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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 203, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 27, 1998Monongalia County, West Virginia

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1998, 3:09 AM EDT for Monongalia County, West Virginia. It was in force for 26 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: Jun 27, 1998, 3:09 AM EDT (07:09 UTC)
Expired: Jun 27, 1998, 3:35 AM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area: Whole counties

County Monongalia County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:12 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 27, 3:09 AM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Morgantown, WV	Thunderstorm winds blew three large trees down.

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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 87 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1124 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1194 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 1.0

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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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 26, 11:35 PM EDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
1135 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0845 PM    FRAYSZEBURG               OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98   MUSKINGUM                      ROOF BLOWN OFF HOUSE. TREE
                                          DOWN.

0845 PM    5 NE BEALLSVILLE          OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98   BELMONT                        LARGE BRANCHES DOWN

0900 PM    DERWENT                   OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98   GUERNSEY                       NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. TREES
                                          ONTO MOBILE HOME. POWER
                                          LINES DOWN.

0903 PM    5 NE BEALLSVILLE          OH   .75 INCH HAIL
06/26/98   BELMONT                        PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL

0915 PM    COUNTYWIDE                OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98   MONROE                         NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
                                          COUNTYWIDE 915-945 PM

0915 PM    COUNTYWIDE                OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98   NOBLE                          NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
                                          THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY
                                          915-1010 PM

1035 PM    BIRMINGHAM                OH   FLOODING
06/26/98   GUERNSEY                       MAJOR FLOODING...USING
                                          BOATS IN STREETS.

Local storm report, Jun 26, 11:35 PM EDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
1135 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0845 PM    FRAYSZEBURG               OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98   MUSKINGUM                      ROOF BLOWN OFF HOUSE. TREE
                                          DOWN.

0845 PM    5 NE BEALLSVILLE          OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98   BELMONT                        LARGE BRANCHES DOWN

0900 PM    DERWENT                   OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98   GUERNSEY                       NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. TREES
                                          ONTO MOBILE HOME. POWER
                                          LINES DOWN.

0903 PM    5 NE BEALLSVILLE          OH   .75 INCH HAIL
06/26/98   BELMONT                        PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL

0915 PM    COUNTYWIDE                OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98   MONROE                         NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
                                          COUNTYWIDE 915-945 PM

0915 PM    COUNTYWIDE                OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98   NOBLE                          NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
                                          THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY
                                          915-1010 PM

1035 PM    BIRMINGHAM                OH   FLOODING
06/26/98   GUERNSEY                       MAJOR FLOODING...USING
                                          BOATS IN STREETS.

Local storm report, Jun 26, 11:52 PM EDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
1152 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1130 PM    CALAIS                    OH   FLOODING
06/26/98   MONROE                         WILLS CREEK OUT OF BANKS
                                          AND ONTO ROUTE 379. OTHER
                                          TOWNSHIP ROADS FLOODED.

1140 PM    COUNTYWIDE                OH   FLOODING
06/26/98   NOBLE                          SEVERAL ROADS COVERED WITH
                                          WATER

Local storm report, Jun 27, 12:06 AM EDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
1206 AM EDT SAT JUN 27 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0830 PM    NEWCOMERSTOWN             OH   FLOODING
06/27/98   TUSCARAWAS                     STREET FLOODING

1000 PM    2 S KINGWOOD              WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98   PRESTON                        TREES DOWN

1030 PM    SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY   OH   FLOODING
06/27/98   TUSCARAWAS                     NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED IN
                                          SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY.

Local storm report, Jun 27, 12:06 AM EDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
1206 AM EDT SAT JUN 27 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0830 PM    NEWCOMERSTOWN             OH   FLOODING
06/27/98   TUSCARAWAS                     STREET FLOODING

1000 PM    2 S KINGWOOD              WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98   PRESTON                        TREES DOWN

1030 PM    SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY   OH   FLOODING
06/27/98   TUSCARAWAS                     NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED IN
                                          SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY.

Local storm report, Jun 27, 12:30 AM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
1230 AM EDT SAT JUN 27 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0940 PM    2 S KINGWOOD              WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/26/98   PRESTON                        TREES DOWN

...CORRECTED TIME OF EVENT...

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 26, 8:00 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Guernsey, Harrison, Tuscarawas	3 hr
Jun 26, 8:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Monroe	58 min
Jun 26, 8:18 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Coshocton	3 hr
Jun 26, 8:18 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Belmont	3 hr
Jun 26, 8:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Belmont	55 min
Jun 26, 8:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Muskingum	60 min
Jun 26, 8:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Guernsey	54 min
Jun 26, 9:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Monroe	59 min
Jun 26, 9:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Noble	57 min
Jun 26, 9:19 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Monroe, Noble	3 hr
Jun 26, 11:00 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Guernsey, Tuscarawas	5 hr
Jun 26, 11:46 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Monroe	4 hr
Jun 27, 2:55 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Muskingum	2 hr
Jun 27, 4:45 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Muskingum	3 hr
Jun 27, 7:20 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Muskingum	5 hr
Jun 27, 8:51 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Tuscarawas	2 hr
Jun 27, 9:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Monroe	58 min
Jun 27, 9:50 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Belmont, Guernsey	3 hr
Jun 27, 10:49 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Tuscarawas	2 hr
Jun 27, 11:38 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Muskingum	2 hr
Jun 27, 5:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Tuscarawas	76 min
Jun 27, 6:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Tuscarawas	40 min
Jun 27, 6:04 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Coshocton, Guernsey, Tuscarawas	4 hr
Jun 27, 6:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Columbiana	58 min
Jun 27, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Muskingum	31 min
Jun 27, 6:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Columbiana	60 min
Jun 27, 6:37 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Harrison	73 min
Jun 27, 6:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Tuscarawas	31 min
Jun 27, 6:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Guernsey	58 min
Jun 27, 6:54 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Harrison	4 hr
Jun 27, 6:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Carroll	63 min
Jun 27, 7:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Coshocton	29 min
Jun 27, 7:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Muskingum	61 min
Jun 27, 7:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Noble	59 min
Jun 27, 7:25 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Columbiana	4 hr
Jun 27, 7:29 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Muskingum	4 hr
Jun 27, 7:43 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Guernsey	27 min
Jun 27, 7:46 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Noble	59 min
Jun 27, 7:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Monroe	69 min
Jun 26, 8:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Greene	59 min
Jun 27, 1:01 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Allegheny, Washington	119 min
Jun 27, 1:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Washington	58 min
Jun 27, 1:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Fayette	57 min
Jun 27, 7:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Beaver	43 min
Jun 26, 8:32 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Marshall	2 hr
Jun 26, 8:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Monongalia	43 min
Jun 26, 8:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Wetzel	59 min
Jun 26, 9:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Marion	56 min
Jun 26, 9:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Preston	40 min
Jun 26, 9:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Tucker	44 min
Jun 27, 3:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Preston	41 min
Jun 27, 10:08 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Wetzel	44 min
Jun 27, 7:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PBZ	Marshall	48 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.