Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1993, 10:18 PM EDT for Tyler County, Wetzel County, West Virginia. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 1993, 10:18 PM EDT (02:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1993, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Tyler County, WV, Wetzel County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 1308 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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, Jun 7, 10:00 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
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WVZ002>009-012-080300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1000 PM EDT TUE MAY 18 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH # 365 IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM FOR THE NORTHWEST AND NORTHCENTRAL PORTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA.. WEATHER RADAR AT 955 PM WAS DEPICTING VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO NEARING THE OHIO RIVER FROM THE WHEELING AREA SOUTH THROUGH NEW MARTINSVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED OVER WIRT COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL. WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR MAY BE OBSERVED IN WETZEL...TYLER...WIRT...NORTHERN CALHOUN AND RITCHIE COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT ONE HALF TO ONE HOUR. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED...MOVE INDOOvRS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. END/PCZ
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 10:07 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
WVZ005-009-080415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 1007 PM EDT MON JUN 7 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 1AM EDT TUESDAY... ...THUNDERSTORMS BEARING DOWN ON NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 955 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS COVERING PORTIONS OF WESTERN MARYLAND..MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA..MUCH OF THE EASTERN HALF OF OHIO AND MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR TERRA ALTA WEST TO SISTERSVILLE THEN SOUTHWEST TO RAVENSWOOD. MOVEMENT WAS EASTSOUTHEAST AT 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR. A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS EMBEDDED IN THE AREA OF RAIN WAS OVER WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA JUST NORTHEAST OF RAVENSWOOD. OTHER CLUSTERS WERE APPROACHING THE WEST VIRGINIA BORDER NORTHWEST OF POINT PLEASANT AND FROM WEST OF SISTERSVILLE NORTH TO WEIRTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BEGIN AFFECTING THE NORTH CENTRAL COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. PERSONS LIVING IN OR TRAVELING THROUGH NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA TONIGHT.. SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS.. PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS INTENSE LIGHTNING STRIKES AND POSSIBLE HAIL. PERSONS LIVING NEAR OR ALONG SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS OR IN AREAS SUBJECT TO RAPID FLOODING..SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO WATER LEVELS IN THEIR AREA, ESPECIALLY DURING AND AFTER A HEAVY RAIN EVENT. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER AND/OR FLOODING TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY THE INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND COMMERCIAL TELEVISION AND RADIO BROADCASTS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. END/FERRELL NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 10:07 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
WVZ005-009-080415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 1007 PM EDT MON JUN 7 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 1AM EDT TUESDAY... ...THUNDERSTORMS BEARING DOWN ON NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 955 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS COVERING PORTIONS OF WESTERN MARYLAND..MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA..MUCH OF THE EASTERN HALF OF OHIO AND MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR TERRA ALTA WEST TO SISTERSVILLE THEN SOUTHWEST TO RAVENSWOOD. MOVEMENT WAS EASTSOUTHEAST AT 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR. A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS EMBEDDED IN THE AREA OF RAIN WAS OVER WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA JUST NORTHEAST OF RAVENSWOOD. OTHER CLUSTERS WERE APPROACHING THE WEST VIRGINIA BORDER NORTHWEST OF POINT PLEASANT AND FROM WEST OF SISTERSVILLE NORTH TO WEIRTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BEGIN AFFECTING THE NORTH CENTRAL COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. PERSONS LIVING IN OR TRAVELING THROUGH NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA TONIGHT.. SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS.. PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS INTENSE LIGHTNING STRIKES AND POSSIBLE HAIL. PERSONS LIVING NEAR OR ALONG SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS OR IN AREAS SUBJECT TO RAPID FLOODING..SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO WATER LEVELS IN THEIR AREA, ESPECIALLY DURING AND AFTER A HEAVY RAIN EVENT. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER AND/OR FLOODING TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY THE INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND COMMERCIAL TELEVISION AND RADIO BROADCASTS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. END/FERRELL NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 10:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Marion, Monongalia | 118 min |
| Jun 7, 10:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Harrison | 118 min |
| Jun 7, 11:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Preston, Taylor | 62 min |
| Jun 7, 11:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Tucker | 62 min |
| Jun 8, 2:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Preston | 43 min |
| Jun 7, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Delaware, Union | 55 min |
| Jun 7, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Licking | 58 min |
| Jun 8, 2:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Garrett | 67 min |
| Jun 8, 2:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Garrett | 67 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.