Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1995, 6:49 PM EDT for Braxton County, Gilmer County, West Virginia. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 1995, 6:49 PM EDT (22:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 1995, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Braxton County, WV, Gilmer County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1059 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 252253 RRA SVRCRW WVC007-021-252330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 649 PM EDT TUE JUL 25 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...BRAXTON COUNTY...GILMER COUNTY AT 645 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN WIRT...CALHOUN...AND WESTERN CLAY COUNTIES. THE LINE OF SEVERE STORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL ENTER WESTERN GILMER AND NORTHWESTERN BRAXTON COUNTY BY 655 PM. DAMAGING WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINSz FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, Jul 25, 4:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
WVZ005-006-013-024-OHZ086-087-KYZ101>105-107-119-252100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 420 PM EDT TUE JUL 25 1995 THUNDERSTORMS WERE BRINGING COOLING RAINS TO NORTHEAST KENTUCKY. AT 4:15 PM...THE BRIEF DOWNPOURS WERE NEAR GREENUP...OLIVE HILL... GRAYSON...SANDY HOOK...AND SELYERSVILLE. THE RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. BRIEF WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEAST OHIO AND THE HUNTINGTON REGION OF WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM. END / KTB / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 4:28 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
WVZ005-006-013-024-OHZ086-087-KYZ101>105-107-119-252100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 420 PM EDT TUE JUL 25 1995 THUNDERSTORMS WERE BRINGING COOLING RAINS TO NORTHEAST KENTUCKY. AT 4:15 PM...THE BRIEF DOWNPOURS WERE NEAR GREENUP...OLIVE HILL... GRAYSON...SANDY HOOK...AND SELYERSVILLE. THE RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. BRIEF WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS WIXLL AFFECT SOUTHEAST OHIO AND THE HUNTINGTON REGION OF WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM. END / KTB / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 38 min |
| Jul 25, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell | 44 min |
| Jul 25, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln | 46 min |
| Jul 25, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason, Putnam | 51 min |
| Jul 25, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha | 68 min |
| Jul 25, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan | 68 min |
| Jul 25, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Roane, Wirt | 52 min |
| Jul 25, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Clay | 25 min |
| Jul 25, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Lewis | 48 min |
| Jul 25, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Webster | 53 min |
| Jul 25, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Lewis | 38 min |
| Jul 25, 7:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Harrison | 40 min |
| Jul 25, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 62 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.