Alert archive / West Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 35, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 1998, 8:39 PM EDT for Wetzel County, West Virginia. It was in force for 41 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, 8:39 PM EDT (00:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1998, 9:20 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wetzel County, WV
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 8:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, WV | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees across the entire county. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 272 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
- 2378 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1345 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 11.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPIT 280039 RRA TORPIT WVC103-280120- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 839 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WETZEL COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. * UNTIL 920 PM EDT. * AT 835 PM EDT... SPOTTERS INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR THE TOWN OF... HUNDRED...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * A LINE OF STORMS...SOME TORNADIC...STRETCHING ACROSS SOUTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO WETZEL COUNTY... MOVING INTO THE TOWN OF NEW MARTINSVILLE AT AROUND 845 PM EDT... AND JACKSONBURG AT 900 PM EDT.. <<CALL TO ACTION>>IF YOU ARE IN A MULTIPLE STORY BUILDING...GO TO A SMA LL INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. .END/STRAGER &
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 27, 4:10 PM EDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
410 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1000 AM COUNTYWIDE OH WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98 MONROE TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE
10-1030PM
1040 AM GNADENHUTTEN OH FLOODING
06/27/98 TUSCARAWAS ROUTE 36 FLOODED.
1100 AM LAFFERTY OH FLOODING
06/27/98 BELMONT ROADS FLOODED.
1100 AM ALLEDONIA OH FLOODING
06/27/98 BELMONT CATINA CREEK OUT OF ITS
BANKS AND FLOODED ROADS.
1115 AM COUNTYWIDE OH FLOODING
06/27/98 GUERNSEY NUMEROUS STREAMS AND
CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS
COUNTYWIDE. MANY ROADS
FLOODED.
1130 AM 1 E NEWCOMERSTOWN OH FLOODING
06/27/98 TUSCARAWAS ROUTE 258 FLOODED.
0100 PM FRAYSZEBURG OH FLOODING
06/27/98 MUSKINGUM ROADS COVERED WITH WATER.
SOME EVACUATIONS. STREAMS
AND CREEKS OUT OF BANKS.
0154 PM CONNELLSVILLE PA FLOODING
06/27/98 FAYETTE STREET FLOODING
0200 PM BROWNSVILLE PA WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98 FAYETTE TREES DOWN
0200 PM FINLEYVILLE PA WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98 WASHINGTON TREES DOWN
0200 PM NORTHERN PART OF COUNTY PA FLOODING
06/27/98 WASHINGTON ROADS AND BASEMENTS
FLOODED
0210 PM CARNEGIE PA FLOODING
06/27/98 ALLEGHENY CAMPBELLS RUN OUT OF BANKS
0220 PM IMPERIAL PA FLOODING
06/27/98 ALLEGHENY STREAMS OUT OF BANKS.
MCCLAREN RUN FLOODED.Special weather statement, Jun 27, 4:20 PM EDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007-013-014-020-021-029>032- WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-280200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 420 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA... MERCER... LAWRENCE... BUTLER... BEAVER... ALLEGHENY... WASHINGTON... WESTMORELAND... GREENE... AND FAYETTE. IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... HANCOCK... BROOKE... OHIO... MARSHALL... WETZEL... MARION... MONONGALIA... PRESTON... AND TUCKER. IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO... TUSCARAWAS... CARROLL... COLUMBIANA... COSHOCTON... HARRISON... JEFFERSON... MUSKINGUM... GUERNSEY... BELMONT... NOBLE AND MONROE. IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA THE FOLLOWING MAY OCCUR... WINDS GUSTS TO 75 MPH... HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER... FREQUENT LIGHTNING... AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STAIRS/HIGGINS
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 4:20 PM EDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007-013-014-020-021-029>032- WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-280200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 420 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA... MERCER... LAWRENCE... BUTLER... BEAVER... ALLEGHENY... WASHINGTON... WESTMORELAND... GREENE... AND FAYETTE. IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... HANCOCK... BROOKE... OHIO... MARSHALL... WETZEL... MARION... MONONGALIA... PRESTON... AND TUCKER. IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO... TUSCARAWAS... CARROLL... COLUMBIANA... COSHOCTON... HARRISON... JEFFERSON... MUSKINGUM... GUERNSEY... BELMONT... NOBLE AND MONROE. IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA THE FOLLOWING MAY OCCUR... WINDS GUSTS TO 75 MPH... HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER... FREQUENT LIGHTNING... AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STAIRS/HIGGINS
Local storm report, Jun 27, 7:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
710 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0709 PM TIPPECANOE OH WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98 HARRISON TREES DOWNLocal storm report, Jun 27, 7:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
715 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0654 PM ROSCOE OH .88 INCH HAIL
06/27/98 COSHOCTONLocal storm report, Jun 27, 7:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA
728 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0650 PM UHRICHSVILLE OH WIND DAMAGE
06/27/98 TUSCARAWAS ROOF BLOWN OFF MILL TWP.
GARAGEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monongalia | 45 min |
| Jun 27, 8:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 9:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion | 56 min |
| Jun 27, 9:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Wetzel | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 11:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 5 hr |
| Jun 28, 2:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Wetzel | 2 hr |
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.