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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 29, 1998Bracken County, Robertson County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1998, 11:15 PM EDT for Bracken County, Robertson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 65 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 29, 1998, 11:15 PM EDT (03:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 1998, 12:20 AM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bracken County, KY, Robertson County, KY

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:17 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 29, 10:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 95 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1998-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 397 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1998-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 146 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
397 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1435 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
4.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

642 
WUUS01 KILN 300315 RRA
SVRILN
KYC023-201-300405-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1115 PM EDT MON JUN 29 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BRACKEN COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY
  ROBERTSON COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 1220 AM EDT

* AT 1115 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN WASTERN PENDLETON COUNTY...
  MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  BROOKSVILLE AT 1130 PM EDT
  MOUNT OLIVET AT 1139 PM EDT
  STONEWALL AT 1144 PM EDT

  THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WIND. GO INSIDE A STURDY
  BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

  .END/INNES

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 10:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNCarroll, Gallatin44 min
Jun 29, 10:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNCampbell, Kenton46 min
Jun 29, 10:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBoone46 min
Jun 29, 10:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGrant, Pendleton53 min
Jun 29, 10:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNOwen53 min
Jun 29, 11:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMason58 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 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.