Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Charleston, WV

June 6, 1994Marion County, Monongalia County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1994, 2:05 PM EDT for Marion County, Monongalia County, West Virginia. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 1994, 2:05 PM EDT (18:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1994, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Marion County, WV, Monongalia County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 93 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1994-06-06Temperature 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1994-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 237 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
1700 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
237 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
237 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS1 KEKN 061805 RRA
SVREKN
WVC049-061-077-061900-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV
205 PM EDT MON JUN 6 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKINS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...MARION COUNTY...MONONGALIA COUNTY...NORTHERN PRESTON COUNTY
 
AT 200 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE
CENTRAL PORTIONS OF MARION COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA MOVING EAST TO
NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
 
THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN
PORTIONS OF MONONGALIA COUNTY AND INTO NORTHERN PRESTON COUNTY WITHIN
THE NEXT 30 TO 45 MINUTES.
 
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.
 
 
END/FERRELL
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 2:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPreston55 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.