Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Blacksburg, VA

August 19, 1999Greenbrier County, West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 1999, 6:36 PM EDT for Greenbrier County, West Virginia. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report 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 19, 1999, 6:36 PM EDT (22:36 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 1999, 7:10 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area
Whole counties

County Greenbrier County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 19, 6:50 PM EDTThunderstorm WindLewisburg, 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 text

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

The office that day

Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAlleghany36 min
Aug 19, 6:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCraig32 min
Aug 19, 7:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKBotetourt39 min
Aug 19, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKGreenbrier, Summers47 min
Aug 19, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKMonroe35 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.