Alert archive / Maryland / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1998, 9:21 PM EDT for Dorchester County, Maryland. It was in force for 24 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
- Jun 2, 1998, 9:21 PM EDT (01:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1998, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dorchester County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 6:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 81 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 707 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 286 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 7.8
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 Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 2, 8:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 8:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 818 PM EDT JUN 2 1998 DISCN: WITH MANY CNTYS IN THE BOX THIS EVENING...LOCAL RADAR AT THE READY HOWEVER ONLY ONE LONELY CELL STRADLING XTREME SERN PORTION OF CWA ATTM. GOES8 OBSERVING MOD CU UPSTREAM OVER WVA ALONG AND AHD OF COLD FRONTAL ZONE. MAIN THREAT WILL LIKELY BE ON THE LOWER MD ERN SHR AS SRN END OF BKN LINE CONVECTION NOW THRU ERN PA TO DCA CROSSES THAT AREA BEFORE 10PM. ANOTHER BKN LINE NOW ENTERING CNTRL PA PRECEDES FRONTAL ZONE MAY ALSO AFFECT SAME AREA BEFORE MIDNIGHT...ALTHO LIFTING UPR JET MAY BE THE SAVING GRACE. OTRW...WITH BEST DYNAMICS SPLIT N AND S OF FA...SHRAS AND ISO TSRAS BEST BET WITH FROPA. RIC 64/83 31 SBY 59/81 31 ORF 67/82 32 ECG 67/84 32 13 JK
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 5:40 PM EDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
VAZ048-060>062-065>071-079>080-030400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 540 PM EDT TUE JUN 02 1998 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN VIRGINIA AMELIA...BRUNSWICK...CHESTERFIELD INCLUDING COLONIAL HEIGHTS... ...CUMBERLAND...DINWIDDIE...FLUVANNA...GOOCHLAND ...HENRICO INCLUDING THE CITY OF RICHMOND...LUNENBURG... ...MECKLENBURG...NOTTOWAY...POWHATAN...PRINCE EDWARD SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED IN THE COUNTIES MENTIONED ABOVE. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ADVANCED PLANNING DURING A WATCH IS ESSENTIAL. PERSONS SHOULD KNOW WHERE TO GO AND WHAT TO DO IN THE EVENT A TORNADO OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS ISSUED. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FREQUENT UPDATES THROUGH TIMELY STATEMENTS...NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OUR WORLD WIDE WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/AKQ/ GINGRICH
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 5:40 PM EDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
VAZ048-060>062-065>071-079>080-030400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 540 PM EDT TUE JUN 02 1998 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN VIRGINIA AMELIA...BRUNSWICK...CHESTERFIELD INCLUDING COLONIAL HEIGHTS... ...CUMBERLAND...DINWIDDIE...FLUVANNA...GOOCHLAND ...HENRICO INCLUDING THE CITY OF RICHMOND...LUNENBURG... ...MECKLENBURG...NOTTOWAY...POWHATAN...PRINCE EDWARD SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED IN THE COUNTIES MENTIONED ABOVE. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ADVANCED PLANNING DURING A WATCH IS ESSENTIAL. PERSONS SHOULD KNOW WHERE TO GO AND WHAT TO DO IN THE EVENT A TORNADO OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS ISSUED. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FREQUENT UPDATES THROUGH TIMELY STATEMENTS...NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OUR WORLD WIDE WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/AKQ/ GINGRICH
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 6:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
VAZ075-MDZ021>025-030500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 640 PM EDT TUE JUN 02 1998 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR EXTREME NORTHEAST VIRGINIA AND THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE UNTIL 100 AM EDT. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN VIRGINIA WESTMORELAND IN MARYLAND DORCHESTER...SOMERSET...WICOMICO...INLAND WORCESTER ...MARYLAND BEACHES INCLUDING OCEAN CITY SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED IN THE COUNTIES MENTIONED ABOVE. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ADVANCED PLANNING DURING A WATCH IS ESSENTIAL. PERSONS SHOULD KNOW WHERE TO GO AND WHAT TO DO IN THE EVENT A TORNADO OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS ISSUED. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FREQUENT UPDATES THROUGH TIMELY STATEMENTS...NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OUR WORLD WIDE WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/AKQ/ GINGRICH
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 6:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
VAZ075-MDZ021>025-030500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 640 PM EDT TUE JUN 02 1998 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR EXTREME NORTHEAST VIRGINIA AND THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE UNTIL 100 AM EDT. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN VIRGINIA WESTMORELAND IN MARYLAND DORCHESTER...SOMERSET...WICOMICO...INLAND WORCESTER ...MARYLAND BEACHES INCLUDING OCEAN CITY SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED IN THE COUNTIES MENTIONED ABOVE. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ADVANCED PLANNING DURING A WATCH IS ESSENTIAL. PERSONS SHOULD KNOW WHERE TO GO AND WHAT TO DO IN THE EVENT A TORNADO OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS ISSUED. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FREQUENT UPDATES THROUGH TIMELY STATEMENTS...NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OUR WORLD WIDE WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/AKQ/ GINGRICH
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 9:00 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
VAZ075-MDZ021>025-030500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 900 PM EDT TUE JUN 02 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT... IN VIRGINIA WESTMORELAND IN MARYLAND DORCHESTER...SOMERSET...WICOMICO...INLAND WORCESTER ...MARYLAND BEACHES INCLUDING OCEAN CITY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FIRE ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT STRETCHED FROM WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OCCCURING OVER NORTHERN VIRGINIA...NORTHERN MARYLAND....EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA... AND DELAWARE. AT 9 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE ENTERING THE DELMARVA PENINSULA THROUGH DORCHESTER COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ADVANCED PLANNING DURING A WATCH IS ESSENTIAL. PERSONS SHOULD KNOW WHERE TO GO AND WHAT TO DO IN THE EVENT A TORNADO OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS ISSUED. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SKYWARN REMAINS ACTIVATED IN THE COUNTIES MENTIONED ABOVE. KELLER
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 9:00 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
VAZ075-MDZ021>025-030500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 900 PM EDT TUE JUN 02 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT... IN VIRGINIA WESTMORELAND IN MARYLAND DORCHESTER...SOMERSET...WICOMICO...INLAND WORCESTER ...MARYLAND BEACHES INCLUDING OCEAN CITY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FIRE ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT STRETCHED FROM WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OCCCURING OVER NORTHERN VIRGINIA...NORTHERN MARYLAND....EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA... AND DELAWARE. AT 9 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE ENTERING THE DELMARVA PENINSULA THROUGH DORCHESTER COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ADVANCED PLANNING DURING A WATCH IS ESSENTIAL. PERSONS SHOULD KNOW WHERE TO GO AND WHAT TO DO IN THE EVENT A TORNADO OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS ISSUED. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SKYWARN REMAINS ACTIVATED IN THE COUNTIES MENTIONED ABOVE. KELLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 9:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dorchester | 50 min |
| Jun 2, 10:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Wicomico | 49 min |
| Jun 2, 11:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Somerset, Worcester | 47 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998
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.