Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1995, 8:18 PM EDT for Pocahontas County, West Virginia. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1995, 8:18 PM EDT (00:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1995, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pocahontas County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -364 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2434 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 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 090016 RRA SVRCRW WVC075-090115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 818 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN EAST WEST VIRGINIA ...SOUTHERN POCAHONTAS COUNTY AT 815 PM CHARLESTON RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS JUST ENTERING WESTERN POCAHONTAS COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. WIND SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED ON RADAR. IN ADDITION TREES HAVE BEEN REPORTED BLOWN DOWN WITH THESE STORMS EARLIER TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY 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. 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, 3:33 PM EDT, 4 hours 45 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, 4 hours 40 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, 4 hours 4 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 58 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
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 6:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 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
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.