Alert archive / West Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1998, 10:01 PM EDT for Hampshire County, Mineral County, West Virginia. It was in force for 64 min. 3 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
- Jun 2, 1998, 10:01 PM EDT (02:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1998, 11:05 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hampshire County, WV, Mineral County, WV
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:04 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 10:33 PM EDT | Tornado F2 | Keyser, WV | |
| Jun 2, 10:33 PM EDT | Hail 1.25 | New Creek, WV | |
| Jun 2, 10:47 PM EDT | Tornado F1 | Junction, 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 nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 1513 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1158 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 416 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 11.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
666 WFUS1 KWBC 030202 RRA TORWBC WVC027-057-030305- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON 1001 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY WV NORTHERN MINERAL COUNTY WV * UNTIL 1105 PM EDT * AT 959 PM EDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED... A TORNADO... 2 MILES WEST OF MARYLAND JUNCTION IN ALLEGANY COUNTY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RIDGELEY AROUND 1000 PM EDT MARYLAND JUNCTION AROUND 1000 PM EDT PATTERSON CREEK AROUND 1007 PM EDT WAGONER AROUND 1012 PM EDT GREEN SPRING AROUND 1015 PM EDT IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A BASEMENT. IF YOU DONT HAVE A BASEMENT...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS...DOORS AND OUTSIDE WALLS. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR A BUILDING. STAY TUNED TO TV...RADIO AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES AND WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 8:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Mineral | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 8:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Hampshire | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 9:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Morgan | 47 min |
| Jun 2, 10:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Mineral | 51 min |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.