Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1995, 6:05 PM EDT for Logan County, West Virginia. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1995, 6:05 PM EDT (22:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1995, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Logan County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 2055 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 519 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 5.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRW 082204 RRA SVRCRW WVC045-082245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 605 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA ...LOGAN COUNTY CHARLESTON RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER LOGAN COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE TO BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. 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. SCHUMACHER
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 8, 1:40 PM EDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
OHZ083-084-087-KYZ101>105-107-119-WVZ005-006-082000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 140 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1995 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH /NO. 580/ HAS BEEN POSTED FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO UNTIL 8 PM. THIS PARTICULAR WATCH EXTENDS AS FAR EAST AS THE OHIO COUNTIES OF VINTON...JACKSON...AND LAWRENCE. IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY... THE COUNTIES OF GREENUP...BOYD...CARTER...ELLIOT...LAWRENCE... JOHNSON...AND MARTIN ARE INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. STRONG/BRIEF WIND GUSTS APPEAR MORE LIKELY THAN LARGE HAIL WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORM MOVEMENT WILL BE FROM THE NORTHWEST...OR FROM ABOUT 290 OR 300 DEGREES ON THE COMPASS. MOVEMENT IS NOW EXPECTED AT 25 TO 30 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS COULD FORM ANYTIME DURING THE HEAT OF THE AFTERNOON. THE MOST LIKELY PERIOD FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO IS FROM 3 TO 6 PM. END / KTB / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 1:46 PM EDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
OHZ083-084-087-KYZ101>105-107-119-WVZ005-006-082000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 140 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1995 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH /NO. 580/ HAS BEEN POSTED FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO UNTIL 8 PM. THIS PARTICULAR WATCH EXTENDS AS FAR EAST AS THE OHIO COUNTIES OF VINTON...JACKSON...AND LAWRENCE. IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY... THE COUNTIES OF GREENUP...BOYD...CARTER...ELLIOT...LAWRENCE... JOHNSON...AND MARTIN ARE INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. STRONG/BRIEF WIND GUSTS APPEAR MORE LIKELY THAN LARGE HAIL WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORM MOVEMENT WILL BE FROM THE NORTHWEST...OR FROM ABOUT 290 OR 300 DEGREES ON THE COMPASS. MOVEMENT IS NOW EXPECTED AT 25 TO 30 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS COULD FORM ANYTIME DURING THE HEAT OF THE AFTERNOON. THE MOST LIKELY PERIOD FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO IS FROM 3 TO 6 PM. END / KTB /b NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:33 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
WVZ005-OHZ083>087-KYZ101>105-107-119-082100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 333 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1995 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE BETWEEN 4 AND 6 PM ACROSS THE TRI STATE. SMALL/CONCENTRATED DOWNPOURS ARE LIKELY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO UNTIL 8 PM. AT 3:30 PM...THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS IN THE TRI STATE REGION WERE IN NORTHERN CARTER COUNTY...NEAR ROONEY AND CARTER CAVES. END / KTB / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:38 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
WVZ005-OHZ083>087-KYZ101>105-107-119-082100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 333 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1995 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE BETWEEN 4 AND 6 PM ACROSS THE TRI STATE. SMALL/CONCENTRATED DOWNPOURS ARE LIKELY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO UNTIL 8 PM. AT 3:30 PM...THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS IN THE TRI STATE REGION WERE IN NORTHERN CARTER COUNTY...NEAR ROONEY AND CARTER CAVES. END / KTB / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
WVZ033>035-082130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 414 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1995 A BRIEF DOWNPOUR WAS MOVING ACROSS WYOMING COUNTY OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA JUST AFTER 4 PM. REPORTS FROM WYOMING COUNTY INDICATED NO LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS. THE HEAVIEST PORTION OF THIS STORM WILL PASS SOUTH OF BECKLEY ...AND AFFECT THE RALEIGH/MERCER COUNTY LINE REGION BETWEEN 4:30 AND 5:30 PM. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTHERN AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. END / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
WVZ033>035-082130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 414 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1995 A BRIEF DOWNPOUR WAS MOVING ACROSS WYOMING COUNTY OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA JUST AFTER 4 PM. REPORTS FROM WYOMING COUNTY INDICATED NO LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS. THE HEAVIEST PORTION OF THIS STORM WILL PASS SOUTH OF BECKLEY ...AND AFFECT THE RALEIGH/MERCER COUNTY LINE REGION BETWEEN 4:30 AND 5:30 PM. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVEjLOP THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTHERN AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. END / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Roane | 52 min |
| Jun 8, 5:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Roane | 4 hr |
| Jun 8, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 44 min |
| Jun 8, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha | 68 min |
| Jun 8, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Putnam | 68 min |
| Jun 8, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Raleigh | 58 min |
| Jun 8, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 58 min |
| Jun 8, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Raleigh | 39 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.