Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1995, 7:21 PM EDT for Fayette County, Raleigh County, West Virginia. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1995, 7:21 PM EDT (23:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1995, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fayette County, WV, Raleigh County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 1:46 PM EDT, 5 hours 35 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, 3 hours 48 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, 3 hours 43 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, 3 hours 7 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, 3 hours 1 minute 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
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 6:58 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
WVZ005-006-OHZ083>087-KYZ101>105-107-119-090000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 658 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN OHIO AND NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MOVED THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN OHIO AND NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY HAS MOVED EASTWARD INTO SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. THIS HAS ENDED THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE REGION. THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT FOR NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEASTERN OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LIGHT RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS MUCH OF THIS AREA. ONLY A FEW SHOWERS ARE LOCATED NEAR THE WEST VIRGINIA BORDER. LITTLE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED FROM THESE SHOWERS. SCHUMACHER
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, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan | 40 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, 4:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Gallia, Jackson, Vinton | 59 min |
| Jun 8, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gallia, Jackson, Vinton | 59 min |
| Jun 8, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 37 min |
| Jun 8, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Greenup | 44 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.