Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 1995, 9:20 PM EDT for Lincoln County, West Virginia. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 1, 1995, 9:20 PM EDT (01:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 1995, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lincoln County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 2348 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1256 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 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 020121 RRA SVRCRW WVC043-020200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 920 PM EDT TUE AUG 1 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN WEST WEST VIRGINIA ...LINCOLN COUNTY WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOW A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE MIDDLE OF LINCOLN COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS APT TO PRODUCE A PERIOD OF DAMAGING WINDS AND AREAS OF LARGE HAIL. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AMOUNT TO TWO INCHES OR MORE WITHIN AN HOUR. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD< PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. EOM
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, Aug 1, 3:40 PM EDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before
OHZ075-012100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 340 PM EDT TUE AUG 1 1995 AT 335 PM EDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTRORM IN WESTERN ATHENS COUNTY OHIO JUST WEST OF ATHENS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST AND WILL MOVE THROUGH ATHENS... GUYSVILLE...CANAANVILLE AND BIG RUN DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. PONDING OF WATER AND SOME STREET FLOODING IS LIKELY DURING AND SHORTLY AFTER THE HEAVY RAIN. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR WATER STANDING ON ROADWAYS AND GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN THE HEAVY RAIN. END/PCZ
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 3:41 PM EDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before
OHZ075-012100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 340 PM EDT TUE AUG 1 1995 AT 335 PM EDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTRORM IN WESTERN ATHENS COUNTY OHIO JUST WEST OF ATHENS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST AND WILL MOVE THROUGH ATHENS... GUYSVILLE...CANAANVILLE AND BIG RUN DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. PONDING OF WATER AND SOME STREET FLOODING IS LIKELY DURING AND SHORTLY AFTER THE HEAVY RAIN. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR WATER STANDING ON ROADWAYS AND GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN THE HEAVY RAIN. END/PCZ
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 4:41 PM EDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
OHZ075-084-020200-
URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
441 PM EDT TUE AUG 1 1995
AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS DUMPING VERY HEAVY RAIN ON SOUTHEASTERN
OHIO THIS AFTERNOON.
RAINFALLS OF UP TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE BEING DUMPED ON EASTERN
VINTON AND WESTERN ATHENS COUNTIES IN OHIO. THE LARGE THUNDERSTORM
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RAIN IS NOT MOVING. THE THUNDERSTORM IS
STARTING TO SHOW SIGNS OF RAINING ITSELF OUT.
AREAS A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THIS STORM...IN ATHENS AND VINTON...AND
IN SURROUNDING COUNTIES IN OHIO...ARE EXPERIENCING SUNSHINE.
RAINS FROM THE STORM WILL CAUSE PONDING AND SHALLOW FLOWING WATER ON
ROADS. SOME SMALL STREAMS WILL SHOW RAPID...TEMPORARY RISES DURING
THE RAIN AND SHORTLY AFTER IT ENDS.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS WATCHING THE RAINFALL FROM THE STORM
CLOSELY. IF FOUR OR MORE INCHES OF RAIN FELL WITHIN A SIX HOUR
PERIOD ON ANY ONE SPOT...SIGNIFIGANT WATER PROBLEMS WOULD BEGIN. AT
THIS TIME...WE DO NOT EXPECT RAINS TO PERSIST TO THIS EXTENT.
LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE STATEMENTS OR UPDATES ABOUT THIS THUNDERSTORM.
EOM
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15 MPH.Special weather statement, Aug 1, 4:54 PM EDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
OHZ075-084-020200- URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 441 PM EDT TUE AUG 1 1995 AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS DUMPING VERY HEAVY RAIN ON SOUTHEASTERN OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. RAINFALLS OF UP TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE BEING DUMPED ON EASTERN VINTON AND WESTERN ATHENS COUNTIES IN OHIO. THE LARGE THUNDERSTORM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RAIN IS NOT MOVING. THE THUNDERSTORM IS STARTING TO SHOW SIGNS OF RAINING ITSELF OUT. AREAS A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THIS STORM...IN ATHENS AND VINTON...AND IN SURROUNDING COUNTIES IN OHIO...ARE EXPERIENCING SUNSHINE. RAINS FROM THE STORM WILL CAUSE PONDING AND SHALLOW FLOWING WATER ON ROADS. SOME SMALL STREAMS WILL SHOW RAPID...TEMPORARY RISES DURING THE RAIN AND SHORTLY AFTER IT ENDS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS WATCHING THE RAINFALL FROM THE STORM CLOSELY. IF FOUR OR MORE INCHES OF RAIN FELL WITHIN A SIX HOUR PERIOD ON ANY ONE SPOT...SIGNIFIGANT WATER PROBLEMS WOULD BEGIN. AT THIS TIME...WE DO NOT EXPECT RAINS TO PERSIST TO THIS EXTENT. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE STATEMENTS OR UPDATES ABOUT THIS THUNDERSTORM. EOM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 9:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 63 min |
| Aug 1, 9:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan, Mingo | 66 min |
| Aug 1, 10:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Lincoln | 62 min |
| Aug 1, 11:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Putnam | 40 min |
| Aug 1, 11:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 48 min |
| Aug 1, 11:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Putnam | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 12:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 54 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.