Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1995, 7:17 PM EDT for Jackson County, Mason County, Putnam County, West Virginia. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 1995, 7:17 PM EDT (23:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 1995, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jackson County, WV, Mason County, WV, Putnam County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 202 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -223 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1371 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 290 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 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 102318 SVRCRW WVC035-053-079-110000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 717 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN WEST WEST VIRGINIA ...JACKSON COUNTY...MASON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...PUTNAM COUNTY AT 717 PM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM HUNTINGTON NORTHWARD. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST...NORTHEASTWARD AT 50 TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO PUTNAM...MASON...AND THEN JACKSON COUNTIES. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EF FECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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, May 10, 1:50 PM EDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
WVZ005>047-VAZ001>017-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-KYZ101>105-107- 119-110000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 150 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995 ...STRONG STORMS MOVING THROUGH THE REGION.... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM ATHENS OHIO SOUTH TO EASTERN KENTUCKY WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH...WITH INDIVIDUAL STORMS MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. THIS LINE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARDS THE EAST AND WILL AFFECT AREAS OF WESTERN OHIO...WEST VIRGINIA...AND WESTERN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED VERY GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL AND LIGHTING. IF THESE STORMS APPROACH YOU...SEEK SHELTER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEAT(HER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR ANY FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. END/SIKORA
Special weather statement, May 10, 2:44 PM EDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
WVZ005>047-VAZ001>017-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-KYZ101>105-107- 119-110000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 245 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT FOR THE ENTIRE REGION EXCEPT THE NEW RIVER VALLEY OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.... A LINE OF STRONG STORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTH OF MARIETTA OHIO TO CHARLESTON TO LOGAN AND INTO SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AROUND 25 MPH...WITH INDIVIDUAL STORMS MOVING TOWARDS NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARDS THE EAST-NORTHEAST AND WILL AFFECT CENTRAL SECTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA IN THE NEXT HOUR...AND WILL AFFECT EASTERN SECTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA IN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE HOURS. IF THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV AND RADIO FOR ANY FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. END/SIKORA
Special weather statement, May 10, 6:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
WVZ006-OHZ087-KYZ101>103-102300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 609 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO MOVE NORTH OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN GREENUP AND BOYD COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO LAWRENCE COUNTY OHIO...MISSING THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON. STRONG WINDS AND SOME HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THE WEATHER SERVICE WILL MONITOR THIS STORM FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. END/RPY
Special weather statement, May 10, 6:19 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
WVZ023-032-037>041-045>047-110300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 610 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995 THERE IS NO LONGER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TORNADO THREAT IN THE CENTRAL OR NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA. THE TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 342 HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA. WEST VIRGINIA COUNTIES WHARE THERE IS NO LONGER A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT INCLUDE... BARBOUR GREENBRIER NICHOLAS POCAHONTAS PRESTON RANDOLPH TAYLOR TUCKER UPSHUR WEBSTER A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...THE WESTERN SLOPES...AND THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA AND THE SOUTHWESTERN MOUNTAINS OF VIRGINIA UNTIL 800 PM EDT TONIGHT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA EXCEPT FOR MORGAN COUNTY AND FOR THE NEW RIVER VALLEY OF VIRGINIA UNTIL 1100 PM EDT TONIGHT. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH MAY CONTAIN TORNADOES. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. EOM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 31 min |
| May 10, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln | 31 min |
| May 10, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wirt | 23 min |
| May 10, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 38 min |
| May 10, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 34 min |
| May 10, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Roane, Wirt, Wood | 52 min |
| May 10, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 52 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.