Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1995, 2:26 PM EDT for Pocahontas County, Randolph County, West Virginia. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 1995, 2:26 PM EDT (18:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1995, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Pocahontas County, WV, Randolph County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 669 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KCRW 111826 RRA SVRCRW WVC075-083-111930- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 226 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN EAST WEST VIRGINIA ...POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA ...RANDOLPH COUNTY A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO PUSH INTO THE MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA. THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS KNOCKED DOWN TREES IN CURTAIN AND CAMDEN ON GAULEY IN WEBSTER COUNTY. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. &
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 11, 8:45 AM EDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before
WVZ005>011-013>020-024>040-046-047-VAZ003-004-OHZ066-067-075-076- 083>087-KYZ101>105-107-119-111600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 845 AM EDT SUN JUN 11 1995 A BIG CHANGE IN THE WEATHER CONTINUES TO BE STRESSED FOR THE MID OHIO VALLEY AND CENTRAL APPALACHIANS. TODAY WILL BE ANOTHER HUMID DAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL AGAIN BE WATCHING FOR DOWNPOURS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF GUSTY WINDS OR HAIL. FRESHER AND COOLER AIR WILL MOVE INTO OUR REGION...FROM THE WEST...DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY. A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY...MAINLY OVER THE WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS...AS THE COOLER AIR TAKES CHARGE. THE COMFORT LEVEL FOR OUTDOOR WORK/CHORES OR EXERCISE WILL BE NOTICEABLY BETTER ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY. SO YOU MAY HAVE A GOOD EXCUSE TO AVOID THE WORK THIS AFTERNOON. OF COURSE...THE NEIGHBORHOOD POOL MAY NOT LIKE THIS UPCOMING CHANGE. MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WILL EVEN BE CHILLY FOR MID JUNE. END / KTB / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 8:46 AM EDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before
WVZ005>011-013>020-024>040-046-047-VAZ003-004-OHZ066-067-075-076- 083>087-KYZ101>105-107-119-111600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 845 AM EDT SUN JUN 11 1995 A BIG CHANGE IN THE WEATHER CONTINUES TO BE STRESSED FOR THE MID OHIO VALLEY AND CENTRAL APPALACHIANS. TODAY WILL BE ANOTHER HUMID DAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL AGAIN BE WATCHING FOR DOWNPOURS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF GUSTY WINDS OR HAIL. FRESHER AND COOLER AIR WILL MOVE INTO OUR REGION...FROM THE WEST...DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY. A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY...MAINLY OVER THE WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS...AS THE COOLER AIR TAKES CHARGE. THE COMFORT LEVEL FOR OUTDOOR WORK/CHORES OR EXERCISE WILL BE NOTICEABLY BETTER ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY. SO YOU MAY HAVE A GOOD EXCUSE TO AVOID THE WORK THIS AFTERNOON. OF COURSE...THE NEIGHBORHOOD POOL MAY NOT LIKE THIS UPCOMING CHANGE. MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WILL EVEN BE CHILLY FOR MID JUNE. END / KTB / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 11:43 AM EDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
WVZ025-026-111700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1139 AM EDT SUN JUN 11 1995 AT 1135 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MINGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA. THE LINE WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL CROSS LOGAN AND BOONE COUNTIES BY 1 PM. BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINS...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR WILL ACCOMPANY THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. END/
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 1:29 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
WVZ037-038-111900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 129 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 1995 AT 130 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH FAYETTE AND WESTERN NICHOLAS COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO WEBSTER COUNTY BY 200 PM. TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR WILL ACCOMPANY THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. BY 300 PM THE STORMS SHOULD BE EAST OF THE REGION. A SEVERE WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF THE MOUNTAINOUS AREA OF WEST VIGINIA UNTIL 800 PM. END/
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 1:34 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
WVZ037-038-111900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 129 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 1995 AT 130 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH FAYETTE AND WESTERN NICHOLAS COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO WEBSTER COUNTY BY 200 PM. TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR WILL ACCOMPANY THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. BY 300 PM THE STORMS SHOULD BE EAST OF THE REGION. A SEVERE WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF THE MOUNTAINOUS AREA OF WEST VIGINIA UNTIL 800 PM. END/
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 1:36 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
WVZ037-038-111900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 129 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 1995 AT 130 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH FAYETTE AND WESTERN NICHOLAS COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO WEBSTER COUNTY BY 200 PM. TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR WILL ACCOMPANY THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. BY 300 PM THE STORMS SHOULD BE EAST OF THE REGION. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF THE MOUNTAINOUS AREA OF WEST VIGINIA UNTIL 800 PM. ...CORRECTED FOR LAST PARAGRAPH... END/
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 12:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan | 30 min |
| Jun 11, 12:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone | 35 min |
| Jun 11, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Webster | 29 min |
| Jun 11, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wyoming | 41 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.