Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Charleston, WV

May 24, 1996Lincoln County, Putnam County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1996, 11:35 AM EDT for Lincoln County, Putnam County, West Virginia. It was in force for 55 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
May 24, 1996, 11:35 AM EDT (15:35 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1996, 12:30 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lincoln County, WV, Putnam County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:37 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 198 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1996-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 9 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1996-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 232 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
9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-502 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
634 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
232 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
283 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCRW 241534
SVRCRW
WVC043-079-241630-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1135 AM EDT FRI MAY 24 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY
 
RADAR SHOWS A THUNDERSTORM WITH THE ABILITY TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND
STRONG WINDS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN PUTNAM AND NORTHERN LINCOLN
COUNTIES. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS WITH THE POTENTIAL TO
CREATE PROBLEMS ON SMALL STREAMS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED.
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 6:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXKanawha, Lincoln32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.