Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Charleston, WV

November 8, 1996Braxton County, Webster County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 8, 1996, 2:34 AM EST for Braxton County, Webster County, West Virginia. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 8, 1996, 2:34 AM EST (07:34 UTC)
Expired
Nov 8, 1996, 3:15 AM EST
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Braxton County, WV, Webster County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 00:00Z on 1996-11-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 54 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 00:00Z on 1996-11-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 287 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
54 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
573 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
287 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
428 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 080737
SVRCRW
WVC007-101-080815-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
234 AM EST FRI NOV 8 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...BRAXTON COUNTY
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...WEBSTER COUNTY
 
AT 235 AM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH
NICHOLAS COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH
AND WILL ADVANCE INTO WEBSTER AND BRAXTON COUNTIES BY 245 AM. PEOPLE IN
THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD EXPECT VERY STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY
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 INTERIOR 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.
 
 
STRUBLE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 8, 1:25 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Raleigh50 min
Nov 8, 1:53 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFayette52 min
Nov 8, 2:11 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXNicholas49 min
Nov 8, 2:55 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLewis, Upshur50 min
Nov 8, 10:26 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLXPocahontas, Randolph4 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.