Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Charleston, WV

March 23, 1995Logan County, Mingo County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 1995, 3:35 AM EST for Logan County, Mingo County, West Virginia. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 23, 1995, 3:35 AM EST (08:35 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 1995, 4:00 AM EST
In force
25 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, 8.6 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 1995-03-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-03-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3107 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
250 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 230836 RRA
SVRCRW
WVC045-059-230900-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
335 AM EST THU MAR 23 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN SOUTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...NORTHERN LOGAN COUNTY...NORTHERN MINGO COUNTY
 
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL IS
SPREADING SOUTHEAST INTO THE WARNING AREA AT 40 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM IS
ALSO CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVdY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
EOM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 3:28 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Lincoln47 min
Mar 23, 3:28 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWayne47 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.