Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1995, 5:58 PM EDT for Kanawha County, West Virginia. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 1995, 5:58 PM EDT (21:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1995, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kanawha County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1649 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 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 142159 RRA SVRCRW WVC039-142300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 558 PM EDT WED JUN 14 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN WEST CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...KANAWHA COUNTY WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED THAT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST FROM NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY INTO KANAWHA COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS...AND IS NOW PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM IS MOVING TOWARD THE CITY OF CHARLESTON WV. DAMAGING WINDS ARE PROBABLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IFR YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. EOM
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 14, 4:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
WVZ006>010-014>019-027>030-036>039-046-047-OHZ066-067-075-076- 083>087-150200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 400 PM EDT WED JUN 14 1995 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTH THROUGH EASTARN OHIO AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. SUNNY SKIES WILL ABRUPTLY CHANGE TO THUNDERY WEATHER IN MANY AREAS. EXPECT ABRUPTLY DARKENING SKIES...BRIEFLY HEAVY RAIN...ABRUPT GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WITH THESE STORMS. THE STORMS SHOULD LAST ABOUT A HALF HOUR TO AN HOUR AT ANY ONE PLACE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS OR STATEMENTS ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS. EOM
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 4:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
WVZ006>010-014>019-027>030-036>039-046-047-OHZ066-067-075-076- 083>087-150200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 400 PM EDT WED JUN 14 1995 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTH THROUGH EASTARN OHIO AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. SUNNY SKIES WILL ABRUPTLY CHANGE TO THUNDERY WEATHER IN MANY AREAS. EXPECT ABRUPTLY DARKENING SKIES...BRIEFLY HEAVY RAIN...ABRUPT GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WITH THESE STORMS. THE STORMS SHOULD LAST ABOUT A HALF HOUR TO AN HOUR AT ANY ONE PLACE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS OR STATEMENTS ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS. EOM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wood | 45 min |
| Jun 14, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 54 min |
| Jun 14, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wirt | 51 min |
| Jun 14, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Putnam | 42 min |
| Jun 14, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Tyler | 53 min |
| Jun 14, 7:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan | 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.