Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Charleston, WV

Issued

Jun 2, 1997, 2:56 PM EDT (18:56 UTC)

Expired

Jun 2, 1997, 4:00 PM EDT

In force

64 min

Issued by

NWS Charleston, WV

Area

Whole counties

County Ritchie County, WV

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS1 KCRW 021856 RRA
SVRCRW
WVC085-022000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
256 PM EDT MON JUN 2 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN NORTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...RITCHIE COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHEAST RITCHIE COUNTY NEAR
BEREA DRIFTING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1 INCH HAIL AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES
IN 1 HOUR.
 
<< CALL TO ACTION >> 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 DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.