Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 186, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1994, 5:53 AM EDT for Tyler County, Wetzel County, West Virginia. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 1994, 5:53 AM EDT (09:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1994, 6:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 52 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, 9.9 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
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1244 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
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 29, 12:22 AM EDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before
WVZ005>047-290600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 0012 AM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 AT ABOUT 1205 AM CHARLESTON WEATHER RADAR DETECTED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHE
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 3:19 AM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
WVZ021-022-023-030-031-032-039-040-041-046-047-MDZ001-290915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 319 AM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 ..HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA EARLY THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING.. AT 3 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA. THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM BARBOUR COUNTY SOUTH ACROSS USPSHUR INTO NORTHEAST BRAXTON COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCED STRONG GUSTY WIND, AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS AS THEY MOVED EAST ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR DODDRIDGE AND GILMER COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 230 AM, AND THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HARRISON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA EXPIRED AT 3:15 AM EDT. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION8 ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS. & NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 3:19 AM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
WVZ021-022-023-030-031-032-039-040-041-046-047-MDZ001-290915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 319 AM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 ..HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA EARLY THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING.. AT 3 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA. THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM BARBOUR COUNTY SOUTH ACROSS USPSHUR INTO NORTHEAST BRAXTON COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCED STRONG GUSTY WIND, AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS AS THEY MOVED EAST ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR DODDRIDGE AND GILMER COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 230 AM, AND THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HARRISON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA EXPIRED AT 3:15 AM EDT. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION8 ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS. & NNNN
Local storm report, Jun 29, 4:45 AM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
445 AM EDT WED JUN 29 1994
TIME PLACE DATE
EDT COUNTY REMARKS
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1210 AM PUTNAM CO. 6/29/94 TREES BLOWN DOWN AT ELEANOR. REPORTED BY
PUTNAM COUNTY E.O.C.
215 AM GILMER CO. 6/29/94 HARRISON CO. E.O.C. REPORTED WIND DAMAGE
AT SAND RUN REGION IN GILMER CO.
LATER REPORTS INDICATED A ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF
A WELL HOUSE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
WAS IN EFFECT AT THAT TIME.
END/ORCHANIANLocal storm report, Jun 29, 4:47 AM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
445 AM EDT WED JUN 29 1994
TIME PLACE DATE
EDT COUNTY REMARKS
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1210 AM PUTNAM CO. 6/29/94 TREES BLOWN DOWN AT ELEANOR. REPORTED BY
PUTNAM COUNTY E.O.C.
215 AM GILMER CO. 6/29/94 HARRISON CO. E.O.C. REPORTED WIND DAMAGE
AT SAND RUN REGION IN GILMER CO.
LATER REPORTS INDICATED A ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF
A WELL HOUSE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
WAS IN EzFFECT AT THAT TIME.
END/ORCHANIANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 12:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Roane | 63 min |
| Jun 29, 1:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Ritchie | 42 min |
| Jun 29, 1:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 2:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Gilmer | 27 min |
| Jun 29, 2:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lewis | 66 min |
| Jun 29, 2:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Harrison | 45 min |
| Jun 29, 5:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Wood | 57 min |
| Jun 29, 5:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Tyler, Wetzel | 57 min |
| Jun 29, 5:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Wood | 52 min |
| Jun 29, 6:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 46 min |
| Jun 29, 8:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Harrison, Lewis | 45 min |
| Jun 29, 2:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Franklin | 36 min |
| Jun 29, 2:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Madison | 66 min |
| Jun 29, 2:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Delaware | 50 min |
| Jun 29, 3:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fairfield, Licking | 62 min |
| Jun 29, 3:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Perry | 68 min |
| Jun 29, 3:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Muskingum | 63 min |
| Jun 29, 5:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Morgan | 47 min |
| Jun 29, 5:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Vinton | 44 min |
| Jun 29, 5:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens | 50 min |
| Jun 29, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Madison | 57 min |
| Jun 29, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pickaway | 27 min |
| Jun 29, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Perry | 60 min |
Nearby
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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.