Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 1996, 2:49 PM EDT for Doddridge County, Harrison County, Lewis County, West Virginia. It was in force for 56 min. 3 reports 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
- Apr 23, 1996, 2:49 PM EDT (18:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 1996, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Doddridge County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Lewis County, WV
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 3:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | West Union, WV | |
| Apr 23, 3:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Peoria, WV | |
| Apr 23, 3:35 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Clarksburg, 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
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 833 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 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 231850 SVRCRW WVC013-017-033-041-101-231945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 249 PM EDT TUE APR 23 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...CALHOUN COUNTY...DODDRIDGE COUNTY...HARRISON COUNTY ...LEWIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...WEBSTER COUNTY WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS LINES AND CLUSTERS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO AND THORUGH THE WARNING AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 TO 55 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS...AND PEOPLE IN THE WARNING AREA CAN EXPECT MORE DAMAGING WINDS. A FEW AREAS CAN ALSO EXPECT LARGE HAIL WITH THESE STORMS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 1:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Lincoln | 59 min |
| Apr 23, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 48 min |
| Apr 23, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 57 min |
| Apr 23, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Putnam, Wood | 57 min |
| Apr 23, 1:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mingo | 68 min |
| Apr 23, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler | 60 min |
| Apr 23, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Roane, Wirt | 60 min |
| Apr 23, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay | 37 min |
| Apr 23, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Nicholas | 48 min |
| Apr 23, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gilmer | 48 min |
| Apr 23, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun | 56 min |
| Apr 23, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Webster | 56 min |
| Apr 23, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Upshur | 61 min |
| Apr 23, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Randolph | 61 min |
| Apr 23, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Taylor | 61 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.