Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1994, 3:24 AM EDT for Roane County, West Virginia. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 23, 1994, 3:24 AM EDT (07:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 1994, 4:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Roane County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 1298 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1118 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KCRW 230726 RRA SVRCRW WVC087-230815- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 324 AM EDT THU JUN 23 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN WEST CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...ROANE COUNTY AT 325 AM WEATHER RADAR INDICTAED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL ROANE COUNTY, JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY OF SPENCER. MOVEMENT OF THE STORM WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. SITES
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 23, 12:15 AM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
WVZ006-007-005-KYZ103-102-104-101-107-105-100-119-OHZ081-086-083- 087-085-082-088-230115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 1215 AM EDT THU JUN 23 1994 ...ISOLSATED STORMS ACROSS NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY... AT 1215 AM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN ELLIOTT COUNTY, NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY, AND MARTIN COUNTY, OF KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING AROUND 25 MPH TO THE NORTH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS, GUSTY WINDS, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING, AND SMALL HAIL. IF THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA, MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND REMAIN INSIDE UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. END/JAS
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 12:24 AM EDT, 3 hours before
WVZ006-007-005-KYZ103-102-104-101-107-105-100-119-OHZ081-086-083- 087-085-082-088-230115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 1215 AM EDT THU JUN 23 1994 ...ISOLSATED STORMS ACROSS NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY... AT 1215 AM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN ELLIOTT COUNTY, NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY, AND MARTIN COUNTY, OF KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING AROUND 25 MPH TO THE NORTH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS, GUSTY WINDS, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING, AND SMALL HAIL. IF THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA, MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND REMAIN INSIDE UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. END/JAS
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 2:53 AM EDT, 31 minutes before
WVZ020-031-230800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 253 AM EDT THU JUN 23 1994 AT 245 AM WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY. THE MOVEMENT OF THE STORM WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. THIS STORM WHILE MOVE INTO EXTREME NORTHERN KANAWHA AND SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTIES. THIS THUNDERSTORM MIGHT PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS, SMALL HAIL, FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE POCATALICO AND SISSONVILLE IN KANAWHA COUNTY AND KENNA AND KENTUCK IN JACKSON COUNTY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM, MOVE IN SIDE UNTIL THE THREATENING WEATHER PASSES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES. SITES
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 2:53 AM EDT, 31 minutes before
WVZ020-031-230800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 253 AM EDT THU JUN 23 1994 AT 245 AM WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY. THE MOVEMENT OF THE STORM WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. THIS STORM WHILE MOVE INTO EXTREME NORTHERN KANAWHA AND SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTIES. THIS THUNDERSTORM MIGHT PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS, SMALL HAIL, FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE POCATALICO AND SISSONVILLE IN KANAWHA COUNTY AND KENNA AND KENTUCK IN JACKSON COUNTY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM, MOVE IN SIDE UNTIL THE THREATENING WEATHER PASSES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES. SITES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 3:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun | 47 min |
| Jun 23, 4:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gilmer | 47 min |
| Jun 23, 10:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Raleigh | 52 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.