Alert archive / Maryland / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 25, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1998, 10:18 PM EDT for Garrett County, Maryland. It was in force for 52 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 2, 1998, 10:18 PM EDT (02:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1998, 11:10 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Garrett County, MD
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:17 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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 1770 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1107 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 352 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 383 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.1
- Supercell composite
- 19.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
813 WFUS1 KPIT 030217 RRA TORPIT MDC023-030310- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1018 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... GARRETT COUNTY IN WESTERN MARYLAND. * UNTIL 1110 PM EDT. * AT 1018 PM... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO BETWEEN ACCIDENT MARYLAND AND SAVAGE RIVER STATE FOREST...MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 35 MPH. HAIL UP TO 1.50 INCHES HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. THERE WILL BE BRIEF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS THAT MAY CAUSE ROADWAY FLOODING. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... DEEP CREEK LAKE AROUND 1035 PM. KITZMILLER AROUND 1100 PM. BLOOMINGTON AROUND 1050 PM. <<CALL-TO-ACTION>>IF YOU ARE IN A MULTIPLE STORY BUILDING...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. .END/MURPHY/PALKO &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 2, 8:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
858 PM EDT TUE JUN 02 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0715 PM VERONA PA FLOODING
06/02/98 ALLEGHENY ALLEGHENY RIVER BLVD
FLOODED. 2 PEOPLE RESCUED
FROM VAN.
0810 PM DELMONT PA TORNADO
06/02/98 WESTMORELAND EMA SIGHTING ON GROUND.
0830 PM IRWIN PA 1.25 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 WESTMORELAND
0840 PM GREENSBURG PA TORNADO
06/02/98 WESTMORELAND EMA SIGHTING ON THE GROUND
BETWEEN GREENSBURG AND
LATROBE.
0850 PM CONNELLSVILLE PA TORNADO
06/02/98 FAYETTE SKYWARN SIGHTING ON THE
GROUND.Special weather statement, Jun 2, 9:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-030200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - TORNADO WATCH CANCELLATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 900 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR ALLEGHENY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS CANCELED THE TORNADO WATCH FOR ALLEGHENY COUNTY WHICH INCLUDES THE GREATER PITTSBURGH AREA AND ITS SUBURBS. NO TORNADO WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT AT THIS TIME. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALLEGHENY COUNTY TIL 10 PM. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS PUSHED EAST OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY. ALSO CHECK OUT OUR WEB SITE... WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/PIT STAIRS/SISK
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 9:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-030200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - TORNADO WATCH CANCELLATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 900 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR ALLEGHENY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS CANCELED THE TORNADO WATCH FOR ALLEGHENY COUNTY WHICH INCLUDES THE GREATER PITTSBURGH AREA AND ITS SUBURBS. NO TORNADO WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT AT THIS TIME. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALLEGHENY COUNTY TIL 10 PM. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS PUSHED EAST OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY. ALSO CHECK OUT OUR WEB SITE... WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/PIT STAIRS/SISK
Local storm report, Jun 2, 9:32 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
932 PM EDT TUE JUN 02 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0620 PM RANKIN PA TORNADO
06/02/98 ALLEGHENY SEVERAL RAILROAD GONDOLA
CARS KNOCKED SIDEWAYS OFF
TRACKS ON BRIDGE.Special weather statement, Jun 2, 9:33 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
PAZ029-030-030230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - TORNADO WATCH CANCELLATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 933 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR WESTMORELAND AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS CANCELED THE TORNADO WATCH FOR WESTMORELAND AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WESTMORELAND COUNTY TIL 10 PM. ALSO CHECK OUT OUR WEB SITE... WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/PIT STAIRS/SISK
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 9:33 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
PAZ029-030-030230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - TORNADO WATCH CANCELLATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 933 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR WESTMORELAND AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS CANCELED THE TORNADO WATCH FOR WESTMORELAND AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WESTMORELAND COUNTY TIL 10 PM. ALSO CHECK OUT OUR WEB SITE... WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/PIT STAIRS/SISK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 9:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Garrett | 61 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.