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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Charleston, WV

June 9, 1993Nicholas County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1993, 4:07 PM EDT for Nicholas County, West Virginia. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 9, 1993, 4:07 PM EDT (20:07 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 1993, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Whole counties

County Nicholas County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 149 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1086 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1183 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 238 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 185 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 7.1

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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 9, 2:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:35 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:37 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:38 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

WVZ006-007-008-092130-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV
335 PM EDT WED JUN 9 1993

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM FOR MINGO
AND LOGAN COUNTIES...

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT AND INCLUDES
FAYETTE...GREENBRIER...LOGAN...MCDOWELL...MERCER...MINGO...MONROE...
POCAHONTAS...RALEIGH...SUMMERS AND WYOMING COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN
WEST VIRGINIA...

AT 230 PM WEATHER RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
FROM NEAR GLENVILLE SOUTHWEST THROUGH CHARLESTON...MADISON AND WILLIAMSON
TO PIKEVILLE KENTUCKY.  THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST-
NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND
VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.
IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH GO TO A SAFE REINFORCED SHELTER.

END/CGF

Local storm report, Jun 9, 3:57 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
400PM EDT WED JUN 9 1993

ALL REPORTS FOR TODAY...6/9/93

TIME...210PM EDT
LOCATION...LAWRENCE COUNTY OHIO...5 NORTH OF HUNTINGTON
TYPE...QUARTER SIZE HAIL
NO INJURIES
NO DEATHS
SOURCE...SPOTTER

TIME...225PM EDT
LOCATION...NORTHEAST CABELL COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA..1 MILE EAST OF THE
MALL EXIT AND NORTH AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 64..WHITE CHAPEL CEMETARY
TYPE...F1 TORNADO..TREES AND POWER LINES PULLED FROM GROUND AND GOLF
BALL SIZE HAIL
NO INJURIES
NO DEATHS
SOURCE...FIRE DEPT./SPOTTERS

TIME...240PM EDT
LOCATION...SOUTHERN MASON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA
TYPE...DIME SIZE HAIL
NO INJURIES
NO DEATHS
SOURCE...SPOTTER

TIME...255PM EDT
LOCATION...MARTIN COUNTY KENTUCKY..5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INEZ
TYPE...WIND DAMAGE..TREES DOWNED ACROSS POWER LINES
NO INJURIES
NO DEATHS
SOURCE...SPOTTER

TIME...310PM EDT
LOCATION...SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA..4 MILES SOUTH OF WAYNE
TYPE...DIME SIZE HAIL AND TREES DOWNED ACROSS POWER LINES
NO INJURIES
NO DEATHS
SOURCE...SPOTTER

END/DG

Local storm report, Jun 9, 3:57 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
400PM EDT WED JUN 9 1993

ALL REPORTS FOR TODAY...6/9/93

TIME...210PM EDT
LOCATION...LAWRENCE COUNTY OHIO...5 NORTH OF HUNTINGTON
TYPE...QUARTER SIZE HAIL
NO INJURIES
NO DEATHS
SOURCE...SPOTTER

TIME...225PM EDT
LOCATION...NORTHEAST CABELL COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA..1 MILE EAST OF THE
MALL EXIT AND NORTH AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 64..WHITE CHAPEL CEMETARY
TYPE...F1 TORNADO..TREES AND POWER LINES PULLED FROM GROUND AND GOLF
BALL SIZE HAIL
NO INJURIES
NO DEATHS
SOURCE...FIRE DEPT./SPOTTERS

TIME...240PM EDT
LOCATION...SOUTHERN MASON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA
TYPE...DIME SIZE HAIL
NO INJURIES
NO DEATHS
SOURCE...SPOTTER

TIME...255PM EDT
LOCATION...MARTIN COUNTY KENTUCKY..5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INEZ
TYPE...WIND DAMAGE..TREES DOWNED ACROSS POWER LINES
NO INJURIES
NO DEATHS
SOURCE...SPOTTER

TIME...310PM EDT
LOCATION...SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA..4 MILES SOUTH OF WAYNE
TYPE...DIME SIZE HAIL AND TREES DOWNED ACROSS POWER LINES
NO INJURIES
NO DEATHS
SOURCE...SPOTTER

END/DG

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 9, 2:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Tyler	43 min
Jun 9, 2:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Roane	53 min
Jun 9, 2:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Logan, Mingo	59 min
Jun 9, 2:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Kanawha, Putnam	50 min
Jun 9, 3:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Marion, Monongalia	69 min
Jun 9, 3:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lincoln	50 min
Jun 9, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Calhoun	45 min
Jun 9, 3:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Logan	33 min
Jun 9, 3:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Gilmer	60 min
Jun 9, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Preston	62 min
Jun 9, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lewis, Upshur	61 min
Jun 9, 4:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Fayette, Raleigh	58 min
Jun 9, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Randolph	67 min
Jun 9, 4:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Webster	43 min
Jun 9, 5:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Pocahontas	42 min
Jun 9, 7:17 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Madison, Union	58 min
Jun 9, 7:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Delaware, Franklin	62 min
Jun 9, 8:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Licking	60 min
Jun 8, 8:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Allegany	55 min
Jun 9, 4:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Garrett	63 min

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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.