUP KENTUCKY TO SANDY HOOK KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS OVER ELLIOTT COUNTY KENTUCKY NEAR SANDY HOOK. THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE RACING EAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH. BRIEF THUNDERSTORMS COULD ENTER WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA AROUND 6 PM. THIS WOULD BE ALONG THE OHIO AND KENTUCKY BORDER REGION FROM PARKERSBURG TO POINT PLEASANT...HUNTINGTON AND WAYNE. BY 7 PM...BRIEF THUNDERSTORMS COULD REACH AS FAR EAST AS CHARLESTON. WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE. HOWEVER... ANY HEAVY RAIN IN THE SHOWERS SHOULD BE SHORT IN DURATION. END / LCW / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
Special weather statement, Feb 21, 5:52 PM EST, 10 minutes before
WVZ003-004-006-220000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 545 PM EST SUN FEB 21 1993 POOR DRAINAGE PROBLEMS AND SOME SMALL STREAM OVERFLOW WAS STILL OCCURRING EARLY THIS EVENING FROM PREVIOUS RAINS. LINCOLN COUNTY EMERGENCY OFFICIALS REPORTED HIGH WATER ALONG MIDDLE FORK IN THE YAWLEY REGION...ALSO SOME OVERFLOW AROUND BRANCHLAND ON SMALL STREAMS. PUTNAM COUNTY OFFICIALS TOLD US THAT USUAL POOR DRAINAGE PROBLEM IN ELEANOR STILL HAD ROUTE 62 CLOSED. THE HEAVIER RAINS FROM THE EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE BRIEF. LOCAL RAINFALL OF AROUND A THIRD OF AN INCH MAY TEMPORARILY STOP SMALL STREAMS FROM RECEDING. THE EVENING SHOWERS SHOULD NOT CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING. YET...WITH NIGHTFALL...EVENING MOTORIST SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT STANDING WATER ON ROADS AND DRAINING OFF HILLSIDES. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS ROADWAYS COVERED WITH WATER OF UNKWOWN DEPTHS. END / KTB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 6:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Putnam | 40 min |
| Feb 21, 6:30 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| Feb 21, 6:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Roane, Wirt | 60 min |
| Feb 21, 6:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wood | 60 min |
| Feb 21, 6:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Clay | 65 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.