Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 9, 1998, 1:41 AM EST for Nicholas County, West Virginia. It was in force for 34 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
- Jan 9, 1998, 1:41 AM EST (06:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 9, 1998, 2:15 AM EST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Nicholas County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:43 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 1:48 AM EST | Hail 0.75 | Summersville, WV |
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
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 790 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 287 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
851 WUUS1 KCRW 090643 RRA SVRCRW WVC067-090715- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 141 AM EST FRI JAN 9 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ...NICHOLAS COUNTY AT 1:40 AM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SUMMERSVILLE LAKE. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL TRACK NEAR ROUTE 19 THROUGH SUMMERSVILLE. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM WILL BE DAMAGING LARGE HAIL. << CALL TO ACTION >> SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. SITES
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, Jan 9, 1:10 AM EST, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
110 AM EST FRI JAN 09 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0930 PM CHARLEY KY .75 INCH HAIL
01/08/98 LAWRENCE
0940 PM WEBBVILLE KY 1.75 INCH HAIL
01/08/98 LAWRENCE DAMAGED ROOF ON HOUSE
0940 PM CATLETTSBURG KY 1.75 INCH HAIL
01/08/98 BOYD
1050 PM HURRICANE WV .88 INCH HAIL
01/08/98 PUTNAM
1109 PM SANDYVILLE WV 1.75 INCH HAIL
01/08/98 JACKSON
1140 PM MINERAL WELLS WV 1.75 INCH HAIL
01/08/98 WOOD
1145 PM DAVISVILLE WV 1.75 INCH HAIL
01/08/98 WOOD
1155 PM PARKERSBURG WV WIND DAMAGE
01/08/98 WOOD STREET SIGNS BLOWN DOWN IN
CITY.
1215 AM NEWPORT OH WIND DAMAGE
01/09/98 WASHINGTON SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN
CITY.
1220 AM ST MARYS WV WIND DAMAGE
01/09/98 PLEASANTS TREES AND POLES DOWNLocal storm report, Jan 9, 1:10 AM EST, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
110 AM EST FRI JAN 09 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0930 PM CHARLEY KY .75 INCH HAIL
01/08/98 LAWRENCE
0940 PM WEBBVILLE KY 1.75 INCH HAIL
01/08/98 LAWRENCE DAMAGED ROOF ON HOUSE
0940 PM CATLETTSBURG KY 1.75 INCH HAIL
01/08/98 BOYD
1050 PM HURRICANE WV .88 INCH HAIL
01/08/98 PUTNAM
1109 PM SANDYVILLE WV 1.75 INCH HAIL
01/08/98 JACKSON
1140 PM MINERAL WELLS WV 1.75 INCH HAIL
01/08/98 WOOD
1145 PM DAVISVILLE WV 1.75 INCH HAIL
01/08/98 WOOD
1155 PM PARKERSBURG WV WIND DAMAGE
01/08/98 WOOD STREET SIGNS BLOWN DOWN IN
CITY.
1215 AM NEWPORT OH WIND DAMAGE
01/09/98 WASHINGTON SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN
CITY.
1220 AM ST MARYS WV WIND DAMAGE
01/09/98 PLEASANTS TREES AND POLES DOWNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 10:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 48 min |
| Jan 8, 10:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Putnam | 54 min |
| Jan 8, 10:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 48 min |
| Jan 8, 11:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wood | 53 min |
| Jan 8, 11:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RLX | Wood | 19 min |
| Jan 9, 12:06 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants | 54 min |
| Jan 9, 12:22 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wood | 4 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.