Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1994, 6:15 PM EDT for Mercer County, West Virginia. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 1994, 6:15 PM EDT (22:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1994, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mercer County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
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 11, 3:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 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, 2 hours 16 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, 2 hours 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, 2 hours 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, 4:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
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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, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan, Wyoming | 67 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 |
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.