Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1995, 5:47 PM EDT for Upshur County, West Virginia. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 1995, 5:47 PM EDT (21:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 1995, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Upshur County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 3253 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 696 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 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 212149 RRA SVRCRW WVC097-212230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 547 PM EDT WED JUN 21 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...UPSHUR COUNTY AT 545 PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR BUCKHANNAN IN UPSHUR COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIORV 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.
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
Local storm report, Jun 21, 3:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
300 PM WED JUN 21 1995
ADDITIONAL REPORTS FOR THE SEVERE WEATHER OF JUNE 20, 1995
COUNTY/STATE LOCATION TIME WEATHER
OR TOWN EDT REPORTS
BRAXTON/WV COUNTY WIDE 7-730 PM TREES DOWNED ON
ROADWAYS
MINGO/WV KERMIT 925 PM QUARTER SIZE HAIL
WOOD/WV WAVERLY 1015-1100 PM NUMEROUS TREES
DOWNED
MORGAN/OH STOCKPORT TO 1100 PM TREES DOWNED ON
CHESTER HILL ROADWAYS
PERRY/OH CORNING 1130 PM GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
TREES DOWNED
END/MJS/ELWSpecial weather statement, Jun 21, 5:14 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
WVZ032-OHZ066-067-212300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 514 PM EDT WED JUN 21 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MORGAN AND PERRY COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST OHIO UNTIL 9 PM EDT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR TAYLOR COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 10 PM EDT... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. THE ATMOSPHERE IS STILL VERY UNSTABLE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS STILL POSSIBLE OVER THE WATCH AREA DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY ALERT TO THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOP OR A WARNING BE ISSUED. END/ROZANSKI
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 5:16 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
WVZ032-OHZ066-067-212300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 514 PM EDT WED JUN 21 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MORGAN AND PERRY COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST OHIO UNTIL 9 PM EDT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR TAYLOR COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 10 PM EDT... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. THE ATMOSPHERE IS STILL VERY UNSTABLE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS STILL POSSIBLE OVER THE WATCH AREA DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY ALERT TO THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOP OR A WARNING BE ISSUED. END/ROZANSKI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 8:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lewis | 42 min |
| Jun 20, 8:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mingo | 47 min |
| Jun 20, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Ritchie | 55 min |
| Jun 20, 9:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lewis | 31 min |
| Jun 20, 9:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants | 35 min |
| Jun 20, 9:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge | 54 min |
| Jun 20, 10:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wood | 53 min |
| Jun 21, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Harrison | 41 min |
| Jun 21, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison | 33 min |
| Jun 21, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Tyler | 51 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.