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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 188, NWS Charleston, WV

June 29, 1994Jackson County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1994, 6:14 AM EDT for Jackson County, West Virginia. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 1994, 6:14 AM EDT (10:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1994, 7:00 AM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Jackson County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 88 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 00:00Z on 1994-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 00:00Z on 1994-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1719 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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, 3:19 AM EDT, 2 hours 55 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.

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Special weather statement, Jun 29, 3:19 AM EDT, 2 hours 55 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.

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Local storm report, Jun 29, 4:45 AM EDT, 1 hour 29 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/ORCHANIAN
Local storm report, Jun 29, 4:47 AM EDT, 1 hour 27 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/ORCHANIAN
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 6:08 AM EDT, 6 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 12:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRoane63 min
Jun 29, 1:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRitchie42 min
Jun 29, 1:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCalhoun60 min
Jun 29, 2:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXDoddridge, Gilmer27 min
Jun 29, 2:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLewis66 min
Jun 29, 2:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXHarrison45 min
Jun 29, 5:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPleasants, Wood57 min
Jun 29, 5:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXTyler, Wetzel57 min
Jun 29, 5:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXTyler, Wetzel52 min
Jun 29, 5:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPleasants, Wood52 min
Jun 29, 8:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXHarrison, Lewis45 min
Jun 29, 2:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFranklin36 min
Jun 29, 2:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMadison66 min
Jun 29, 2:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXDelaware50 min
Jun 29, 3:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFairfield, Licking62 min
Jun 29, 3:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPerry68 min
Jun 29, 3:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMuskingum63 min
Jun 29, 5:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMorgan47 min
Jun 29, 5:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXVinton44 min
Jun 29, 5:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXAthens50 min
Jun 29, 5:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMadison57 min
Jun 29, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPickaway27 min
Jun 29, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPerry60 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.