Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1993, 5:59 PM EDT for Monongalia County, West Virginia. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 1993, 5:59 PM EDT (21:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 1993, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Monongalia County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 1344 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 717 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 10, 4:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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WVZ005-009-102230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 523 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA AND PRESTON COUNTY OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 11PM THIS EVENING... WEATHER RADAR AT 515 PM EDT INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST WEST OF PARKERSBURG NORTH TO NEAR PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AROUND 30 MPH. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS CENTRAL OHIO. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF MONONGALIA...MARION AND HARRISON COUNTIES AROUND 700 PM THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES DURING A THUNDERSTORM. KEEP ALERT AND MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST FOR FURTHER STATMENTS OR WARNINGS. END GILKERSON NNNN
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 5:45 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
WVZ005-009-102300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 545 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA AND PRESTON COUNTY OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 11 PM THIS EVENING... WEATHER RADAR AT 540 PM EDT INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM PARKERSBURG NORTHEAST ALONG THE OHIO RIVER TO NEAR WHEELING WEST VIRGINIA. AN ISOLATED STORM WAS OVER EXTREME NORTHERN RANDOLPH AND SOUTHERN TUCKER COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 30 MPH. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN OHIO. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF MONONGALIA...MARION AND HARRISON COUNTIES BY 630 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES DURING A THUNDERSTORM. KEEP ALERT AND MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. END GILKERSON
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 5:45 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
WVZ005-009-102300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 545 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA AND PRESTON COUNTY OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 11 PM THIS EVENING... WEATHER RADAR AT 540 PM EDT INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM PARKERSBURG NORTHEAST ALONG THE OHIO RIVER TO NEAR WHEELING WEST VIRGINIA. AN ISOLATED STORM WAS OVER EXTREME NORTHERN RANDOLPH AND SOUTHERN TUCKER COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 30 MPH. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN OHIO. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF MONONGALIA...MARION AND HARRISON COUNTIES BY 630 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES DURING A THUNDERSTORM. KEEP ALERT AND MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. END GILKERSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Grant, Tucker | 67 min |
| Jul 10, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Madison, Union | 68 min |
| Jul 10, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Marion | 62 min |
| Jul 10, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Delaware, Franklin | 63 min |
| Jul 10, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fairfield, Licking | 61 min |
| Jul 10, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette | 64 min |
| Jul 10, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Muskingum | 57 min |
| Jul 10, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Hocking, Ross | 60 min |
| Jul 10, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Perry | 60 min |
| Jul 10, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Morgan | 58 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.