Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1993, 10:47 PM EDT for Harrison County, West Virginia. It was in force for 118 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 1993, 10:47 PM EDT (02:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1993, 12:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Harrison County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KEKN 080247 RRA SVREKN WVC033-049-061-080445- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 1047 PM EDT MON JUN 7 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKINS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH WEST VIRGINIA ...HARRISON COUNTY...MARION COUNTY...MONONGALIA COUNTY AT 1042 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN MONONGALIA COUNTY AND THROUGH WETZEL AND TYLER COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS EASTSOUTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AFFECTING ALL OF MONONGALIA..MARION AND HARRISON COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT ONE TO ONE AND A HALF HOURS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. IF FLASH FLOODING DEVELOPES MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMEDIATELY. DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS ROADWAYS. 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, Jun 7, 10:05 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
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, 40 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, 40 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, 10:35 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-080430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN SLOPES OF WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1035 PM EDT MON JUN 07 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH # 365 IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM FOR THE NORTHWEST AND NORTHCENTRAL PORTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA.. CHARLESTON WEATHER RADAR AT 1030 WAS SHOWING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS VERY QUICKLY DEVELOPING FROM MEIGS COUNTY OHIO...INTO SOUTHERN WOOD... WIRT...NORTHERN JACKSON...CALHOUN...SOUTHERN GILMER...AND WESTERN BRAXTON COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING TO THE SOUTHEAST...AND WILL MOVE INTO BRAXTON...LEWIS...UPSHUR...WEBSTER...AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THE TOWNS OF GLENVILLE...SUTTON...WESTON...BUCKHANNON...REPLETE... AND ELKINS MAY BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS. THE STORMS MAY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... AND SMALL HAIL. OTHER SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE OVER THE EXTREME NORTH FROM NEW MARTINSVILLE AND SISTERSVILLE EASTWARD TO MORGANTOWN AND KINGWOOD. THE STONGEST STORMS WERE OVER WETZEL AND TYLER COUNTIES...WHERE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS POSTED UNTIL 11PM. THE STORMS IN THIS AREA WERE SHOWING A TREND TOWARD WEAKENING. THROUGH 1AM...STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL COUNTIES...GENERALLY NORTH OF CHARLESTON AND HUNTINGTON. ELSEWHERE...PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL REMAIN WITH LITTLE OR NO RAIN EXPECTED. LEWIS
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 10:40 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-080430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN SLOPES OF WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1035 PM EDT MON JUN 07 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH # 365 IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM FOR THE NORTHWEST AND NORTHCENTRAL PORTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA.. CHARLESTON WEATHER RADAR AT 1030 WAS SHOWING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS VERY QUICKLY DEVELOPING FROM MEIGS COUNTY OHIO...INTO SOUTHERN WOOD... WIRT...NORTHERN JACKSON...CALHOUN...SOUTHERN GILMER...AND WESTERN BRAXTON COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING TO THE SOUTHEAST...AND WILL MOVE INTO BRAXTON...LEWIS...UPSHUR...WEBSTER...AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THE TOWNS OF GLENVILLE...SUTTON...WESTON...BUCKHANNON...REPLETE... AND ELKINS MAY BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS. THE STORMS MAY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... AND SMALL HAIL. OTHER SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE OVER THE EXTREME NORTH FROM NEW MARTINSVILLE AND SISTERSVILLE EASTWARD TO MORGANTOWN AND KINGWOOD. THE STONGEST STORMS WERE OVER WETZEL AND TYLER COUNTIES...WHERE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS POSTED UNTIL 11PM. THE STORMS IN THIS AREA WERE SHOWING A TREND TOWARD WEAKENING. THROUGH 1AM...STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL COUNTIES...GENERALLY NORTH OF CHARLESTON AND HUNTINGTON. ELSEWHERE...PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL REMAIN WITH LITTLE OR NO RAIN EXPECTED. LEWIS
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 10:41 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-080300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT....CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1000 PM EDT MON JUN 7 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 INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. ....CORRECTION MADE TO CORRECT DATE AND TIME.... END/PCZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 10:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Tyler, Wetzel | 42 min |
| Jun 7, 10:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Marion, Monongalia | 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 |
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.