Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1993, 7:23 PM EDT for Grant County, Tucker County, West Virginia. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 1993, 7:23 PM EDT (23:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 1993, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Grant County, WV, Tucker County, WV
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEKN 102323 RRA SVREKN WVC023-093-110030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 723 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKINS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST WEST VIRGINIA ...GRANT COUNTY IN NORTH WEST VIRGINIA ...TUCKER COUNTY WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN AND EASTERN TUCKER COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST INTO WESTERN GRANT COUNTY NORTHWEST OF PETERSBURG. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RA|IN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. END GILKERSON NNNN
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, 5:23 PM EDT, 2 hours before
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, 1 hour 38 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, 1 hour 38 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
Local storm report, Jul 10, 6:28 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON, WV 628 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 1993 STORM REPORTS FOR 7/10/93 TIME...505PM EDT LOCATION...WESTERN PIKE COUNTY OHIO...PIKE LAKE AREA TYPE...DIME HAIL...TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. NO INJURIES NO DEATHS SOURCE...COUNTY SHERIFF TIME...525PM EDT LOCATION...EASTERN PIKE COUNTY OHIO...WAVERLY AND PIKETON AREAS TYPE...WIND DAMAGE..WIDESPREAD TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN...6 MILES W PIKETON ROOF BLOW OFF HOUSE...LADY BLOWN AGAINST WALL...CLAIMED HER BACK HURT. NO DEATHS SOURCE...COUNTY SHERIFF TIME...555PM EDT LOCATION...ACROSS CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY TYPE...WIND DAMAGE...NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ACROSS ROADS. NO INJURIES NO DEATHS SOURCE...COUNTY SHERIFF END/COSTELLO
Local storm report, Jul 10, 6:29 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON, WV 628 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 1993 STORM REPORTS FOR 7/10/93 TIME...505PM EDT LOCATION...WESTERN PIKE COUNTY OHIO...PIKE LAKE AREA TYPE...DIME HAIL...TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. NO INJURIES NO DEATHS SOURCE...COUNTY SHERIFF TIME...525PM EDT LOCATION...EASTERN PIKE COUNTY OHIO...WAVERLY AND PIKETON AREAS TYPE...WIND DAMAGE..WIDESPREAD TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN...6 MILES W PIKETON ROOF BLOW OFF HOUSE...LADY BLOWN AGAINST WALL...CLAIMED HER BACK HURT. NO DEATHS SOURCE...COUNTY SHERIFF TIME...555PM EDT LOCATION...ACROSS CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY TYPE...WIND DAMAGE...NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ACROSS ROADS. NO INJURIES NO DEATHS SOURCE...COUNTY SHERIFF END/COSTELLO
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 7:20 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
WVZ001>009-012-110000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 710 PM EDT WED JUL 7 1993 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH /NUMBER 634/ THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE PARKERSBURG...CLARKSBURG...SUTTON... MORGANTOWN REGION OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED EARLY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR MONONGALIA COUNTY DURING THIS WATCH. THE ELKINS WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE REPORTED WINDS KNOCKED DOWN A TREE ONTO 2 VEHICLES IN THE BLACKSVILLE REGION OF WESTERN MONONGALIA COUNTY. THE MONONGALIA COUNTY WARNING EXPIRED AT 7 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS POSTED FOR PRESTON COUNTY ON EAST. A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH /NUMBER 639/ HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE POTOMAC HIGHLANDS AND EASTERN PANHANDLE. /SEE CRWSLSWV RELEASED AT 7:01 PM/ THE COUNTIES WHERE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED EARLY INCLUDE...PLEASANTS...RITCHIE...TYLER... WETZEL...WIRT...WOOD...MASON...JACKSON...BARBOUR... BRAXTON...CALHOUN...DODDRIDGE...GILMER...HARRISON... LEWIS...MARION...MONONGALIA...TAYLOR...AND UPSHUR. A FEW SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN THIS REGION TONIGHT...BUT THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL HAS DIMINISHED GREATLY. END / KTB / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Monongalia | 61 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.