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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 253, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 30, 1998Preston County, West Virginia

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1998, 5:42 PM EDT for Preston County, West Virginia. It was in force for 58 min. 2 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 30, 1998, 5:42 PM EDT (21:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 1998, 6:40 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Whole counties

County Preston County, WV

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 30, 6:00 PM EDTThunderstorm WindNewburg, WVThunderstorm winds downed numerous trees across the area.
Jun 30, 6:00 PM EDTThunderstorm WindGladesville, WVThunderstorm winds downed several trees, telephone poles and power lines.

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 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 111 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1998-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 222 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1998-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 249 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
222 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
523 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
251 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.5

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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 30, 2:14 PM EDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
214 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998

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

0213 PM    SUMMITVILLE               OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/30/98   COLUMBIANA                     60 MPH GUSTS
Local storm report, Jun 30, 2:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
244 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998

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

0224 PM    COLUMBIANA                OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/30/98   COLUMBIANA                     TREE DOWN.

0225 PM    LISBON                    OH   FLOODING
06/30/98   COLUMBIANA                     RT 30 ROAD FLOODING.

0232 PM    EAST LIVERPOOL            OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/30/98   COLUMBIANA                     TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN.
Local storm report, Jun 30, 3:17 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
317 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 1998

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

0230 PM    STRATTON                  OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/30/98   JEFFERSON                      BUILDING DAMAGED.

0245 PM    SHIPPINGPORT              PA   .75 INCH HAIL
06/30/98   BEAVER                         2 SE

0248 PM    HOOKSTOWN                 PA   WIND DAMAGE
06/30/98   BEAVER                         2 TREES DOWN.

0248 PM    HOOKSTOWN                 PA   1 INCH HAIL
06/30/98   BEAVER

0254 PM    PITTSBURGH INTL ARPT      PA   WIND DAMAGE
06/30/98   ALLEGHENY                      62MH WINDS

0258 PM    IMPERIAL                  PA   WIND DAMAGE
06/30/98   ALLEGHENY                      TREES DOWN AND DAMAGE TO
                                          HOMES

0258 PM    IMPERIAL                  PA   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/30/98   ALLEGHENY

0259 PM    PITTSBURGH                PA   WIND DAMAGE
06/30/98   ALLEGHENY                      60 MPH WINDS NORTH PARK

0305 PM    PITTSBURGH                PA   .75 INCH HAIL
06/30/98   ALLEGHENY                      NORTH HILLS AREA

0305 PM    PITTSBURGH                PA   WIND DAMAGE
06/30/98   ALLEGHENY                      55 MPH WINDS NORTH HILLS.

0308 PM    BUTLER                    PA   WIND DAMAGE
06/30/98   BUTLER                         LARGE TREE DOWN RTE 68.

0310 PM    PENN HILLS                PA   WIND DAMAGE
06/30/98   ALLEGHENY                      75 FOOT TREE RIPPED OUT OF
                                          GROUND.

0313 PM    OAKMONT                   PA   WIND DAMAGE
06/30/98   ALLEGHENY                      TREES DOWN. 60 MPH WINDS

0313 PM    SARVER                    PA   WIND DAMAGE
06/30/98   BUTLER                         LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN.
                                          WINDS 65 MPH.
Local storm report, Jun 30, 3:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 30, 5:09 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 8:33 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZTuscarawas57 min
Jun 29, 9:28 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZTuscarawas32 min
Jun 29, 9:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCarroll, Harrison, Jefferson72 min
Jun 29, 10:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZBelmont, Carroll, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson, Tuscarawas12 hr
Jun 29, 10:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZCoshocton, Muskingum12 hr
Jun 29, 10:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZMonroe, Noble12 hr
Jun 30, 10:40 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZBelmont, Guernsey, Harrison, Monroe, Noble5 hr
Jun 30, 10:40 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZCoshocton, Tuscarawas5 hr
Jun 30, 10:40 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZMuskingum5 hr
Jun 30, 1:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZColumbiana57 min
Jun 30, 1:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCarroll61 min
Jun 30, 2:19 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZCarroll, Columbiana, Jefferson5 hr
Jun 30, 2:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZJefferson59 min
Jun 30, 3:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZBelmont, Carroll, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson, Tuscarawas13 hr
Jun 30, 3:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZMonroe, Noble13 hr
Jun 30, 3:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZColumbiana13 hr
Jun 30, 3:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZCoshocton, Muskingum13 hr
Jun 30, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZJefferson42 min
Jun 30, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCarroll, Tuscarawas58 min
Jun 30, 1:06 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZGreene10 hr
Jun 30, 2:19 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZBeaver5 hr
Jun 30, 2:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBeaver59 min
Jun 30, 2:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZAllegheny, Butler71 min
Jun 30, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZWashington60 min
Jun 30, 3:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZWestmoreland75 min
Jun 30, 3:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZArmstrong61 min
Jun 30, 3:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZWashington5 hr
Jun 30, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZIndiana60 min
Jun 30, 4:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZFayette45 min
Jun 30, 4:47 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZFayette, Greene3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.