Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Charleston, WV

Issued

Jun 2, 1997, 5:43 PM EDT (21:43 UTC)

Expired

Jun 2, 1997, 6:45 PM EDT

In force

62 min

Issued by

NWS Charleston, WV

Area

Whole counties

County Mason County, WV

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KCRW 022142 RRA
SVRCRW
WVC053-022245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
543 PM EDT MON JUN 2 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN WEST WEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...SOUTHERN MASON COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED ON THE PUTNAM MASON COUNTY
BORDER. THIS STORM WILL DRIFT TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AT 8 MPH. THE STORM
IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1 INCH HAIL AS WELL AS 1 TO 2 INCH RAINFALL
AMOUNTS IN AN 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 DON'T 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.