Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1995, 3:19 PM EDT for Wyoming County, West Virginia. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 1995, 3:19 PM EDT (19:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1995, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wyoming County, WV
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 226 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 835 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 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 111919 RRA SVRCRW WVC109-112000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 319 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...WYOMING COUNTY DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING COUNTY JUST NORTH OF CLEAR FORK. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE COMMUNITY OF SABINE WHICH IS JUST SOUTH OF KOPPERSTON. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. SITES
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, 11:43 AM EDT, 3 hours 36 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, 1 hour 50 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, 1 hour 45 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, 1 hour 43 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, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 64 min |
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.