Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1994, 4:23 PM EDT for Logan County, Wyoming County, West Virginia. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 1994, 4:23 PM EDT (20:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1994, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Logan County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 534 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1037 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBKW 112027 COR SVRBKW WVC109-045-112130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING..CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 423 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BECKLEY WV HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN SOUTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...WYOMING COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA ...EASTERN LOGAN COUNTY AT 422 PM, WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A NEWLY-DEVELOPED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN A LITTLE SOUTH OF EAST AT 20 MPH. THE STORM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN WYOMING COUNTY BY 5 PM. 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/BURRUS/COBB
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 11, 3:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
WVZ021-022-023-030-031-032-039-040-041-046-047-112015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 314 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM FOR NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA, PRESTON AND TUCKER COUNTIES OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA... WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER RITCHIE COUNTY MOVING TOWARD DODDRIDGE COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM RITCHIE COUNTY SOUTHWEST INTO JACKSON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE HEAT OF THE AFTERNOON. SOME STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND, LARGE HAIL, DEADLY LIGHNTING AND HEAVY RAINS. KEEP A WATCH ON THE SKY AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END PG NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 3:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
WVZ021-022-023-030-031-032-039-040-041-046-047-112015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 314 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM FOR NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA, PRESTON AND TUCKER COUNTIES OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA... WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER RITCHIE COUNTY MOVING TOWARD DODDRIDGE COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM RITCHIE COUNTY SOUTHWEST INTO JACKSON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE HEAT OF THE AFTERNOON. SOME STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND, LARGE HAIL, DEADLY LIGHNTING AND HEAVY RAINS. KEEP A WATCH ON THE SKY AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END PG NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 3:55 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
WVZ021-022-023-030-031-032-039-040-041-046-047-112100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 355 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM FOR NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA, PRESTON AND TUCKER COUNTIES OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA... WEATHER RADAR AT 350 PM INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN WETZEL COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA, OVER EASTERN DODDRIDGE AND NORTHERN GILMER COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AND WILL ENTER LEWIS, HARRISON, MARION AND MONONGALIA COUNTIES BY 430 PM. THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND, LARGE HAIL, DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS. KEEP A WATCH ON THE SKY AND MOVE INDOORS TO A SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. END GILKERSON
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 3:59 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
WVZ021-022-023-030-031-032-039-040-041-046-047-112100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 355 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM FOR NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA, PRESTON AND TUCKER COUNTIES OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA... WEATHER RADAR AT 350 PM INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN WETZEL COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA, OVER EASTERN DODDRIDGE AND NORTHERN GILMER COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AND WILL ENTER LEWIS, HARRISON, MARION AND MONONGALIA COUNTIES BY 430 PM. THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND, LARGE HAIL, DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS. KEEP A WATCH ON THE SKY AND MOVE INDOORS TO A SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. END GILKERSON
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 4:15 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
WVZ031-112115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 415 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHWEST HARRISON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA... WEATHER RADAR AT 413 PM INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHWEST HARRISON COUNTY WEST OF WEST MILFORD. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AND CONTAINS HEAVY RAIN, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING, POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE INDOORS TO SAFE SHELTER. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END GILKERSON NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 4:15 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
WVZ031-112115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV 415 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHWEST HARRISON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA... WEATHER RADAR AT 413 PM INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHWEST HARRISON COUNTY WEST OF WEST MILFORD. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AND CONTAINS HEAVY RAIN, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING, POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE INDOORS TO SAFE SHELTER. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END GILKERSON NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 9:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln | 47 min |
| Jun 11, 12:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh, Wyoming | 42 min |
| Jun 11, 1:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mercer | 54 min |
| Jun 11, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln | 58 min |
| Jun 11, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 43 min |
| Jun 11, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Roane | 62 min |
| Jun 11, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan | 52 min |
| Jun 11, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone | 61 min |
| Jun 11, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun | 57 min |
| Jun 11, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton | 58 min |
| Jun 11, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour | 55 min |
| Jun 11, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Putnam | 64 min |
| Jun 11, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh, Wyoming | 68 min |
| Jun 11, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 65 min |
| Jun 11, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mercer | 60 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.