Alert archive / Maryland / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 21, 1998, 2:16 AM EST for Wicomico County, Maryland. It was in force for 34 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
- Mar 21, 1998, 2:16 AM EST (07:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 21, 1998, 2:50 AM EST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wicomico County, MD
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 448 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 420 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Mar 20, 8:05 PM EST, 6 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 20, 8:05 PM EST, 6 hours 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 805 PM EST FRI MAR 20 1998 DSCN: WHAT A WAY TO USHER IN THE SPRING SEASON. TRIPLE PT LOW LCTD NR DAN AT 00Z WITH WRM FRNT EXTNDG SE TO JUST S OF ALBEMARLE SOUND. THIS PUTS FA IN COOLER AIRMASS. HOWEVER... TSRA OCCURRING IN THIS AIRMASS AS WELL. LTST RDR TRENDS INDCTG ANY SVR CELLS IN RDUS FA WEAKENING AS THEY APPCH AKQ FA. LDS PINGING NMRS BOLTS E OF MTS WITH ADAP SHWNG NOSE OF MSTRE AXIS AS FAR E AT I 95. SHARP TMP CONTRAST ATTM. CRNTLY... 46 AT AKQ/54 AT AVC/64 AT RDU. APPRS LOW WILL TRACK ALONG VA/NC BRDR OVRNITE WITH A CONT THREAT OF SHRA/TSRA. HOWEVER...APPEARS THREAT FOR SVR TSRA ABT OVR FOR VA PIEDMONT AS TSRA MOV INTO COOLER AIRMASS. VILS NO HIGHER THAN 25 IN VA. VILS 40+ ACROSS NRN NC SO CUD STILL SEE STRNG TSRA INTO NORTHAMPTON CNTY NC OVR THE NXT HR OR SO. TSRA THREAT DMNSHS AFTR MIDNITE WITH CHC SHRA INTO SAT AM. NMRS TRAINING ECHOES OVR WRN PIEDMONT WITH RDR EST BTWN 1.0 TO 1.5 IN IN LAST 3 HRS FROM JUST N OF FVX S INTO NC. AXIS OF HVYST PCPN SLOWLY SHFTG E NOW BUT MORE SHRA BEHIND THIS LINE WRAPPING ARND LOW IN W VA. BEST TO LET FFA RIDE SINCE IT EXPIRES AT 09Z. HYDRO...UPDATED QPS ISSUED B4 00Z PER MARFC RQST. FLWS CONT FOR MEHERRIN...APPOMATTOX & NOTTOWAY RVRS. CRNT RAIN WILL PRBLY CAUSE ADDNTL RISES ON SAT. SEE FLSAKQ FOR DETAILS. CWF...MARINE GUY WORKING 88D ATTM. WRKMAR TO FOLLOW. RIC 43/54 84 SBY 41/51 75 ORF 44/62 62 ECG 48/62 62 86 RUSNAK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 10:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield | 34 min |
| Mar 20, 10:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince George | 34 min |
| Mar 20, 10:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Henrico | 31 min |
| Mar 20, 11:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, Richmond, Westmoreland | 31 min |
| Mar 20, 11:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, Sussex | 33 min |
| Mar 20, 11:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Franklin | 33 min |
| Mar 21, 12:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake | 32 min |
| Mar 21, 12:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 32 min |
| Mar 20, 11:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Hertford | 34 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.