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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Charleston, WV

June 10, 1998Jackson County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1998, 1:34 AM EDT for Jackson County, Ohio. It was in force for 41 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 10, 1998, 1:34 AM EDT (05:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1998, 2:15 AM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Jackson County, OH

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 1998-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 612 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1998-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 339 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
612 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
458 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
339 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
396 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

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

567 
WUUS1 KCRW 100535 RRA
SVRCRW
OHC079-100615-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
134 AM EDT WED JUN 10 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY
 
AT 130 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPING IN SOUTHWEST JACKSON COUNTY OHIO IN THE TOWNSHIP OF HAMILTON.
THIS STORM WAS TRACKING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...POSSIBLY
REACHING MONROE STATION ALONG ROUTE 140 BY 155 AM.
 
<< 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 2:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXGallia, Lawrence40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 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.