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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Charleston, WV

June 12, 1998Athens County, Vinton County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1998, 11:21 PM EDT for Athens County, Vinton County, Ohio. It was in force for 64 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
Jun 12, 1998, 11:21 PM EDT (03:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 1998, 12:25 AM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Athens County, OH, Vinton County, OH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 12, 11:55 PM EDTThunderstorm WindCountywide, OHFallen trees blocked several county roads.
Jun 13, 12:15 AM EDTThunderstorm WindAthens, OHSeveral big trees were knocked down in town.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 12, 8:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 12, 10:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 1998-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2064 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 1998-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 211 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
2064 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1235 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
238 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.2
Supercell composite
17.7

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 12:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWirt51 min
Jun 13, 2:17 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPocahontas, Randolph63 min
Jun 13, 2:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRaleigh34 min
Jun 13, 2:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXKanawha46 min
Jun 13, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCabell, Putnam33 min
Jun 13, 2:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXKanawha48 min
Jun 13, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFayette50 min
Jun 12, 11:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMeigs61 min
Jun 13, 12:00 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXVinton3 hr

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.