Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1998, 8:23 PM EDT for Brooke County, Ohio County, West Virginia. It was in force for 67 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 1998, 8:23 PM EDT (00:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1998, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Brooke County, WV, Ohio County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -185 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1081 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 277 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPIT 250027 COR
SVRPIT
WVC009-069-250130-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
823 PM EDT SUN MAY 24 1998
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BROOKE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA
OHIO COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA
* UNTIL 930 PM EDT
* AT 823 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES WEST OF BETHANY...OR ABOUT 9
MILES SOUTHEAST OF CADIZ...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER
HOUR.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BETHANY AT 835 PM EDT
7 MILES SOUTH OF BETHANY AT 845 PM EDT
14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BETHANY AT 900 PM EDT
22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BETHANY AT 915 PM EDT
IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER
AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. REMEMBER...A SEVELRE
THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
LAT...LON 4023 8063 4011 8069 4007 8054 4019 8054
KANEWhat 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, May 24, 6:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
638 PM EDT SUN MAY 24 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0615 PM MOUNDSVILLE WV 1 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 MARSHALL
0615 PM MOUNDSVILLE WV 50 MPH TSTM GUST
05/24/98 MARSHALL TREES DOWN
0617 PM MOUNDSVILLE WV 1 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 MARSHALL
0617 PM MOUNDSVILLE WV 1 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 MARSHALL
0617 PM MOUNDSVILLE WV 40 MPH TSTM GUST
05/24/98 MARSHALL TREES DOWN
0618 PM MOUNDSVILLE WV .75 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 MARSHALL
0626 PM GLENDALE WV 60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/24/98 MARSHALL TREES DOWNLocal storm report, May 24, 7:30 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
730 PM EDT SUN MAY 24 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0640 PM GLEN EASTON WV 1.5 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 MARSHALL
0710 PM DAYBROOK WV 35 MPH TSTM GUST
05/24/98 MONONGALIA SMALL TREES DOWN
0716 PM CORE WV .75 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 MONONGALIALocal storm report, May 24, 7:30 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
730 PM EDT SUN MAY 24 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0640 PM GLEN EASTON WV 1.5 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 MARSHALL
0710 PM DAYBROOK WV 35 MPH TSTM GUST
05/24/98 MONONGALIA SMALL TREES DOWN
0716 PM CORE WV .75 INCH HAIL
05/24/98 MONONGALIAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 48 min |
| May 24, 9:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 3 hr |
| May 24, 10:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Monongalia | 110 min |
| May 24, 11:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Monongalia | 3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.