Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Charleston, WV

June 24, 1996Barbour County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1996, 12:17 PM EDT for Barbour County, West Virginia. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 1996, 12:17 PM EDT (16:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 1996, 1:00 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Barbour County, WV

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 24, 12:40 PM EDTThunderstorm WindPhilippi, WV

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 219 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 1996-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1157 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 1996-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1157 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
910 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 241618
SVRCRW
WVC001-241700-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1217 PM EDT MON JUN 24 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...NORTHERN BARBOUR COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF
THE COUNTY UNTIL 1 PM. STRONG DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED AS WELL AS
HAIL.
 
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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 12:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMcDowell68 min
Jun 24, 12:41 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXMcDowell2 hr
Jun 24, 12:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFayette57 min
Jun 24, 12:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXNicholas53 min
Jun 24, 1:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXUpshur64 min
Jun 24, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson52 min
Jun 24, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRoane54 min
Jun 24, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMingo61 min
Jun 24, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton54 min
Jun 24, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPleasants, Wood58 min
Jun 24, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXTyler58 min
Jun 24, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLewis48 min
Jun 24, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Mason59 min
Jun 24, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWayne60 min
Jun 24, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCabell66 min
Jun 24, 6:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXKanawha54 min
Jun 24, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPutnam62 min
Jun 24, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLincoln57 min
Jun 24, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBarbour, Randolph, Upshur69 min
Jun 24, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCalhoun, Roane38 min
Jun 24, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXNicholas, Webster56 min
Jun 24, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone61 min
Jun 24, 6:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton, Clay56 min
Jun 24, 6:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLogan, Mingo56 min
Jun 24, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPocahontas59 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.