Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1993, 3:11 PM EDT for Greenbrier County, Monroe County, West Virginia. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 1993, 3:11 PM EDT (19:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1993, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Greenbrier County, WV, Monroe County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 824 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KBKW 041912 RRA SVRBKW WVC025-063-042015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 311 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BECKLEY WV HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN SOUTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...GREENBRIER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA ...MONROE COUNTY AT 310 PM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH GREENBRIER AND MONROE COUNTIES. DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN LEWISBURG. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. END/WJM &
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, Jun 4, 10:40 AM EDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-041440- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 1040 PM EDT FRI 04 JUN 1993 ....STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HEADING TOWARDS NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY... AT 1035 AM A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL LEWIS COUNTY SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH FLEMING, BATH AND MONTGOMERY. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCE STRONG WINDS, HAIL, HEAVY DOWNPOURS ALONG WITH A LOT OF CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH AND WILL BE ENTERING INTO ELLIOTT AND CARTER COUNTIES BETWEEN 1100 AND 1130 AM AND INTO THE ASHLAND VICINTY NEAR NOON. PERSONS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. THERE IS A MODERATE THREAT FOR POSSIBLY SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND/OR WARNINGS. END/COSTELLO
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 10:40 AM EDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-041440- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 1040 PM EDT FRI 04 JUN 1993 ....STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HEADING TOWARDS NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY... AT 1035 AM A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL LEWIS COUNTY SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH FLEMING, BATH AND MONTGOMERY. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCE STRONG WINDS, HAIL, HEAVY DOWNPOURS ALONG WITH A LOT OF CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH AND WILL BE ENTERING INTO ELLIOTT AND CARTER COUNTIES BETWEEN 1100 AND 1130 AM AND INTO THE ASHLAND VICINTY NEAR NOON. PERSONS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. THERE IS A MODERATE THREAT FOR POSSIBLY SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND/OR WARNINGS. END/COSTELLO
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 12:03 PM EDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
WVZ006-007-008-031800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 1155 AM EDT MON MAY 31 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY MOVING TOWARD SOUTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA... AT 1150 AM...WEATHER RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MAGOFFIN COUNTY KENTUCKY. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY MOVE ALONG THE TUG FORK WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LfARGE HAIL... FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. END/CGF
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 12:10 PM EDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
WVZ003-004-006-007-VAZ015-016-041900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1210 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 4 PM. THIS INCLUDES THE WEST VIRGINIA COUNTIES OF CABELL...WAYNE... LINCOLN...BOONE...LOGAN...MINGO....WYOMING...AND MCDOWELL. IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF BUCHANAN...DICKENSON...WISE...LEE...SCOTT... RUSSELL...TAZEWLL...WASHINGTON...AND SMYTH. AT NOON...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN JOHNSON...MARTIN...FLOYD AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES IN EASTERN KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS HAVE CONTAINED LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE TUG FORK COUNTIES OF WAYNE AND MINGO AROUND 12:30 TO 1 PM. FOLKS AROUND FORT GAY... GLENHAYES...DUNLOW...KERMIT...WILLIAMSON...MATEWAN SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS. END / KTB
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 12:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
WVZ003-004-006-007-VAZ015-016-041900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1210 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 4 PM. THIS INCLUDES THE WEST VIRGINIA COUNTIES OF CABELL...WAYNE... LINCOLN...BOONE...LOGAN...MINGO....WYOMING...AND MCDOWELL. IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF BUCHANAN...DICKENSON...WISE...LEE...SCOTT... RUSSELL...TAZEWLL...WASHINGTON...AND SMYTH. AT NOON...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN JOHNSON...MARTIN...FLOYD AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES IN EASTERN KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS HAVE CONTAINED LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE TUG FORK COUNTIES OF WAYNE AND MINGO AROUND 12:30 TO 1 PM. FOLKS AROUND FORT GAY... GLENHAYES...DUNLOW...KERMIT...WILLIAMSON...MATEWAN SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS. END / KTB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 12:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mingo | 65 min |
| Jun 4, 12:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan | 66 min |
| Jun 4, 12:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mingo | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 1:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 69 min |
| Jun 4, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh | 57 min |
| Jun 4, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Summers | 66 min |
| Jun 4, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mercer | 62 min |
| Jun 4, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone | 30 min |
| Jun 4, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh | 49 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.