Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Charleston, WV

August 1, 1995Logan County, Mingo County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 1995, 9:54 PM EDT for Logan County, Mingo County, West Virginia. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 1, 1995, 9:54 PM EDT (01:54 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 1995, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Logan County, WV, Mingo County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 77 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, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 00:00Z on 1995-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2348 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 00:00Z on 1995-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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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, 4:41 PM EDT, 5 hours 13 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.

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Special weather statement, Aug 1, 4:54 PM EDT, 5 hours 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 9:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLincoln40 min
Aug 1, 9:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWayne63 min
Aug 1, 10:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Lincoln62 min
Aug 1, 11:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPutnam40 min
Aug 1, 11:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXKanawha48 min
Aug 1, 11:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXKanawha, Putnam3 hr
Aug 2, 12:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson54 min

Nearby

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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.