Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Charleston, WV

January 8, 1998Lawrence County, Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 8, 1998, 9:04 PM EST for Lawrence County, Kentucky. It was in force for 41 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
Jan 8, 1998, 9:04 PM EST (02:04 UTC)
Expired
Jan 8, 1998, 9:45 PM EST
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Lawrence County, KY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 8, 9:30 PM ESTHail 0.75Charley, KY
Jan 8, 9:40 PM ESTHail 1.75Webbville, KYRoofs in the vicinity were damaged.

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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 177 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1998-01-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1998-01-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
672 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

568 
WUUS1 KCRW 090206 RRA
SVRCRW
KYC127-090245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
904 PM EST THU JAN 8 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN EAST KENTUCKY
 
   ...LAWRENCE COUNTY
 
AT 9 PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT TO
MOVE INTO SOUTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY KENTUCKY. THIS STORM WAS TRACKING
TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT
COMMUNITIES...MAINLY IN WESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY. THE COMMUNITIES OF
MARTHA...BLAINE...HANNAH AND CHEROKEE ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
THE MAIN THREAT WITH THIS STORM IS LARGE HAIL. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND
GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.
 
 
<< CALL TO ACTION >> WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD
MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DONT USE
TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE
STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 8, 9:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoyd, Carter30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 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.