Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Charleston, WV

August 13, 1999Wyoming County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1999, 8:24 PM EDT for Wyoming County, West Virginia. It was in force for 36 min. 2 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
Aug 13, 1999, 8:24 PM EDT (00:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 1999, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 13, 8:30 PM EDTThunderstorm WindCyclone, WV
Aug 13, 8:40 PM EDTThunderstorm WindMullens, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 13, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 13, 3:40 PM EDT, 4 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 3:40 PM EDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
WVZ005>011-013>020-024>040-046-047-VAZ003-004-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>
087-KYZ101>103-105-140730-
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
340 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 1999

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT
EXTENDED THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES REGION.  A SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE AREA BY SUNDAY...LIFTED INDICES WILL CONTINUE TO BE
AROUND -2 TO -3 THROUGH SATURDAY.  WILL CONTINUE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH SATURDAY FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA.
THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AS PRECIPITABLE WATER
REMAINS HIGH.  MOS TEMPS ARE IN THE BALLPARK AND WILL BE FOLLOWED
CLOSELY.  ZONES WILL BE OUT AROUND 415 PM.

.RLX...
WV...NONE.
VA...NONE.
KY...NONE.
OH...NONE.

.END/ELW

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 13, 3:17 PM EDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before
OHZ086-WVZ007-131945-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
317 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 1999

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE CROSSING GALLIA COUNTY OHIO AND
NORTHERN MASON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA BEFORE DIMINISHING BY AROUND
345 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...POINT
PLEASANT...RIO GRANDE AND GALLIPOLIS

RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS ARE
POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS.
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 3:17 PM EDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before
OHZ086-WVZ007-131945-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
317 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 1999

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE CROSSING GALLIA COUNTY OHIO AND
NORTHERN MASON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA BEFORE DIMINISHING BY AROUND
345 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...POINT
PLEASANT...RIO GRANDE AND GALLIPOLIS

RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS ARE
POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS.
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 3:27 PM EDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
KYZ101-103-OHZ087-132000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
327 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 1999

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE CROSSING EASTERN GREENUP AND NORTHERN
BOYD COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY AND LAWRENCE COUNTY IN OHIO BEFORE
DIMINISHING BY AROUND 400 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...LAKE VESUVIUS...
IRONTON...COAL GROVE AND ASHLAND

RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY
WINDS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS.
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 3:27 PM EDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
KYZ101-103-OHZ087-132000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
327 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 1999

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE CROSSING EASTERN GREENUP AND NORTHERN
BOYD COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY AND LAWRENCE COUNTY IN OHIO BEFORE
DIMINISHING BY AROUND 400 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...LAKE VESUVIUS...
IRONTON...COAL GROVE AND ASHLAND

RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY
WINDS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS.
Local storm report, Aug 13, 7:27 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 8:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMcDowell29 min
Aug 13, 8:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton, Webster37 min
Aug 13, 8:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRaleigh42 min
Aug 13, 8:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFayette33 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.