Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 200, NWS Charleston, WV

July 2, 1996Cabell County, Lincoln County, Putnam County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1996, 4:20 AM EDT for Cabell County, Lincoln County, Putnam County, West Virginia. It was in force for 40 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
Jul 2, 1996, 4:20 AM EDT (08:20 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 1996, 5:00 AM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cabell County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Putnam County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:21 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 2, 4:25 AM EDTHail 0.75Ball Gap, 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 text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 8:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Putnam29 min
Jul 2, 8:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLincoln27 min
Jul 2, 8:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone48 min
Jul 2, 8:43 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXLincoln3 hr
Jul 2, 10:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXNicholas35 min
Jul 2, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCabell, Lincoln, Wayne45 min
Jul 2, 7:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXHarrison, Taylor37 min
Jul 2, 7:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBarbour35 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.